What is Your Homeschooling Style?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  You believe that real-world activities are important to incorporate in learning.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really 
• 2.
  You believe that children should be treated as whole people, capable of understanding the world around them. 

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 3.
  You like a learning approach that tackles a single theme through the observation of many subjects or aspects.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really 
• 4.
  You believe that it is important for learning to establish positive habits.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really 
• 5.
  You like a learning approach that takes a topic and “lives” with it for a period of time, integrating science, social studies, language arts, math, and fine arts as they apply.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 6.
  Your approach to homeschooling would include short age-appropriate lessons.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 7.
  You believe that Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric are important inclusions of learning. 

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 8.
  You agree that logic should be a part of elementary aged learning, focused on reasoning and analytical thinking. 

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 9.
  You believe that it is important to teach by the same educational principles and toward the same educational goals as the ancients.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 10.
  You believe that uninterrupted blocks of time is important in learning. 

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really 
• 11.
  You like a learning approach where the child learns by actually experiencing or discovering through different methods and activities.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really 
• 12.
  You agree that learning should start with learning how to learn. 

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 13.
  You believe that learning should be a Holistic (Total/Complete) experience. 

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 14.
  You believe that the learning experiences should involve all of the senses.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 15.
  You prefer a packaged or computer-based curriculum for a few subjects, including math.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 16.
  You believe in letting children use real tools rather than toys. 

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 17.
  Your curriculum would include spelling and grammar, art and music, and / or nature study.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really 
• 18.
  You like a language-based approach to learning, rather than hands-on or video-based.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 19.
  You tend to worry less about schedules and milestones. 

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 20.
  You think a learning approach should be thematic, incorporating multiple subjects underneath a single theme.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 21.
  You like a learning approach that uses different resources and hands-on activities in support of a single learning theme. 

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 22.
  You prefer live experiences over textbooks.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 23.
  You are not as concerned about working on every subject every day.

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 24.
  You like the idea of drawing from a variety of learning approaches for your child's learning experience. 

  • A.
    Yes
  • B.
    Not Really
• 25.
  You like the idea of personalizing your child's learning experience by combining different learning approaches. 

  • A.
    Yes 
  • B.
    Not Really

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Unit Studies

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  Unit Studies is your primary style if you like the approach of incorporating multiple subjects under one theme in an interesting and engaging way. You like the idea of using different resources and hands-on activities to support a single learning theme. A lesson would tackle a single topic through observation of many subjects, integrating science, social studies, language arts, math, and fine arts as they apply. With the Unit Studies approach, children learn by actually experiencing or discovering the theme. Through this approach, you and your child can take some time to "live" with a topic, and explore it in depth and breadth.
• 2.
  Classical

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  The foundation of classical education is called the trivium: Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric. This style is right for you if you believe that a child's early years of school should be spent in absorbing facts (Grammar), and laying the foundation for advanced study (learning how to learn). Building upon skills learned in the early years, middle grade students learn to think through arguments (Logic), before learning to express themselves in their high school years (Rhetoric). Additional elements of the Classical learning approach is that language takes precedent over hands-on or video-based learning.
• 3.
  Montessori

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  The Montessori approach is child-focused, and utilizes uninterrupted blocks of time, real-world activities and tools (rather than toys), and a learning experience that involves and appeals to all of the senses. This approach is right for you if you believe that learning should be a holistic experience (cognitive, emotional, social, and physical). The Montessori approach also encourages an environment with children of multiple ages.
• 4.
  Charlotte Mason

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  The Charlotte Mason method is based on the firm belief that a child is a person capable of understanding the world around them, and that we must educate the whole person, not just the child's mind. If you agree with this philosophy and approach, the Charlotte Mason curriculum would include spelling and grammar, art and music, and / or nature study. Lessons are short and age-appropriate, with positive habits infused into the learning. With this method, there is a preference for "live", engaging books over textbooks.
• 5.
  Relaxed

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  The relaxed homeschooling approach is right for you if you like the idea of drawing from a variety of learning approaches for your child's learning experience. You prefer a packaged or computer-based curriculum for a few subjects, including math. You like the idea of personalizing your child's learning experience by combining different learning approaches. You tend to worry less about schedules and milestones, are not as concerned about working on every subject every day.