#ling

We can get too easily bogged down in the academic part of homeschooling, a relatively minor part of the whole, which is to raise competent, caring, literate, happy people. ↗

— Diane Flynn Keith

#homeschool #homeschooling #learning #education

Most of my friends from Columbia are going on to get advanced degrees. And why not? A Ph.D. is the new M.A., a master's is the new bachelor's, a B.A. is the new high school diploma, and a high school diploma is the new smiley-face sticker on your first-grade spelling test. ↗

— Megan McCafferty

#jessica-darling #education

She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#love #nicholas-sparks #safe-haven #unexpected-love #love

Children, even when very young, have the capacity for inventive thought and decisive action. They have worthwhile ideas. They make perceptive connections. They’re individuals from the start: a unique bundle of interests, talents, and preferences. They have something to contribute. They want to be a part of things. It’s up to us to give them the opportunity to express their creativity, explore widely, and connect with their own meaningful work. ↗

— Lori McWilliam Pickert

#homeschool #homeschooling #learning #learning-process #project-based-homeschooling

You will not reap the fruit of individuality in your children if you clone their education. ↗

— Marilyn Howshall

#homeschool #homeschooling #learning #education

I left the fairy tales lying on the floor of the nursery, and I have not found any books so sensible since. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#fairy-tales #imagination #nursery-rhymes #storytelling #education

Body and spirit, I surrendered whole, To harsh Instructors- and received a soul. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#kipling #soul #education

Feelings are wonderful decorations, but they are not a foundation to build on. ↗