It’s all too easy for me to say ‘no’. No, no, no! I don’t want my children to remember me as a ‘no mum’. “No” closes doors whereas “yes” opens the door, giving loads of opportunity! Opening the door is like igniting a flame… we never know where it will lead or brightly it will burn. I desire to create an environment that is conducive to pursuing delights, to shape and develop the character traits necessary for a lifelong habit of learning and provide the fuel or rich ideas to stimulate an interest.
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Homeschooling Isn't About Education
I didn’t write this article, but it’s too good not to share. It was written by Chris...
Putting it together
Where I share just a little of our lifestyle and how it looks, what sort of books we use in this pursuit of a Bible based, Cross-centric lifestyle of learning.
The Animal School – A Parable
An old story tells of the creation of a school for the animals. In this school, everybody took the...
Developing the Vision
God doesn’t want us to strive for cookie-cutter children, rather He would have us prepare our children for an individual, definable life purpose. We try to recognise and identify each children’s natural (God-given) strengths, weaknesses, abilities, talents, interests and passions. From there, we can lean on God for direction in devising a flexible plan for developing our children as whole individuals with a purpose, for His service.
Getting the direction – as co-pilot
A Gospel-driven, Cross-centric, Discipleship approach simply means that we’re teaching each child what he needs to know, with a view to his/her God given strengths, weaknesses, interest, passions, and talents… their natural bents. An individual’s strengths and weaknesses and interests are part of their God given make up! By identifying and encouraging their natural bents we will be launching them toward their purpose.
Delight Directed Learning
I’ve always pursued my delights. Pursuing homeschooling was a delight yet has ended up being...
Worthwhile Pastimes – Discerning the Value in Hobbies
This post was originally a response to a question posted on a forum On a delightful forum that I...
Delight Directed Education wins 3rd place!
Oops! I had intended to pop back earlier with our exciting news but the days just seemed to skip...
Identity Directed Approach
Identity Directed home-based learning goes hand in hand with a Bible Based, Christ Centred approach. It simply means to teach the child with a view to his/her God given strengths, weaknesses, interest, passions, and talents… their natural bents.


