Contents
Chapter One - Through the Eyes of Jesus
1.1 Welcome Home 1
1.2 Throw Off Everything That Hinders 4
1.3 Pleasing God, Not Fearing Man 5
1.4 The Goal Of A Biblical Education 8
1.5 Life-Long Learning Joy 9
1.6 More Than A Toaster 10
1.7 Throwing In The Towel 11
1.8 If Home-Schooling Is Not School-At-Home Then What Is It? 14
1.9 Becoming Well Read 15
1.10 Home-School Jitters 16
  Notes To Myself 18
Chapter Two - About Your Order
2.1 Unpacking Your Box
 19
2.2 Any Books Still On Their Way To You? 20
2.3 How Do You Access Backorders? 21
2.4 Courier Fees 22
2.5 Out-Of-Print Books 23
Chapter Three - The Structure of Love2Learn
3.1 An Overview Of 13 Years
 25
3.2 Phases 26
3.3 Core Studies 27
3.4 Disciplined Studies 29
Chapter Four - Choosing a Core
4.1 Building A Love2Learn Wheel
 31
4.2 Cores And Best-Fit Age-Groups 33
4.3 Disciplined Studies And Best-Fit Age-Groups 34
4.4 The Standard Of Love2Learn Versus Mainstream Schools 35
  Notes To Myself 36
Chapter Five - Should I Home-School Through High School?
5.1 Should I Home-School Through High School? 37
5.2 Cores 8, 9, 10, Matric and University Entrance 39
5.3 About IGCSE 40
5.4 About AS-Levels and A-Levels 41
5.5 The Number Of Subjects To Be Taken For Grade 10, 11 And Matric 41
5.6 Throwing In The Towel 42
Chapter Six - Making Important Subject Choices
6.1 Compulsory Subjects Until The End Of Grade 9 43
6.2 Understanding Subject Names 44
6.3 Recommended Vs. Compulsory Love2Learn Subjects 46
6.4 Subject Choice For The Last Three Years Of High School 47
6.5 Selecting Subjects For IGCSE, Contacting Tertiary Institutions And The Matriculation Board 48
Chapter Seven - A Love2Learn Year
7.1 Planning Your Love2Learn Home-School Calendar 55
7.2 How Long Should A Core Take To Complete? 56
7.3 How Long Should A Disciplined Study Take To Complete?
 56
7.4 How Does Your Child “Catch Up” If They Are Behind In Their Studies? 57
7.5 Taking Family Holidays 57
7.6 Terms 58
7.7 Outings And Field Trips 58
7.8 Planning a Field Trip 59
Chapter Eight - Scheduling and Keeping Records
8.1 Your Weekly Timetable 63
8.2 Year-To-View Progress Chart 64
8.3 Attendance Register 66
8.4 Mark Book And Assessment Records 67
8.5 How To Complete The Mark-Book 68
8.6 Love2Serve – Making Good Habits A Habit 69
  Notes To Myself 70
Chapter Nine - Organising And Protecting Your Time
9.1 Boundaries 71
9.2 Protecting Your Home-Schooling Boundaries 72
9.3 Getting Organised 73
9.4 How Many Home-Schooling Hours Per Week 74
9.5 Why We Advocate Short Lessons 75
9.6 Why We Advocate A Mixture Of Subjects Every Day 76
9.7 Changing The Recipe 76
9.8 What About Home-Work? 78
9.9 Help For Dawdling Children 79
9.10 Help For Highly Distractible Moms 81
Chapter Ten - Getting Acquainted
10.1 Getting Acquainted With The Layout Of An Engine Room 83
10.2 Week Numbers 84
10.3 Lesson Numbers Versus Days Of The Week 85
Chapter Eleven - Reading Aloud
11.1 An Hour…Or Ten Minutes 87
11.2 Reading To Know 89
11.3 Why So Many Books? 90
11.4 The Difference Between Knowledge And Information 91
  Notes To Myself 92
Chapter Twelve - Teaching Less
12.1 Teaching Less, Learning More! 93
12.2 What Is The Point? 94
12.3 Two Activities Worth The Effort 95
12.4 Activity 1: Acquiring The Habit Of Paying Attention 95
12.5 Activity 2: Widening Horizons And Creating “Hooks” 96
12.6 “Cramming” And Short Term Memorisation Is Not The Point! 98
12.7 What Is The Purpose Of Education? 99
12.8 What Is Education? A Christian Perspective 101
12.9 What Is Education? A Secular Perspective 104
