A recent Gallup poll, published August 25, 2020, revealed that 10% of American families with children of school age are intending to homeschool their children this year.[1] That’s double the 5% last year! And this is not referring to online learning. The study was careful to point out that “homeschool” did not include those enrolled …
Homeschooling
Children Learn by Doing
Experiments in the area of child development and neuroscience shows that one of the most important factors in a young child’s learning process is his/her interaction with the environment. Children learn best when all the senses are engaged and the learning is hands-on. Whenever a child is actively involved with learning more areas of the …
Doing Your Own Thinking
Doing schoolwork isn’t the only way for a child to learn. In fact, a child’s brain develops best when he is regularly engaged in real-life activities that involve working, playing, and exploring.