Eclectic Homeschooling

Learning about cultures around the world.

$STEM emphasis$

Play and Learning Combine

We start off formal schooling with long school days that are a mix of informal and formal activities. Projects, games, informal learning, and activities are an important part of our schooling. As the child grows, formal learning replaces some of the informal parts of school without much of an increase to the school day.

Learning Multiple Languages

We take a dabbling approach to languages in elementary school learning the basics of Arabic, Mandarin, French, and Greek. In middle school we cut back to two languages. As a household who loves the world, we seek to teach our children how to communicate with a good portion of it.

Learning about cultures around the world.

We believe it is important to explore people and places far from home so we can understand and appreciate those who are different from us.

Learning about God

We seek to help all our children have a strong personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Bypassing most of the typical children's materials that teach character and guidelines for living, we teach the finished work of the cross and how our motivation and actions toward others should come from a place of love.

STEM emphasis

Science is well-loved in our household. With children who desire to go into STEM fields, we have chosen a rigorous science and math education to prepare our children for future studies.

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats

Welcome to Eclectic Homeschooling! We have been homeschooling for 9 years and currently have children in 8th grade, 6th grade, and 2nd grade. A personalized education is something I value, so each child is challenged at the appropriate level and in a way appropriate for the child's learning style. At least that is my goal. It doesn't always work so smoothly. In this education journey, I want my children to arrive at adulthood with these four things:

A good education that will prepare my children for whatever they want to do in life.
The desire to treat all people with love and kindness.
A love for God.
A good relationship with parents and siblings.

Take a peek at some of our posts.

Reading List

A reading list that covers middle school and high school

A list of picture books sorted according to their reading levels.

Take this quiz to see what kind of homeschooling methods might fit best.

A clickable list of the unit studies we have shared on this blog.

Find out if you or your child is a sequential learner, a global learner, an auditory learner, a visual learner, a creative learner, a read/write learner, an interpersonal learner, a kinesthetic learner, or a logical learner.

Our homeschooling approach

The summer before my son started first grade, I hatched a plan. I scoured book lists and my local library to come up with a list of read alouds that would help my son be able to listen to chapter books read aloud.

The Unschooling Life

Unschooling is beneficial. It is important. I do think it helps foster a love for learning that extends through a whole life time. Learning should be fun although there will always be some things we will have to learn about even if we are not interested. Homeschooling provides my children time to have the best of both worlds. It allows my children to receive a structured education with enough time to pursue interests.

Noah’s Ark in Brownies

Back in 2010, we spent some time learning about Noah’s ark. We love projects so to finish off our study of Noah’s ark, we did a project with food! We made a scale model of Noah’s ark out of brownies. It was a rough scale model that involved making four batches of brownies!

Flexible Time Schedule

To use the flexible time schedule, I decided what subjects we were going to cover for the school year and counted the number of expected school days and the number of hours we would spend on schooling each day.

More Challenging Literature Choices for a Younger Reader

Reading came easy to my oldest child. In an effort to seek to challenge my young reader, I researched classic books that would be appropriate for a younger reader.

Unschooling in the Early Years

Unschooling is all about learning through natural life experiences. During the early years I have found unschooling to be an effective way to teach a young child.

Botany Unit Study

When I first put this unit study together for my boys, we were living in Canada. Now we are living in California. My youngest child wanted to study botany this school year, so I pulled out this unit study and have updated it slightly to reflect where we live and…

4 Ways to Prepare a Young Child for Academics

We all want our children to be successful in school. How do we help our young children learn what they need to learn so when school starts they will be all set? I work full-time as a Speech-Language Pathologist with young children and their families. I go into the…

Human Biology and Health Unit Study

My 5th grader requested to learn more about the human body this school year. I did have a human body study put together, but it was geared toward younger children. As a result, I decided to create another one from scratch. I searched for a spine appropriate for this study…

Story of the World Middle Ages: Video Supplements

My 5th grader will be starting on Story of the World Middle Ages. We are using the audio along with the activity book. My kid also enjoys learning through videos so we are supplementing the activity book with videos. Since we are doing an activity for almost every chapter…