12.10 The Courage To Forsake The Known For The Promise Of A Better Way! 105
Chapter Thirteen - The “Act of Knowing”
13.1 An Educated Person 107
13.2 What Is Narration? 107
13.3 Narration In The Engine Room 109
13.4 The Value Of Narration 109
13.5 Narration Know-How 110
13.6 Rules Of Narration 112
13.7 Written Narration 113
13.8 Encouraging Young Reluctant Writers 114
13.9 A Practical Approach 115
13.10 Encouraging Older Reluctant Writers 117
13.11 In Summary :
Reasons To Read-Aloud - Revisited
 118
Chapter Fourteen - Learning Styles
14.1 What Are Learning Styles? 119
14.2 Visual Learners 119
14.3 Auditory Learners 119
14.4 Kinaesthetic Learners 120
14.5 Find Out Your Child’s Learning Style 120
14.6 Love2Learn And A Visual Learner 122
14.7 If You Don’t Have Internet Access… 125
14.8 You Really Don’t Have To Do It All! 125
14.9 Love2Learn And A Kinaesthetic Learner 126
14.10 Typing In A Website Address 128
14.11 Discontinued Websites 128
14.12 Love2Learn And An Auditory Learner 129
14.13 Love2Learn And Drama
 129
  Notes To Myself
 130
Chapter Fifteen - The Word of God
15.1 As For Me And My Household… 131
15.2 God First Means Bible First 132
15.3 Bible Versions 132
15.4 Why Memorise Scripture? 132
15.5 Christian Hero Biographies 134
15.6 Prayer 135
15.7 Praise And Worship 136
15.8 The Difference Between Praise And Worship 137
15.9 Building Christian Character 138
  Notes To Myself 142
Chapter Sixteen - History and Geography
16.1 Why Study History? 143
16.2 Chronological History 143
16.3 Love2Learn History 144
16.4 Biography – History Alive! 145
16.5 Literature – History Alive! 145
16.6 Drama – Living History 146
16.7 What Is A Timeline or a Book of Centuries 147
16.8 How To Use Love2Learn History Timelines and Make a Book of Centuries 147
16.9 Geography Map Work – Knowing Where History Took Place 151
16.10 Hands-On History 153
Chapter Seventeen - Science and Nature
17.1 Love2Learn Divisions In Science 155
17.2 Creation Science 156
17.3 Science Experiments 157
17.4 Microscopes 157
17.5 Laboratory Work 158
17.6 Charlotte Mason And Nature Study 158
17.7 The Outdoor Life 159
17.8 Nature Walks 160
17.9 Taking Time To Observe 161
17.10 The Country Diary Of An Edwardian Lady 161
17.11 Keeping A Nature Journal 162
Chapter Eightteen - Art and Music
18.1 Art Appreciation 165
18.2 Practical Approach To Picture Study 168
18.3 Music Appreciation 169
18.4 Classical Music CD’S 170
18.5 Music Theory 170
Chapter Nineteen - Mathematics
19.1 What Should My Child Know In Grade 3 Mathematics? 171
19.2 The Five Pillars Of Maths 174
19.3 Why So Many Books? 176
19.4 Mathematics Manipulatives, Narration And Software 178
19.5 Must We Do Drill Work? 180
19.6 How Do I Teach Multiple Ages Simultaneously? 181
19.7 Please Don’t Overload! 181
19.8 Support 182
Chapter Twenty - Teaching Your Child to Read
20.1 Where Do I Begin? 183
20.2 What Is Phonics? 183
20.3 Phonics And Love2Learn 185
20.4 What Is Sight Reading? 185
20.5 Today You Are Going To Learn To Read! 186
  Notes To Myself 196
Chapter Twentyone - Learning Language
21.1 Which language first? 197
21.2 Learning Language 197
21.3 Grammar and Punctuation 198
21.4 The Key to Comprehensive English 199
21.5 Poetry and Memorisation 199
21.6 Copy-work and Dictation 200
21.7 Spelling and Dictation 201
21.8 Speaking and Listening 203
21.9 Creative Writing 204
21.10 A Second Language 205
21.11 Why Latin is Critical 207
  Notes to Myself
 208
Apendices
  Appendix 1 – Summary of Charlotte Mason’s 20 Principles A
  Appendix 2 – Why Students Fail Calculus J

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