What you nurture, what you allow and encourage, what you spark and develop all becomes part of the their life learning.
Squelch nothing. Children learn while they play. Allow them to play. Play with them. Explore with them.
Encourage and prompt, gently guide, and be ready to learn more yourself.
That is the true heart of being a teacher.
UnSchooling:
The Importance of Teaching GeographyThe Importance of Reading to Your Children
Why to Homeschool with Unschooling method: Ted Talk
Recommended Resources:
CK12.orgProject Gutenberg
High School Courses Developed by MIT
Khan AcademyMath Planet - HS Math
Purpose Games- upper grades games
Sheppard Software- For K-8
The Simple Homeschool
Star Talk Radio with Neil De Grasse Tyson
300 Mind Expanding Documentaries
NOAA Education Resources
100 legal sites download literature
For Help, Advice, and Community try:
55 Serious Reasons Why You Should Homeschool
Humanist Homeschoolers HelpThe Thinkers, Secular Homeschooling Community
Secular Student Alliance
The Secular Homeschool
American Humanist Association
Note: the American Humanist Association now has a Curriculum Section which I highly recommend with PDF Teacher Materials for children and Adult Education. Here is a link for the Manual for Establishing Humanist Education programs for Children: American Humanist Association - Children's Curriculum Manual
Teaching the Boys to Cook:
Kitchen HelpersThe Most Important Lesson: Heat Control
Ideas for Younger Kitchen Helpers
Homemade Biscuits
Personal Note: I am a Secular Unschooler. In my posts, this fact may be very clear. I promote Science and an attitude of 'question everything'. I do not intend to offend; however, I make no apologies for my approach. If you are opposed to teaching science for it's truth and absolute properties; or if you oppose teaching evolution as an accepted fact; then please, respect others' opinions, and realize I do not make any attempt to hide or challenge your beliefs. I simply state my own. Feel free to pursue your interests elsewhere if this offends.
Books I highly recommend for older students (Jr. High to High School age):
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