Educational Methods & Philosophy

There are many ways to educate your children, and, if you're just getting started in home schooling, just choosing the approach you wish to take can be overwhelming, never mind the curriculum itself! If you're interacting with more experienced home school families, the stuff they're doing might intimidate you into thinking you can't possibly home school your kids, but stop! Take a breath. You just need to sit down, ask yourself a few common sense questions about what you want to accomplish, and get a handle on what options there are.

As we see it, all approaches to education should fall under a broad "covenantal approach," in which parents deliberately focus on training their children to love and reverence their God, respect their parents, and explore their world. From our perspective, that's the main reason to home school. But when one talks about "approaches," one typically means the philosophy driving the way you educate your kids. There are limitless methods to teach your kids, but they seem to fall under five main philosophies.

These are: 

 "Eclectic" home schooling, explained conservatively, is to blend elements of all of them (generally what we recommend). "Eclectic" can also refer to a much more liberal, anti-Christian education; We obviously suggest steering clear of that approach.

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Big Book of How to Make PROJECTS
from Dinah-Might Adventures, LP
for Kindergarten - College
in Classroom Teacher Resources (Location: HSR-CTR)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Me, Classical Thee for Homeschoolers
by Rebekah Merkle
revised for homeschoolers from Canon Press
for 5th-12th grade
in Classical Education (Location: HSR-METCE)
$11.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Reader
by Dr. Christopher Perrin & Leslie Rayner
1.4st edition from Classical Academic Press
for Kindergarten-12th
in Recommended Book Lists (Location: LIR-REC)
$8.96
Discovering Doctrine: A Personal Bible Study Grades 7-12
by Sonya Shafer
from Simply Charlotte Mason
for 7th-12th grade
in Simply Charlotte Mason (Location: CUR-SCM)
$9.50 (1 in stock)
Enjoy the Poems: Robert Louis Stevenson
by Robert Louis Stevenson and Sonya Shafer, Compiled by Ruth Smith
from Simply Charlotte Mason
for 1st-12th grade
in Poetry Curriculum & Resources (Location: LIR-POET)
$8.50 (1 in stock)
Journaling A Year in Nature
from Simply Charlotte Mason
for 1st-12th grade
in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN)
$15.00 (2 in stock)
Journey Into Africa
by Ann M. Jansen
from GeoDeo Educational Resources
in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR)
$28.00 (1 in stock)
Literary Life Commonplace Book - Fairy Cover
by Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks
from Blue Sky Daisies
for 9th-Adult
in Commonplace & Journaling Books (Location: LIR-Com)
$9.95
Literary Life Commonplace Book - Ivory Cover
by Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks
from Blue Sky Daisies
for 9th-12th grade
in Commonplace & Journaling Books (Location: LIR-Com)
$9.95
Literary Life Commonplace Book - Mocha Cover
by Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks
2nd edition from Blue Sky Daisies
for 9th-Adult
in Commonplace & Journaling Books (Location: LIR-Com)
$9.95
Literary Life Commonplace Book - Succulent Cover
by Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks
from Blue Sky Daisies
for 9th-Adult
in Commonplace & Journaling Books (Location: LIR-Com)
$9.95
Matthew Through Acts & Ancient Rome: Lesson Plans for Grades 1-12
by Sonya Schafer
2nd edition from Simply Charlotte Mason
for 1st-12th grade
in Simply Charlotte Mason (Location: CUR-SCM)
$17.50 (1 in stock)
My Reading Logbook - Journal
from Peter Pauper Press
for 3rd-Adult
in Recommended Book Lists (Location: LIR-REC)
$2.80 (1 in stock)
Noah Plan History and Geography Curriculum Guide (old)
Noah Plan
by Elizabeth L. Youmans
1st edition from Foundation for American Christian Education
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Principle Approach (Location: HSR-METPA)
$28.00
Noah Plan Literature Curriculum Guide
Noah Plan
by Rosalie Slater
from Foundation for American Christian Education
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Principle Approach (Location: HSR-METPA)
$39.95 $24.00 (1 in stock)
Noah Plan Mathematics Curriculum Guide
Noah Plan
by Arthur Paul Ricciardi
from Foundation for American Christian Education
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Principle Approach (Location: HSR-METPA)
$39.95
Noah Plan Reading Curriculum Guide
Noah Plan
by Martha Barnes Shirley
from Foundation for American Christian Education
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Principle Approach (Location: HSR-METPA)
$39.95
Old Western Culture Year 1 DVD Set
by Wesley Callihan
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-Adult
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
Old Western Culture Year 1 Volume 1
by Wesley Callihan
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-Adult
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$56.00
Old Western Culture Year 1 Volume 1 - Workbook
by Wesley Callihan
1st edition from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-12th grade
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$12.00
Old Western Culture Year 1 Volume 2
by Wesley Callihan
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-Adult
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$56.00
Old Western Culture Year 1 Volume 2 - Workbook
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-12th grade
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$12.00
Old Western Culture Year 1 Volume 3
by Wesley Callihan
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-Adult
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$56.00
Old Western Culture Year 1 Volume 3 - Workbook
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-12th grade
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$12.00 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Old Western Culture Year 1 Volume 4
by Wesley Callihan
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-Adult
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$56.00
Old Western Culture Year 1 Volume 4 - Workbook
by Wesley Callihan
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-12th grade
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$12.00
Old Western Culture Year 2 Volume 1
by Wesley Callihan
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-Adult
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$56.00
Old Western Culture Year 2 Volume 2
by Wesley Callihan
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-Adult
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$56.00
Old Western Culture Year 2 Volume 3
by Wesley Callihan
from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-Adult
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$56.00
Old Western Culture Year 2 Volume 3 - Reader
1st edition from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-12th grade
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$16.00
Old Western Culture Year 2 Volume 4 - Reader
1st edition from Roman Roads Media
for 9th-12th grade
in Old Western Culture (Location: LITCUR-OWC)
$16.00
Reader's Guide
by Dr. Christopher Perrin & Leslie Rayner
from Classical Academic Press
for Kindergarten-12th
in Clearance: Home School Resources (Location: ZCLE-HSR)
$4.17
Stories of the Nations Volume 1 - Narration Notecards
by Crystal Hildreth
from Simply Charlotte Mason
for 1st-12th grade
in Simply Charlotte Mason (Location: CUR-SCM)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Stories We Shared
by Douglas Kaine McKelvey & Jamin Still
from Rabbit Room Press
in Recommended Book Lists (Location: LIR-REC)
$31.50
Tending the Heart of Virtue
by Vigen Guroian
unknown from Oxford University
in Literary Analysis & Reference (Location: LIR-LAR)
$36.95
Visits to the Middle East
by Sonya Shafer
from Simply Charlotte Mason
for 1st-12th grade
in Geography Curriculum (Location: GEO-CUR)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Well-Trained Mind
by Susan Wise Bauer & Jessie Wise
4th edition from W. W. Norton and Co.
in Classical Education (Location: HSR-METCE)
$28.00 $19.00 (1 in stock)
Well-Trained Mind
by Susan Wise Bauer & Jessie Wise
5th edition from W. W. Norton and Co.
in Classical Education (Location: HSR-METCE)
$39.99
Well-Trained Mind (old)
by Susan Wise Bauer & Jessie Wise
3rd edition from W. W. Norton and Co.
in Clearance: Home School Resources (Location: ZCLE-HSR)
$16.00