How to Raise Lifelong Learners

How to Raise Lifelong Learners

Overview

Discover how easy it can be to instill a lifelong love of learning in children of any age. This course addresses how parents can create a culture of curiosity, ensuring that their budding learners have the tools to ask important questions, solve complex problems, and think for themselves in engaging ways.

In just nine comprehensive lessons, you will learn how to become a better, more inspiring teacher for your kids. The course kicks off with an exploration of various educational philosophies and schooling methods. You will acquire the knowledge, tools, and tips needed to raise intellectually curious and engaged lifelong learners, whether you plan to teach at home or send them to school.

Explore the critical instructional role that parents play throughout their children’s lives, learn how to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic creatively, and expand your definition of learning to include non-academic learning, character, and emotional intelligence. The course also covers how to communicate with teens, motivate struggling students, and design a learning-friendly environment at home.

Your instructor, Donna Baer, is a former elite boarding school teacher turned homeschooler who raised eight sons and two daughters. She understands that adaptability is key. This course will help you accommodate your kids’ unique learning styles, personalities, and temperaments, while also engaging late bloomers and stimulating underachievers.

Video Lessons

01: Exploring Education Options at Any Age

• Duration: 22 min

• Description: Investigate the theoretical underpinnings of schooling and education, exploring various educational philosophies and comparing traditional schooling with homeschooling.

02: Prereading Sets the Tone for Learning

• Duration: 17 min

• Description: Learn how to create a safe environment for young children, focusing on sleep schedules, balanced diets, routines, imaginative play, and clear communication.

03: Reading Lets Children Teach Themselves

• Duration: 19 min

• Description: Explore seven distinct learning styles and discover engaging ways to teach reading, the first fundamental learning tool.

04: Open More Doors with Writing and Math

• Duration: 18 min

• Description: Gain practical insights into teaching beginner writing and math while preserving your child’s desire to learn through emulation, narration, and computation.

05: Fostering a Culture of Curiosity

• Duration: 18 min

• Description: Root out curiosity killers and gain insights into fostering a stimulating “curious culture” in your household.

06: Learning That Builds Character

• Duration: 18 min

• Description: Facilitate non-academic learning outside the classroom with practical tools, book recommendations, memory games, and creative activities.

07: What Helps Struggling Learners

• Duration: 17 min

• Description: Examine learning barriers and discover how to motivate late bloomers and underachievers while dealing with bullying.

08: When Teens Love to Learn

• Duration: 18 min

• Description: Learn how to encourage intellectual growth and independence in teens while maintaining authority in the home.

09: Growing a Family That Learns Together

• Duration: 18 min

• Description: Explore the personal benefits of raising lifelong learners and how collaborative learning can enhance your own life.