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TeaLady's CM Homeschool
Jun. 12, 2009
Individualize
From Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary:
INDIVID'UALIZE, v.t. To distinguish; to select or mark as an individual, or to distinguish the peculiar properties of a person from others.
There are so very many aspects of homeschooling which benefit the child, but today, I want to ponder the point of the individual. In a large family, it is sometimes easier to work as a group than to do a multitude of separate one-on-one lessons. There is a time and a place for both. We do our history, Bible, and science studies together as a family, as well as literature read-alouds. But, math, phonics, and most language arts, are highly individualized.
This year, I was planning to use CQLA for both of my older daughters (ages 9 & 7); and streamline things a bit. After looking it over, CQLA is a perfect fit for my 9yo, but not so much for the 7yo. So, I'll be doing Writing Tales with her. It was not a deficiency in the curriculum, nor in the child, but rather, like a puzzle piece, it fits. Similarly, I ended up changing up the math program that I have really enjoyed for the past few years. It worked great for the oldest one, but I found something that fits the next two children better (and it is an e-book, so, if it fits the two after that, I won't have to keep buying consumable workbooks!)
The more I have thought on these changes, and how unique each child is, I've thought about the significance of an individual before Christ. It is alone that we are convicted & repent, and are forgiven. The sense of being an individual, and that He cares for me, as well as the whole (family, body of Christ), is present in Scripture. That same sense of individual / part of the family can, by atmosphere alone, be an example to our children.
-the TeaLady
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