Home School Heartbeat Radio Program
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Do you feel bogged down by the pressure to cover every fact and subject when teaching your kids? How can you get it all done? Find focus on today’s Home School Heartbeat as Mike Farris shares an important lesson that he learned from 30 years of homeschooling. Mike Farris: Your children are not going to master chemistry. That requires a PhD—for them, not you. Your children will not master American history, or the Constitution, or the great artists of the Renaissance. A good academic education will provide a well-rounded exposure in a broad variety of disciplines that we call the arts and sciences. But your emphasis at this stage should be in mastery of the two languages. I say this because I fear that homeschooling parents have become sidetracked and forgotten some of the basics. I have taught several thousand homeschooled teenagers a course in constitutional law. However, a disturbing number of students seem to get the concepts quite well but cannot express themselves appropriately. Every time I grade papers, I find far too many homeschoolers with unacceptable spelling, grammar, and penmanship. Teach your children to read and write to a level of mastery. Math skills should also reach a level of basic mastery. Emphasize these basics and all the rest will be added unto you. I’m Mike Farris.
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