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SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGEScholarship Overview
This series of Christian Homeschooling Articles addresses the following themes: - Relationship
- Stewardship
- Scholarship
- Skills and Knowledge Overview (This article)
- Family Reading
- Your Child’s Portfolio
- Easy Recordkeeping
Purposefully train your children to develop skills that will equip them to acquire knowledge that will serve them as they serve the Lord and others.
Skill- A learned power of doing something competently;
- A developed aptitude or ability.
Knowledge - The fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association.
Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary | What???? You may be thinking, “That’s an interesting line, but what does it mean practically?” I pray that this series of Christian Homeschooling Articles will help you to clarify in your own mind the two broad aspects of education scholarship: - Developing Skills and
- Acquiring Knowledge.
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What connects these two broad areas of skill development and knowledge acquisition?Discipline. | Discipline- Training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character.
Webster’s Ninth Collegiate Dictionary |
This section of Christian Homeschooling Articles on scholarship progresses through the three seasons of homeschooling. As you read through the seasons, I hope you… - perceive how these two broad aspects of education—skills development and knowledge acquisition—build upon each other and change over time; and
- discover the underlying, hidden benefit of your decision to homeschool your children:Your increasing discipline
will enable you, Mom, to grow in personal skill development and knowledge acquisition with your children.
SCHOLARSHIP ARTICLES SERIESSEASON I: Preschool and Early Elementary Years During this season, developing skills takes precedence over acquiring in-depth knowledge. The following two articles address skill development and knowledge acquisition for preschoolers… and their moms: SEASON II: Elementary and Junior High Years During this season, discover the underlying benefits homeschooling offers you, Mom! SEASON III: High School Become a mentor while sharing joint stewardship with your maturing child.
Relationship ~ Stewardship ~ ScholarshipMay the Lord become the anchor of your soul while navigating through the waters of homeschooling as you yield to His work in your life through these three “ships.” He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure. ~Isaiah 33:6
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