Friday, March 14, 2014

Home Training



"Parents, remember that your home is a training school, in which your children are to be prepared for the home above. Deny them anything rather than the education that they should receive in their earliest years. Allow no word of pettishness. Teach your children to be kind and patient."

Ellen White, Child Guidance, Chapter 17

Educating for Higher Service and Greater Joy



"More than human wisdom is needed by parents at every step, that they may understand how best to educate their children for a useful, happy life here, and for higher service and greater joy hereafter."

The Review & Herald, September 13, 1881

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Active Learning Solidifies Knowledge


"Children learn best by physical, hands-on experimentation. Active learning is needed to discover and solidify knowledge. It is said that we remember 10 percent of what we hear, 50 percent of what we see, 75 percent of what we say, and 90 percent of what we do. This is true of everyone, but particularly of young children who actually need physical, hands-on experimentation. Passive learning such as educational television seldom produces creative scholars."

Raymond Moore

Home Style Teaching p. 64