Archive for September 27th, 2008

Creativity and Homeschooling

Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Teaching Creativity

Teaching Creativity

I think teaching your children at home encourages them to be creative. Children need time to play, create, brainstorm, dream, and analyze.

Sir Ken Robinson, a creativity expert, did a study on creativity and education in England. This interesting and funny video from a secular perspective runs about 20 minutes.

From the Crayola® website, this is an interesting quiz to see how you “use imagination and creativity in your teaching.”

Gives you something to think about!

Blessings,

Harriet

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Farming and City People

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Compared to a hundred years ago, most of us don’t know much about farming except that chickens lay eggs and cows make milk. That’s why it is beneficial for city children to participate in 4H or attend county fairs or state fairs.

Boy at County Fair

Boy at County Fair

Little Hands on the Farm is a fun way to teach kids about agriculture This web article by Lisa Foust Prater tells all about the Little Hands on the Farm program. It started in Indiana and is now part of many state fairs. It helps children to understand how food gets to the grocery store.

Count it for school! Include it as a field trip for your “Early American” or “Westward Expansion” studies. If you are studying plants or animals, it counts.

Helpful resources for your farm study include: Old Fashioned Farm Life Coloring Book, Prairie Primer Unit Study (unit study for Little House on the Prairie), and God’s Design for Life Series with the World of Plants and the Animal Kingdom.

Gotta love homeschooling.

Blessings,

Harriet

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