The Old Schoolhouse Magazine® desires to help parents homeschool their children. We want to help you keep things fresh. So, we are working on creating many resources for you this year in the form of eBooks! Currently, there are eBooks being written on six topics, which include: special needs homeschooling, various "turning points" in homeschooling, one-income homeschool families, and the work-at-home homeschool parent. These eBooks will be available beginning in late May (tentatively). There are five more topics for which we want to start gathering contributors. If we use your ideas(s), your name will be included in the eBook, and you will receive a $5 gift certificate to the Schoolhouse Store, plus, up to three ebooks when finished. PLUS, an audio book, once they come off the press!
So, without further ado, please read through these topics and send in your responses to gena@tosmag.com - ONE email per topic please. DO NOT combine topics into the same email.
NATURE STUDY
Do you love nature study? TOS is compiling a new eBook that will be bursting full of ideas regarding nature study.
Have you implemented some really creative ideas to spark nature study time?
Share your ideas for creative nature walks
What are some fun activities to do during nature study?
Where are some interesting places to go?
Please send in your ideas for focused walks, activities, art, writing, places to go and anything else you have used during nature study that was creative.
CHARLOTTE MASON INSPIRED HOMESCHOOLING
How did you first learn of the Charlotte Mason philosophy of educating, and why did you decide it was right for your family?
How did you get started homeschooling this way? Did you follow the ideas ofanother source, (website, book or other) or did you implement Charlotte Mason's ideas yourself. Did you jump right in or implement it a little at a time?
How do you incorporate Charlotte Mason's ideas into your homeschool?
What is your favorite part of schooling the Charlotte Mason way and why? (For instance if you love the Shakespeare study, how do you make it fun.)
What is your favorite memory of homeschooling the Charlotte Mason way?
Where have you received support and encouragement to facilitate your use of the Charlotte Mason philosophy in your homeschool and how have these resources helped you? (For instance, message boards, coops, support groups, conventions.)
How have you seen your children, or even your whole family, change since you began homeschooling using Charlotte Mason's philosophy?
How have you utilized the Internet to support your schooling?
SELECTING CURRICULUM FOR YOUR CHILDREN
How do you determine goals for the year for your kids? What do you take into consideration?
What are your personal goals for your home school?
How have you customized a curriculum to meet your/your child's goals? Give aspecific example of how you customized it. Provide the age(s) of your child.
What are your tips and techniques for savvy curriculum shopping?
Have you ever changed curriculum during the year? What were your lessons learned?
For those of you who have homeschooling grads, what were your greatest successes? What are you so very glad you did curriculum-wise?
THE "S" WORD - SOCIALIZATION
What are the reasons/benefits of allowing your family to be the main tool of socialization?
How do you answer others when asked about socialization?
What ways to do use to provide extra opportunities (other than your family) for your children to interact with people, e.g. family ministries, co-op groups, organized sports?
What are some of the needs that your children have regarding socialization and what do you feel is the most important need?
How much socialization is enough for your children and how do you evaluate that?
What is your personal philosophy about "socialization" and why do you think the world's view of homeschoolers is nothing more than a myth?
TEACHING PRESCHOOLERS
What types of structured learning activities do you do with your preschoolers?(if any)?
How do you create a rich learning environment for your preschooler?
For the ones who have older children with harder academics, how do you find time to do separate things with the preschoolers? Do you include them with your current curriculum?
For the ones who have children who don't seem to be interested in school at all (especially boys), do you require schoolwork of them if they are preschool age?
How do you occupy them when you need to work with an older child, especially if you don't have older children that can do that for you?
Are there certain skills you feel preschoolers should know before starting kindergarten curriculum? What age do you start "doing school" with your preschooler? What types of jobs (or chores) do your preschoolers do to help out around the house?
How can we enjoy our preschoolers and appreciate what they bring to our lives without letting them overwhelm us in our school day?
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