Yay! This is the last book from the homeschool course!
Now, all I have to do it submit my notes and I will be “certified” to homeschool in Washington state!
Description from the back of the book:
This book provides an introduciton to the Lifestyle of Learning message. It outlines three goals and prepares the reader for the message presented in ‘Wisom’s way of Learning’. It is a tool for the education of concerned parents who are in the beginning stages of seeking for a better way to educate their families. It also gives the new homeschooler practical guidance and words of wisdom for the first year.
THE LIFESTYLE OF LEARNING-AN INTRODUCTION
Points of impact:
· Let us for a moment consider the challenges and problems confronting us as Christian homeschoolers. We come from a generation that was not taught how to learn. Few Christians know how to access the Word of God themselves and fewer still know how to access the Lord themselves in an intimate way. Many parents were, themselves, not given a love of learning as children and are now lacking in purpose and training their own children in the same way. Complacency toward these unhealthy conditions is a disease of the soul that has its solution only in God as He is allowed to become Lord.
· In our traditional education system, the activity of learning has been distorted from its true nature to look like something many of us would want to have as little to do with as possible.
· Parents must become honest about their own educations and commit to acquiring a self-disciplined education, in order to model and lead their own children in the same way.
· Parents must commit to a steady increase in the quality of their familys lifestyle activities. When you upgrade the quality of your lifestyle activities, you open the door for learning opportunities to come into your home.
· What produces differing results between traditional education in the home and a lifestyle of learning?-biblical principles for living, learning and the training and discipling of children.
· Developing a family business or parents apprenticing their own children, wherever possible, are new and exciting options to consider. The added benefit of the familys centralized purpose, from which all academic disciplines flow, makes possible a much more efficient use of the time allotted for the education of children. In addition, it helps to maintain a high level of learning interest over the long term which keeps boredom and burnout out of the home.
· Our desire is that a lifestyle of learning will disciple children to Jesus and prepare them for an individual definable life purpose, by Gods design for them. While they are young and before graduation. This ideal already departs from the norm where children grow up through adolescence without knowing what they are doing with their lives.
Thanks for sharing this! IT reminds me how much I want to read this book. A book I am currently reading has thoughts from this one through-out it. I am going to try to get my hands on this one!
The original Lifestyle of Learning message is solid because it is a combination of seven approaches developed by others. But the more recent messages have moved to a "sinless perfection" teaching which confuses and oppresses struggling moms. This approach is also academically weak because of its focus on delights only, neglecting subject content which will prepare young adults to function in society.
Congratulations! I found this by searching for Sonlight curriculum, and I am really enjoying your book reviews. My oldest is 4, and I have a college degree too but I am interested in a "certification" to teach as well. How did you find out about this one? Do they have a web site? Thanks!
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