The proper goal of education is to assist another’s development into a whole person healthy in body, mind, and spirit. The goal is not to impart skills in various distinct subject areas. Skills are certainly required but they are the means and not the ends. Think about skills at the middle-school level as abilities which are required to, a) hear… Read more »
One characteristic of the institutional school is the idea of starting the year, finishing, school being “out for summer”. Life is not a school but should be learning 24/7 every day of the year. Certainly there are seasons of concentrated focus on textbooks and seasons of rest and travel. However, it’s not helpful to think of “finishing” school nor taking… Read more »
For a helpful study of God’s perspective on leisure, Redeeming the Time: A Christian Approach to Work and Leisure by Leland Ryken is recommended. I have not read the book yet but have read several other books by Dr. Ryken and found them all very good. I suspect the same here. And a great set of study notes is available… Read more »
Planning for your math subject is simple since you will follow a lesson by lesson curriculum such as Saxon Math. You should follow the curriculum in order with little flexibility. You can be flexible in how much work you require, the pace for the student, whether you test periodically, and so forth. Most math curriculums are arranged in 4 or… Read more »
Subjects for 6th grade include skill areas of Math and Language Arts and more general subjects of Bible, History, Reading, Writing, and Science. We’ll look at each of these in detail considering the goal of the subject study, particular methods, resources, and pacing of each task for the year. The idea is to determine what the student should learn in… Read more »
No special preparation is required before your student begins this 6th grade program. In our case, during the elementary grades we used Sonlight extensively combined with Math-U-See (Introduction and Intermediate) and the Learning Language Arts Through Literature series. As a result, our children could read well, do basic arithmetic, and had basic grammar skills. Sonlight is a literature based curriculum… Read more »
The in-home schooling mentioned in this site’s articles are the foundation of a typical home education plan, but aren’t all that is needed in a child’s discipleship. Other important activities include weekly trips to the library, music lessons, daily music practice, chores, church activities such as choirs or AWANA-type programs, speech and debate, sports, drama, dance, and so on. In… Read more »
The most important subject of all is the Bible. Our goal is to be conformed to the image of Christ. We know that to be like Him, we must see Him. We see Him primarily through the Bible which is His spoken, written revelation to the world. Your child should have a habit of daily personal Bible reading and prayer… Read more »
Abbreviations used in 6th grade monthly lesson schedules BA – Holman Bible Atlas S76 – Saxon Math 76 HN – A House for My Name KF – Kingfisher Encyclopedia of World History Inv – Investigating God’s World (Abeka) chapter.section rd=read, CC=Comprehension Check Obs – Observing God’s World (Abeka) chapter.section rd=read, CC=Comprehension Check LLA – Learning Language Arts Through Literature –… Read more »
Week 21 Decipher Abbreviations Wk21 Bible Math History Reading Writing Science LanguageArts M S76 107odd KF p218-219 LLA 21.1 Tu S76 108odd KF p220-221 HIS p64-78 HIS Essay Obs 1.6 LLA 21.1 W BA p142-150 S76 109odd KF p222-223 HIS p78-92 HIS Essay LLA 21.1 Th HN p189-196 Q1367 S76 110odd KF p224-225 Obs 1.7 LLA 21.1 F S76 111odd… Read more »
