Homeschooling pioneers
Homeschooling, at least without an approved academic institution such as the Calvert School to watch your back, hasn’t been popular for long. It hasn’t even been safe for long. I know people who were threatened with fines and imprisonment for trying it. Fortunately, in many states, there is little danger in homeschooling. I think.
Dr. Raymond Moore, who died on July 13, 2007, was a pioneer in homeschooling. Contradicting the prevailing wave of early childhood education and ever-earlier childhood education, Dr. Moore argued that children should begin formal studies when they’re ready for it.
I remember that every fall in public school, the teacher would have to spend what seemed liked months reviewing what we had learned the year before. I think I learned long division about four times.
Dr. Moore taught that when children are ready to learn, they will progress faster. Maybe one child isn’t ready to read until her or she is eight. So, that homeschooled eight-year-old might read at the level of a public-schooled six-year-old (though maybe not). But that homeschooled ten-year-old would probably read at the level of a public-schooled ten-year-old (or better).
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