Feb. 27, 2008 - Relaxed or Eclectic Homeschoolers?
As much as I like the concept of Unschooling, I've mentioned before how it is difficult for me to give up all reigns and let Ariella and Kaylah decide what they want to learn. There's still things that I think are important to learn and if I don't push it, I doubt that any of my kids would want to learn them or have the opportunity to learn them through unschooling (such as multiplication, spelling, penmanship, and other concepts). Well, I found a new term...Relaxed Homeschooling...this is what I think would describe our philiosophy best. I would feel most comfortable with letting my kids explore and learn on their own with much guidance from their father and me. With that, I would be able to teach math, grammar, spelling, history, and science.
I use mostly living books and no text books when it comes to teaching most subjects (Charlotte Mason). Although I do refer to a math text when needed. We also go off on themes every once in a while (would that be unit studies?). Say, slavery. For a while, my daughter was very interested in this. We got books out of the library and watched some films. I'm still wanting to get to the Underground Railroad Museum in Philly one of these days.
The way I see it, we're still young in our homeschooling journey and still trying to find what works for us. I'm so glad that I listened to those that said to not purchase any curriculum in the first year. It was probably the best advice I read regarding homeschooling.
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