real expectations for real learning

To Study or Not to Study
excellent post from Julie at Bravewriter
She writes:

"I offer the following list as a set of realistic, humble expectations for home education:

• Reading
• Handwriting
• Math facts
• Reading aloud
• Tea times
• Music lessons
• Fostering curiosity
• Personalized learning goals coordinated with a child’s vision of her future
• Facility with the library (and affection for it!)
• Home arts (cooking, repairs, sewing, cleaning, knitting, yard work, crafts)
• Extended, uninterrupted play
• Narrating (talking about interests, questions, ideas, experiences in a one-on-one setting)
• Mastering areas of interest using as much time as needed (no set end-point for a topic or subject)
• Tackling a subject at a personalized pace
• Computer literacy
• Awareness of current events
• Conversations with parents that both nurture and challenge
• Socialization (learning to relate to siblings and parents with respect, working out problems patiently and with parental support)
• Lots of free time (to use any way the child wants)
• Nature observation (both through a window and in outings)
• Trips to cool places
• Running a business
• Time to discover what one wants to learn
• Learning from mom and dad what they know
• Use of television and movies for learning
• Depth involvement in sports or the arts without competing schoolwork
• All subjects open for learning (no stigmatized subjects)
• Vast variety of learning models which can be attempted and discarded or adopted
• Close family relationships
• Hands-on learning (no need for canned workbooks for things like counting money, for instance)"

I just love this! I could probably add or change a few of my own but that's another nice benefit of homeschooling..... individual missions and interests. HT: Cindy at It's about the Journey

It reminds me a bit of Faith's Top Ten Resources that Make Unschooling Work
and here is another one by Cindy at Apple Stars