Choosing a Different Path
This point leads me into just what types of homeschool styles are there and what does the curriculum look like. Homeschooling is individual for each family, and a lot of times individual to each child in that family, because we all do not learn the same way. What is working for one, might work for another. To answer this question there are some typical terms you’ll hear when looking into homeschooling. These include—classicalist, unschooling, traditionalist and eclecticism (relaxed). The classicalist style is one of the first methods, this style uses three tools grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. The goal of this style is to teach people how to learn for themselves. Next, you will find unschooling, which is the most …show more content…
For the eclecticism or relaxed homeschoolers; the curriculum they choose leans towards a child led focus. For example, if the child is interested in butterflies, they will plan the whole curriculum around butterflies, incorporating math, science, grammar, etcetera. Parents will often inventory how things are working for the children and change if needed. It is common this method will have parts of one curriculum for certain subjects and use online sources for another and yet something different for other areas, such as projects or experiments. The eclecticism-relaxed and unschoolers are similar, the biggest difference to note is the eclecticism-relaxed do not follow a rigid curricula or schedule. Finally, the classicalist homeschoolers follow a strict boxed curriculum of the parents choosing, this would include material that can be focused on the parent’s religion or secular. The point of choosing curriculum for this style is to focus on the three stages of learning that I previously mentioned—grammar, dialectic and rhetoric. Above all else is important to note these are brief descriptions, once one finds a homeschooling parent finds a style that fits the family, there are still several curriculum choices to choose from. Knowing the child’s learning
This point leads me into just what types of homeschool styles are there and what does the curriculum look like. Homeschooling is individual for each family, and a lot of times individual to each child in that family, because we all do not learn the same way. What is working for one, might work for another. To answer this question there are some typical terms you’ll hear when looking into homeschooling. These include—classicalist, unschooling, traditionalist and eclecticism (relaxed). The classicalist style is one of the first methods, this style uses three tools grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric. The goal of this style is to teach people how to learn for themselves. Next, you will find unschooling, which is the most …show more content…
For the eclecticism or relaxed homeschoolers; the curriculum they choose leans towards a child led focus. For example, if the child is interested in butterflies, they will plan the whole curriculum around butterflies, incorporating math, science, grammar, etcetera. Parents will often inventory how things are working for the children and change if needed. It is common this method will have parts of one curriculum for certain subjects and use online sources for another and yet something different for other areas, such as projects or experiments. The eclecticism-relaxed and unschoolers are similar, the biggest difference to note is the eclecticism-relaxed do not follow a rigid curricula or schedule. Finally, the classicalist homeschoolers follow a strict boxed curriculum of the parents choosing, this would include material that can be focused on the parent’s religion or secular. The point of choosing curriculum for this style is to focus on the three stages of learning that I previously mentioned—grammar, dialectic and rhetoric. Above all else is important to note these are brief descriptions, once one finds a homeschooling parent finds a style that fits the family, there are still several curriculum choices to choose from. Knowing the child’s learning