Home Schooling is 100's of years old! What History Teaches Us About Learning Through Play!

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a powerful tool for children to process the crisis covert stories have encompassed heroism resilience myth and fable entertaining and educating simultaneously historical home learning shows that there need be no dichotomy between play the improved well-being and to and learning to satisfy educational needs as my research into educational literature from the 18th and 20th century shows learning through play is an age-old concept historical perspectives for children aged between 5 and 10 attending formal school only became compulsory with the elementary education act of 1880 but before that charitable and religious organizations had provided basic education grammar schools theoretically were open to all but children from poorer families mostly work worked and for those who studied home or school the main educational format promoted in the 18th century children's books in britain and europe was domestic instruction that is homeschooling kindly support my patreon account since youtube has again demonetized my youtube channel the daily posts are five videos daily and they are totally different from what i have on my youtube channel thank you so much for your support and that you find all my content so interesting you'll find the patreon account details in the description box below written in script form the they generally featured educational conversations between the mother and her children sometimes involving fathers or other family members or visitors anna leticia's borrows lessons for children aged two to three published in 1778 is arguably the earliest example it is a reading primer featuring simple domestic questions and answers in large print charles what are eyes for to see with here's an example now in other books this type of dialogue was used to explore chemistry history and geography for example the family in priscilla awake fields 1794 book mental improvement or the beauties and wonders of nature and art in a series of instructive conversations discusses the challenges involved in tea and chocolate cultivation the conversations lead into a discussion about character perfection historically illustrated with an anecdote about the ancient greek philosopher's socrates this style of learning revolved around having fun while the context was usually an idealized middle class home where parents and siblings alike were at leisure to converse or read aloud the key message was more widely relatable it was about using everyday objects impromptu homemade games and crafts and informal chat as the main tools for learning magazines encourage children to imagine their hobby horses as the trojan horse or to play at nozark in their kitchen sinks they used a geological explanation of coal to describe the 19th century archaeological excavation of troy homer's mythical city though greek and latin were so often the bastions of a stereotypically elite education my findings show how the classics were gamified for audiences of different ages and social backgrounds they were toys primarily marked at middle and upper class families but also magazines featuring stories of girls learning greek at grammar school reading lists for auto dictates and popular comic and circus performances what's more toy theaters repackaged the classics as boisterous home entertainment between 1750 and 1914 puzzles toys board and card games magazines and community plays were all used for educational purposes and the power of storytelling storytelling was just as important as dialogue in their six volume collection evenings at home 1792-1796 barbeau and her brother john aitken explained that the characters of their story the fictional fairborn family had many children some were educated at school and some at home by their parents frequent visitors would contribute stories to the family library as well to be enjoyed on holidays parents today could well struggle to know what to make of many of these stories they both perpetuate offensive content racist account of traveling the globe and incorporate radical ideas pacifism woman's contradictory position as political disenfranchisement educators ancient history and fable we're told from an anti-war perspective as later in maria hack grecian stories 1819 which also condemned ancient slavery and celebrated abolition historical magazines were a cheaper format through which many more children encountered classic mythology and archaeology or experienced fictional latin lessons that could have learned classics at schools they are a major though under-appreciated part of the long tradition of reading classical myth in childhood stories often featured ancient heroes and heroines as role models for boys and for girls to promote cultural expectations examples include contentious figures such as the roman general marius or british queen bodicia looking back at this playful learning from the past can help us move forward more confidently to the real benefit of children in particular dissolving any perceived boundaries between play and learning between creative activities and curriculum should lift some stress from parents and teachers this is on the conversation creative commons please leave your comments and thank you for your support<br><!-- wp:image {"id":1776,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} -->rn<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img class="wp-image-1776" src="https://en.videoencontexto.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Home_Schooling_is_100s_of_years_old_What_History_Teaches_Us_About_Learning_Throu_kYnel8KL9qM.jpg" alt="Home Schooling is 100\'s of years old! 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