Home Education Magazine Sept-Oct, 2011 : Page 4
Home Education magazine September-October 2011 V olume 28 Number 5 Articles Parenting a Precocious Reader Julie A Finn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Her gift requires nurturing and guidance, it needs expression, it must help her come to know who she is without being made to define her. These are the challenges of parenting a precocious child, sure, but the secret is that these are also the challenges of parenting every child. Building Your Home Library: Picture Books Lisa Hartman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Picture books provide children with a window into the reading life. They plant and nurture a love of art and provide many hours of entertainment. 32 Nurturing Your Budding Writer Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 If you want to be a writer you have to read. Make sure that your young charge has plenty of time to read, read and read some more. Mailbox Travelers: The 2011 Letters Project Tamra Orr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Alam family wanted to share the world with their children and so, they found a way to do it—by simply walking out to their mailbox and peeking inside. A Homeschooling Family Hits the Road Wanda LaBrecque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 I started planning for the cross-country trip having no idea whether it would even be possible to travel across thousands of miles with seven children in tow. Features 20 John Holt and Growing Without Schooling Helen Hegener The most important thing any teacher has to learn, not to be learned in any school of education I ever heard of, can be expressed in seven words: Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 22 -Picture Books On the Cover 26 -Mailbox Travelers 32 -Bullying 20 -Precocious Reader 10 -Family Criticism 34
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