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When I first signed onto HomschoolBlogger, I was asked to choose my curriculum style for my profile. I chuckled at the "Other" option as I thought to myself, "What on earth could the ‘Others’ be teaching and how?" Is it like the movie, "The Others," where Nicole Kidman’s character thinks her house is haunted but finds out it’s not her house that’s haunted? Her whole world was rocked when she became aware of the shocking truth that SHE was the visiting OTHER (I usually avoid ghosty movies but I was trapped in a hospital room and this was SO interesting). Are the "other" homeschoolers under the assumption they know what they are doing but then, one day, really figure it out and have to start over?
So, I started to check classical but that wasn’t right because we throw in unit studies here and there. So, I started to check unit Studies but that’s not right either because we use text books for certain subjects. I used to think unschoolers were a bad lot because the only ones I knew or heard of were doing NOTHING to teach their children ANYTHING. I have since met others and have learned more and realize we do a bit of "delight directed studies"ourselves. So, as I pondered being identified as unschoolers, I realized that after 15 years of homeschooling, I still don’t know what the heck I’m doing! WE ARE OTHERS! We do a little bit of everything, sometimes organized, sometimes not. I read about teaching each of my children according to their learning style and am tempted to throw them on the big yellow monster! I don’t care what the experts say; there are NOT 4 basic learning styles. At our house, there are 11, not including the parents.
Is there anyone out there who can describe what the "Other" homeschool means at their house? I was recently informed that I’m considered a "veteran homeschooler" but that doesn’t mean I don’t still need encouraged. I’m still learning and am new to homeschooling my younger bunch.
Would you look at that! Another benefit of large families; you experiment on the first 3 then the rest will be geniuses. (JK, kiddos – you older ones are a pretty clever band of smarty-pants).
So, I started to check classical but that wasn’t right because we throw in unit studies here and there. So, I started to check unit Studies but that’s not right either because we use text books for certain subjects. I used to think unschoolers were a bad lot because the only ones I knew or heard of were doing NOTHING to teach their children ANYTHING. I have since met others and have learned more and realize we do a bit of "delight directed studies"ourselves. So, as I pondered being identified as unschoolers, I realized that after 15 years of homeschooling, I still don’t know what the heck I’m doing! WE ARE OTHERS! We do a little bit of everything, sometimes organized, sometimes not. I read about teaching each of my children according to their learning style and am tempted to throw them on the big yellow monster! I don’t care what the experts say; there are NOT 4 basic learning styles. At our house, there are 11, not including the parents.
Is there anyone out there who can describe what the "Other" homeschool means at their house? I was recently informed that I’m considered a "veteran homeschooler" but that doesn’t mean I don’t still need encouraged. I’m still learning and am new to homeschooling my younger bunch.
Would you look at that! Another benefit of large families; you experiment on the first 3 then the rest will be geniuses. (JK, kiddos – you older ones are a pretty clever band of smarty-pants).
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