Eclectic Homeschooling
May 26th, 2006
When my oldest daughter was younger, I assumed we’d be unschoolers. Somehow, that was just too difficult in practice. I need more structure and more tangible goals. I also worry that if something were to happen to me and we could no longer homeschool, that unschooling would leave her way ahead in some areas and way behind in other areas. Thus, we have a minimum of structure in that she has to keep up with math, spelling, and grammar.
I’m really interested in Classical Homeschooling. I want my daughter to have wonderful logic and rhetoric skills. I find that many folks today lack an ability to reason and fall for strong opinions. I want her to have a strong background in the classics (and not American Idol).
However, I find that _The Well Trained Mind_ seems to be very dismissive of creativity. Build the skills first, then allow for creativity. I really do not like that approach. I will not follow their guidlines very closely, though we have used many of their texts and recommendations.
I’m still searching for a good fit, and I suppose I will always be searching for the right fit at any given moment.
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1. Steph | May 27th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
I, too, have been attracted to both classical home schooling and unschooling (among other things) and continue to strive to find the right fit. I do love the term “eclectic.”
2. Amy | June 14th, 2006 at 10:48 am
I am starting to consider myself a ‘classical unschooler’ because while I love many things about the classical approach, I can’t abandon my unschooling heart, LOL. In my mind I can mine the classical approach for good books, ideas, and the like and simply incorporate them in our day-to-day unschooling lives. So far, so good.
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