Description from homeschooloasis.com
This audio-taped workshop will help you hold a light up to the state of learning in your child by revealing what a healthy state of learning looks like.
My points of impact:
Natural-God's structure is organized, governing biblical principles
Help to see child's deficiencies in free time activities-the choices he is making reflects his education
Teach on a “need to know basis”
Dad should spend one hour a week instilling a love of something that is of interest to him (carpentry, cars, music, etc.)
Curriculum does not create Godly children; discipleship does.
Dialogue with kids on how they can spend their day. Creates self motivation.
Sign #1: Individual
Distinct; one of a kind. (Canned curriculum will violate what God has planned for your individual children.)
Used child's gifts, delights, interests
Seek God to recognize each child's individual bent.
Sign #2: Delight-Direction
Passion for something will last a lifetime.
Dimension, substance, quality, purpose
Sign #3: Life-Related
Connected to the student's life.
Make the things they learn relevant to what is going on in their life.
Ask, “Are they ready to learn this at this point?”
Skills need to be applied in daily related experience
Sign #4: Valuable active
Being constructive v. superficial busy-ness.
Moderate the mindless activities.
Provide opportunities to show the child that God wants them to spend their time with purpose.
Most discipline problems have to do with the parents.
Sign #5: Productivity
Bringing something into existence any constructive play time.
No need to produce everyday.
Quality control along the way.
Take time to process knowledge.
Free access to TOOLS, not TOYS
Sign #6: Creativity
Create a standard of clean up after each project. Encourage multiple projects.
Creativity is the seed bed of genius.
Temper poor choices with rich ones. Have a list of pre-done choices.
Sign #7: Vision
Inner motivation creates vision.
Opposite is the generic purpose for another's plan.
See free time as potentially educational use.
“Where there is no vision, the people perish”