Classroom teachers try to imitate or approximate real life whenever they can, because they know such methods produce good learning. If yo...

Research in child development reveals that children receive the best foundation for future development and learning from a secure and respo...

Without professional training, simply by being herself, a concerned, loving mother usually can do more for her normal child than a teacher ...

In the role of teacher-parent, it is normal to become enthused and engaged in the process of educating your children.  If you are like m...

Observing children make their own discoveries is rewarding to watch.  That light bulb moment, when a child says "Ahaaaaaaa!" as t...

  By contemplating how God led the Children of Israel in the wilderness for forty years, we can see a word picture of His educational tec...

  John Holt (1923 – 1985) is best known as an educator and proponent of homeschooling. His views were considered radical and progressive...

It is possible for a high school student to be complete academic classwork with three or four hours a day of study.  When using a tru...

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” ~ Saint Augustine ~

The tutorial system has never been excelled in education.  And the home has been its coziest nest.  Many of the great geniuses of the a...

After studying how God used work as a natural method of teaching the children of the Old Testament many things, I started reviewing how ...

We usually call “useful work” by another name:  chores.  These are the tasks that are done to keep our living environment clean, healthy...

Family chores are tasks that contribute to keeping a household run smoothly.  They are duties that the whole family participates in, not...

Outside chores are valuable because they give a child the opportunity to expend energy in a useful and purposeful way.  Exercise, a sens...

Children through the ages have been given opportunities to earn money through gainful employment.  When used appropriately, it helps chi...

  The Moore Formula recommends a relaxed and natural style for homeschooling. Dr. Raymond Moore was an advocate of the homeschool, and d...

“True home schooling is tutorial, hand-made, customized to each child. Such parents respond to their children in a loving, informal way...

"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity ...

“The price for bright, well-adjusted children. . .warm parent responses, high family values, and a lot of opportunity to explore.” Ra...

"The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think.  It should be the primary purpose of our [public] schoo...