http://notatschool.today.com Favourite homeschooling books and resources plus our struggles and success. Come and share! Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:43:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here. "The Book of 500 Curious Puzzles (PDF ebook) – Here’s a classic collection from way back in 1859 of all sorts of odd and interesting puzzles, riddles, mazes, math problems and oddities to challenge and bemuse puzzle lovers. Are you as smart as the kids of that bygone era? Check ... http://notatschool.today.com/2009/08/18/free-pdf-puzzle-book-from-1859/ From Calico Spanish. This company produces resources to teach children from 5-12 Spanish. Today they are offering 3 free sample songs from one of their CDs, along with PDFs of the lyrics and tips on how to get started with learning the language. One of the songs is designed to teach children ... http://notatschool.today.com/2009/08/14/todays-free-mp3-spanish-songs/ Drawing for Beginners by Dorothy Furniss. "This classic book by Dorothy Furniss is a wonderful introduction to drawing, well written and nicely illustrated. Included are chapters on sketching from life and from your imagination, sketching people and animals, perspective drawing, drawing tools, and much more. Probably not as many illustrations as ... http://notatschool.today.com/2009/08/13/free-ebook-drawing-for-beginners/ Here is an article in the Independant written by one Home Educator who schools in a traditional manner, lambasting those who take an autonomous approach. (A man who also, btw, worked under Graham Badman in the CFHFE.) For goodness sakes. The comments to the article respond much better than I ever ... http://notatschool.today.com/2009/08/01/home-educators-fighting-each-other/ Original letter here. "Shocking example of education today It is little wonder we are all ill-educated. My 16-year-old son has just left comprehensive school after having taken 12 GCSEs. A brief assessment of his "education" may explain. In English literature for example he has read no single English novel. He took German ... http://notatschool.today.com/2009/07/24/letter-to-the-independant-shocking-example-of-education-today/ Charlotte Mason Musings: Vol. 1 pp8-10 Miss Mason describes a METHOD of education, something which has a definite end object in mind. She asks: "What do you propose that education shall effect in and for your child?" Good question. Just off the top of my head... 1. I want my children to ... http://notatschool.today.com/2009/07/24/charlotte-masons-method-vs-a-system/ This brilliant book can be read online, here. I'm only 27 pages in, but so far it seems like such a common sense approach, and also quite radical in some aspects. Rumsley begins by talking about all the reasons why a Christian should not homeschool, for instance just because everyone ... http://notatschool.today.com/2009/07/22/christian-homeschooling-minus-the-stress-by-sue-rumsley/ I was initially sceptical about this book for a couple of reasons. The author, Gareth Lewis, has spent part of his career as a Steiner teacher, and I disagree with many aspects of Rudolf Steiner’s philosophy. Also, although I appreciate autonomous education, that is not really the method I am ... http://notatschool.today.com/2009/07/16/one-to-one-a-practical-guide-to-learning-at-home-by-gareth-lewis/ ... from the ever-fabulous Grit. Enjoy! http://notatschool.today.com/2009/07/15/how-to-survive-the-school-holidays/ On the Well Trained Mind website I came across these brilliant articles depicting Susan Wise Bauer's day to day life, classically home educating 3-4 small children of various ages. A Day at Our House School at My House I just appreciated reading them so much - I cannot express how true, down to ... http://notatschool.today.com/2009/07/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-classical-educator/