Homeschool Lesson Plan in 5 Minutes | Classical Education
Summary: Homeschool lesson plans should be imaginative and fun, so I'm going to inspire you in 5 minutes with a 'done-for-you' creative teaching idea. I’m your classical education coach, Diane Lockman, and I’m passionate about helping you become a better homeschool teacher. Now that my kids are adults, I encourage other moms and dads on the journey with simple, time-saving tips on classical lesson planning, teaching strategies, and college prep. After nearly 20 years, I’ve learned that all intellectual skills can be boiled down to teaching the child how to read, think, write, and speak. Here's to working smarter, not harder! #askdiane #homeschooling
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Teaching the Elections Process to Kids: 3 Things You Need to Cover SKILL: Critical Thinking Voting season has begun, so what better way to introduce your homeschool kids to the U.S. presidential and gubernatorial process than to host your own mock election? Whether you want to replicate the actual candidates and issues, or make up your own imaginative…
STEM Math Activities Replace Hypotheticals with Relevant Problem-Solving Granted every kid needs a serious homeschool math curriculum that will carry him from elementary school through high school graduation...one that is serial in nature, circling back around every now and then to review math concepts that have already been learned...a homeschool math curriculum that will adequately prepare…
Engineering Mustn't Wait 'Til College or Career; Homeschoolers Should Tinker Now with STEM Nearly forty years ago, my husband David got an electrical engineering degree from Vanderbilt University back when computers were in their infancy. After ten years as a software engineer, he went to law school, and for the last thirty years, he's secured patents and worked directly with inventors…
STEM (or STEAM) Learning Naturally Allows for Multiple Right Answers Especially in Technology Ask any 21st century homeschool kid what you mean by the word technology, and I'll bet you get answers like 'smartphone, video games, or virtual reality goggles." True, these are relevant examples of technology which would be a perfect connection to the broader meaning…
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math (STEAM) Education Encourages Exploration STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) curricula was a new concept ten years ago when I took my middle school kids to the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world's largest international pre-college science competition which was hosted at the Indianapolis Convention Center. Meandering through the rows…
Homeschool Logic Curriculum Is Not Enough Homeschool logic shouldn't be dreadful! When my kids were still at home, we used a couple of different logic curricula, and boy, were they BORING! Dry drill of Aristotle's syllogisms nearly put us all to sleep and gave us splitting headaches as we tried to figure out premises, fallacies,…
Homeschool Literature Projects that Tell Stories of Ancient Cultures Most homeschool literature projects revolve around ONE classic children's book like Anne of Green Gables or The Trumpet of the Swan. Typically, the kid creates some type of illustration to demonstrate her mastery and understanding of the book. For example, your daughter may organize a trifold display…
Hands-On Homeschool History Projects Are Perfect for Learning About Government How ancient people governed is a fascinating field of study for your homeschoolers, especially given the fact that these five civilizations influenced our own founders (Greece's democracy and Rome's republic) and Christian Church (Israel). Any homeschool kid who's studying the Old Testament knows about Israel's…
Design Your Own Wearable Homeschool Art Projects Like the Ancient Cultures Don't confine your homeschool art projects to painting; there are lots of other creative ways to explore and play with aesthetic beauty like sculpting, metalworking, animation, and composing music. In this series, we're specifically looking at five ancient civilizations (Egypt, Israel, Greece, Persia, &…
Fun Homeschool Project Ideas for Hands-On, Self-Directed Learning {5 Day Hopscotch} Would you like to have a kid who knows how to direct and manage his own learning? Of course you would! But first, you need to pause and consider this important question: Does your child think his education is for you or for him? Many…
Compose Yourself for this Classical Lesson on Narrative Composition Skill: Writing | COMPOSITION When teaching your child how to write a composition, you have a lot of choices which fall within two major genres: poetry and prose. Poetry has a particular rhyme, rhythm, and verse structure; homeric epics, Greek dramas, and Shakespeare's sonnets would qualify as good…
Charlotte Mason and the Classical Method Now Known as Paraphrase Skill: Writing | PARAPHRASE Paraphrase...a fancy multi-syllable word for a simple, one idea concept. In Victorian England, Charlotte would've called it rendition or reproduction. You've heard the vocabulary root 'para' thousands of times before, right? Paratrooper, parachurch, paragraph, paramount, and in today's Charlotte Mason post on…
My Kids Never Got Tired of Asking 'Why?' Skills: Critical Thinking | INTERPRETATION If you listened to my Charlotte Mason lesson on teaching observation skills, you'll recall that I talked about using the 5 W + 1 H questions to help your child "see" the close details of the written and living text. What are…
Substitution Is the Easiest Way to Learn English Grammar & the 8 Parts of Speech Skill: Reading | SUBSTITUTION Substitution, a classical education method, was used by teachers like Plato and Charlotte Mason's governesses with great results for almost 3,000 years. All the Greco-Roman master needed was a wax tablet, a stylus and a classic text like…
Charlotte Mason Treated God's Creation as the Ultimate "Classic Text" Skill: Critical Thinking | OBSERVATION Classical Christian educator Charlotte Mason had an intense affection and appreciation for the natural world just as she adored classic literature, poetry, hymns, and Scripture. So when I say she treated God's creation as a "classic text," what do I mean?…
