In our family, we chose to follow the Moore Formula approach to education . The focus on work, study, and service helped us keep a balan...

As a new school year starts for many , it seems timely to review the core "recipe" for homeschooling. I have always appreciated...

An excerpt from “Teach Your Own” by John Holt, the educator who promoted freedom for children to learn naturally and coined the term “u...

An educational philosophy is important for your home school. If you have a home school philosophy that is specific to your family it helps ...

It is natural for parents to want the best for a child.  So many resources are available which can help them grow and develop.  Opportuniti...

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 ...

This morning I read a most interesting comment about women and stress. So often we feel that we need to be diligent, busy, productive, and...

"Every human being, created in the image of God, is endowed with a power akin to that of the Creator --- individuality, power to think...

Teaching children how to think can be difficult.  In contrast, teaching children to merely reflect the thoughts of others is simple in comp...

  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...

Adults believe that freedom is an inherent right. At the same time, some adults believe that they are the keepers of their children and...

 Applying the study, work, and service method of home education can require that a parent-teacher think outside of the box.  Most people ...

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 popular method of filling the student’s mind with that which is not practical and hurrying him through a certain course, in orde...

    The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. ...

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...

“There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow.” Robert Frost

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

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