Comments on: Play is a Child’s Work

By: What To Do When Everything Changes • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:57:04 +0000

[…] – Teach something. What do your children need to know? Not just academics — but playing (for younger students), life skills (133 ideas in the How to Change a Tire journal), and how to […]

By: Homeschoolers: What's the Least You Need to Teach? • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell

Thu, 30 Mar 2017 16:17:08 +0000

[…] For the 12-18 years that you’re influencing your child, it’s a relief to know you don’t need to teach them everything they’ll ever need. Learning goes on for a lifetime, (as long as students aren’t inoculated against it by the notion that graduation means they know it all and are finished learning). Rather than being stressed into trying to create school at home, you can choose to create a warm, nurturing learning environment that will help learning happen as you “sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up” (Deuteronomy 6:7). It’s what Charlotte Mason meant when she described education as “an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life.” […]

By: Why You (Probably) Need a Summer Break | Janice Campbell

Why You (Probably) Need a Summer Break | Janice Campbell — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 22:16:30 +0000

[…] Let them have a bit of junk to build and tinker with (see the suggestions in “Play is a Child’s Work“). […]