Summary: What’s Your Teaching Style? Are you Homeschooling, but not sure what method would work best for you and your family? Sonya Shafer joins Yvette Hampton to walk us through a brief description of the five most common teaching styles, TRADITIONAL, CLASSICAL, CHARLOTTE MASON, UNIT STUDIES, and UNSCHOOLING. Sonya Shafer is a popular homeschool speaker and writer, specializing in the Charlotte Mason Method. She has been on an adventure for more than 20 years studying, researching, practicing, and teaching Charlotte’s gentle and effective methods of education. Her passion for homeschooling her own four daughters grew into helping others and then into Simply Charlotte Mason, which publishes her many books and provides a place of practical encouragement to homeschoolers. Come back Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for a discussion on Teaching Unit Studies, with Melissa Crabtree. WATCH THE MOVIE! Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution is now available on DVD and HD streaming. Buy the film today or bring Schoolhouse Rocked to your church or homeschool co-op. Watch the Official Trailer for Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution “Schoolhouse Rocked” will rock your educational world to the foundations and give you and your kids great hope for the future! The old-school paradigm has proven broken and a new way of learning is here. Don’t miss this important film!” - Kirk Cameron "This is one of the most empowering tools I’ve seen for parents! I was honored to be interviewed in the film and am excited to see it come to fruition. It is amazing!" – Israel Wayne, Family Renewal Watch this full conversation on our YouTube channel. Support Schoolhouse Rocked Recommended Resources: SimplyCharlotteMason.com Simply Charlotte Mason on YouTube Check out Sonya Shafer's books on Amazon Teaching Methods Quiz Want to know what homeschool teaching style suits you best? Listen to this episode and take this Quiz… If you . . . are concerned about keeping lock-step with the local school system (T) don't necessarily want a plan; prefer to be spontaneous (N) place great emphasis on having facts memorized (T, C) love hands-on projects and activities and don't mind spending the time to prepare them(U) think the teacher should be the fountain-head of all knowledge (T, C, U) want school to be rigorous and challenging (C) don't want to be different (T, C, U) love the idea of learning from good literature and books that make the subject come alive (L) want to use natural, gentle methods while holding them to a high standard (L) like having the child decide what to learn and when (N) want to linger with art, nature, handicrafts, music, and more (L, N) want to teach the way you were taught; not have to put forth the effort of decision (T) believe that true education comes from a personal relation with what is being studied, not just recognition (L, N) want your children to learn how to self-educate (L, N) live and die by standardized test scores (T, C) want to teach all your children together for as many subjects as possible (L, U) want each child to be on his or her own separate track for everything (T, C, N) want something that will work for a special needs child (any) something that will work well for a large family (any) something that will work well for an only child (any) need to tuck homeschooling around your work schedule (any) need something your spouse or the grandparents can do parts of (any, depending on the spouse or grandparent) want your child to be prepared to do well in college (any) want your child to be prepared to do well in adult life (any) want to emphasize good character development and Biblical discipleship (any) T = Traditional C = Classical L = Charlotte Mason U = Unit Studies N = Unschooling Support Schoolhouse Rocked: Has Schoolhouse Rocked been a blessing to you? Please consider making a donation to support the ongoing ministry of Schoolhouse Rocked. Support from the homeschool community allows us provide res
