Megazines And Book Education

Often referred to as the scholarly version of the book “Better Late Than Early” Raymond and Dorothy Moore’s book “School Can Wait II” is indeed a compilation of ten years worth of research packed into “just” 300 pages. With 37 pages of references to back up their position regarding when to begin educating children, the Moores have provided an invaluable service to society. According to their son, Dennis (who is a contributing author) the name is a misnomer. It is actually “School Can Wait-Second Edition“. No matter, this book is much more than just another book.

As a follow up to their book “Better Late Than Early“, the Moores establish the fact that children are expected to learn much sooner than their cognitive skills will allow. Through painstakingly seeking out a large number of both men and women well qualified in the field of education and child development, “School Can Wait” establishes the position that children can wait.

From such thought provoking chapters like “Readiness for School” and “Readiness for Reading” to “Neuropsychological Factors in Learning” you will find a wealth of statistical analysis to back up the Moore’s position as it pertains to a child’s ability to learn regardless of age. They go to great lengths to confirm what so many contributors to this timeless documentation agree on: children are not ready to learn when we think they are solely based on their age alone.

“School Can Wait” is not an easy read at times, due to its deep insights from an intellectual point of view, but it is a valuable resource to establish anyone’s position that children need to be taught based on a number of considerations apart from their age. Through chapters such as “Effectiveness of Early Schooling” to “A Positive Approach to Early Learning” you will gain invaluable insights when it comes to determining when, as well as how, to begin your child’s education.

Coupled with “Better Late Than Early” “School Can Wait” will confirm what many parents have suspected all along: that the world is just as much a classroom as any four walls in a building could ever be. Also, once again it is the position of the authors that parents are just as qualified, if not more so, to determine the educational needs of their children than the most educated teacher.

Be assured that “School Can Wait” will challenge you at times due to its extensive in-depth writings. But do not be discouraged to give it a read and thereby educate yourself to the facts that “School Can Wait” is the perfect title to confirm that position for your child.

You can read the complete first chapter of School Can Wait at http://www.MooreHomeschool.com

Within society, we often lose our way. As a result, many have taken it upon themselves to provide handbooks in order to help the rest of us find our way. There are handbooks available for most any situation, from how to survive in the wilderness to building a house out of surrounding materials. We can get the information we need to aid in our trek around the world seeking adventure and all that nature has to offer through handbooks. They have increasingly become an important part of helping us through life itself.

As it so happens, there is a movement afoot that is capturing the attention of parents everywhere. It is a movement borne out of concern regarding the educating of our children and the increasing evidence that supports the position that the educational system in its present form is failing our children’s academic needs to a greater extent than ever. Being that necessity is the mother of invention, Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore have produced a handbook for the ages.

“The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook” is just such a book to meet the parent’s need to guide their children through the jungle that is the educational system. And, it provides those needs in a simple, small bites approach. It is not a book that strictly advocates removing the child from mainstream schools and teaching them at home; it more accurately sees the desire for parents to do whatever is necessary to ensure their child’s education and champions that position, whether it be in the home or the traditional educational arena.

“The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook” is wonderfully segmented into five distinct parts, dealing with such critical issues like that found in part two titled “Homeschooling Stress: Prevention and Remedy” addressing issues such as learning to slow down and not stress over the “what about their peers” question. In part four titled “Effective Homeschoolers Share Their Wisdom” you get a compilation of insights from actual homeschoolers sharing their experiences, revealing that each child is a treasure and unique in his or her own way. You will hear from people from every walk of life; the single mother, the Navy wife, physicians, artists, a former assistant attorney general.

In part five there are answers to questions such as how to get into college after being homeschooled, or how a working mother can still home school. You will also get some invaluable background as to how the home schooling movement was born as well as concerns regarding the dreaded word ‘certified’.

In the epilogue of “The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook” you will find a chapter titled “The Moore Formula” that has been tried and true dealing with four critical areas vital to home school and, by default, societal success: head, hand, heart and health. This chapter will provide three main areas to address for the sake of the children and their future that is backed by documented research to be effective in furthering the child’s academic and societal growth: study, work and service. It is the Moore’s position that these are most critical if children are to succeed in life, whether it is from a home schooled environment or within the public educational system itself.

Never preachy, yet never compromising, “The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook” is nothing short of a Godsend when it comes to finding our way through life as it is today. Timeless principles abound within its covers and the message is evergreen for all generations to take heed. If we are to succeed as a society, indeed as a free nation, we need to take every step and make every sacrifice possible that our future generations mirrored in our children will receive the guaranteed need for that success. This is most assuredly found in Raymond and Dorothy Moore’s wonderful book. Whether you are a single mom, grandparent or the ’stereotypical’ intact family unit, “The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook” will be an invaluable guide helping you and your children see the world around you with eyes of wonder.

You can read the complete first chapter of The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook at http://www.MooreHomeschool.com.

There was a time in our nation’s history that children were seen more for their value around the house and farm than whether they could read and write. As this began to change, the one room schoolhouse was the norm. You would find children of all ages and both genders crammed into learning at the same level regardless of age or capability. By the turn of the 20th century, a different approach was taken in the form of grades that enabled children of different ages to be grouped with those of their own age. This alleviated many of the problems resulting from placing all age groups into one standard form of curriculum, but not all.

There was still a problem with standardizing curriculum for a particular grade, regardless whether all in that grade were able to keep up. In the end, it became apparent that some would need to be “held back” a year in order to better comprehend the lessons. As the education system has progressed, there have been many innovative ideas explored and implemented to better fine tune the educational process.

Today, as we continue to learn about the educational process, it has become increasingly clear that not all children are created equal. Borne of this philosophy, the special education classes and schools have sprung up to accommodate those children either considered “gifted” or “challenged”. By the 1970’s a new approach was presented by educational pioneers Raymond and Dorothy Moore.

Their contention, through much research, was that children were being forced into the educational system way too early. Thus, after many years of study and documentation, comes the book “Better Late Than Early“. With many years of research and nearly 29 pages of references to back up their claim, the Moores have produced a compelling reason to consider waiting until the cognitive skills of the child are fully developed before entering the educational system.

In “Better Late Than Early” you will find a thorough A to Z compilation of helpful chapters that present a irrefutable position that your child should wait until the age of eight or later before beginning their education journey. By employing this approach it is the author’s contention that the child will still end up far and above where he or she would have anyway. This position hinges on the belief that they would greatly benefit from the better late than early mindset. To force the child into an environment that is contrary to their cognitive level ultimately does more harm than good.

Chapters such as “Some Common Fears and Questions” lay to rest many concerns parents have about entering their children into the school system at a later age. “When They Are Ready For School” explores timelines and aptitudes to determine at what age they can begin the education process. “Learning to Reason” helps both parent and child to understand what it means to apply this principle at its proper place in the child’s learning process.

Part two of “Better Late Than Early” deals with separate age groupings, starting with birth to 18 months and ending the ages 6 to 8 or 9, in order to further demystify the mindset of the ‘one size fits all’ mentality. It lays to rest once and for all that a date on the calendar is no true measurement of capability or readiness to learn.

“Better Late Than Early” is a tried and true approach, fully documented and thoroughly researched with reputable references that will have you rethinking the current position that a child conform to an age group and be placed in a classroom with their peers in varying degrees of learning capability. Raymond and Dorothy Moore have produced a book that is as relevant today as ever, an evergreen book that challenges the status quo with irrefutable evidence that it is not a harmful approach at all to start a child’s education better late than early.

You can read the first chapter of the evergreen classic Better Late Than Early at http://MooreHomeschool.com