After seeing some of the great lego builds by Desiree in her Lego ABC challenge I was inspired to watch Lego Mastersthis week. I've been astounded by the creativity of the contestants.One of the things I noticed however was that each team did so much better at their challenges when they were delighted in the concept. Delight as a concept is something that can hugely impact your homeschooling.
Last week we explored a round up of posts on Charlotte Mason. This week I would like to take a look at Delight Directed Education. It's one of those technical words bandied about homeschooling circles that can often leave both new and veteran homeschooling parents wondering what it's all about. I first heard the term when doing a homeschool conference by Greg Harris many years ago in New Zealand and then was reintroduced to the topic when Marcy shared with me that she was using this philosophy to home educate her son Ben.
What is delight directed education?
- Teaching your student according to their interest and passion.
- Working with your children's natural curiosity and interest. Ask yourself does this fit in with the individual's strengths, interest and goals?
- Following those 'rabbit trails' along the way and exploring a topic inspired by your current learning.
- Looking for a learning opportunity as it presents itself in what you are already doing.
There is no right or wrong way to follow a delight directed educational path. One of the advantages of incorporating a delight directed approach into your homeschooling is you are able to encourage your student to learn on their own terms, in their own way and help them to take ownership of their education. Delight Directed homeschooling is NOT unschooling.
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You can read the full excerpt from Greg's book here: Delight Directed Studies by Gregg Harris.
Delight Directed Education - a word study
- Delight - a high degree of gratification, joy, extreme satisfaction, something that gives pleasure. Delight is a more permanent pleasure than joy, and not dependent on sudden excitement.
- Directed - means Aimed; pointed; guided; regulated; governed; ordered; instructed
- Education - Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations
More on Delight Directed Education On the WWW
- On Pinterest - Homeschool Delight Directed
- 31 Days of Delight Directed Learning by Marcy at Ben and Me.
- The gifted child and delight directed homeschooling
- What do you mean, Delight Directed Learning?
- Our Homeschool Afternoons: Delight Directed Productivity
- How to include Delight Directed Learning in your homeschool.
- 10 Days of cultivating curiosity using delight directed homeschooling.
- Delight Directed Curriculum Planning starts here by Jamie at The Unlikely Homeschool
- How to use delight direced learning to simplify your homeschool by Penny from Changed by Love.
- Delight Directed Homeschooling by Amy at Raising Arrows.
- Sara over at Heart and Soul Homeschooling shares a free Guide and many posts on Delight Directed homeschooling.
- Tips for delight-directed science learning.
Have you used a delight directed approach in your homeschooling? If so what are some tips/secrets that helped you implement this method?
Blessings
Chareen
Featured from Week 3 all things 'C'
- C is for Civil War Books over at A Mom's Quest to Teach.
- C is for Creator 3-in-1 over at Our Homeschool Notebook
- Homeschooling Tips from A to Z: the Letter C over at Homeschooling Highway
- Aaron Copland - ABC's of Composers by Lori at At Home: Where Life Happens.
Find the other posts here:
- A is for Art Lessons at Home
- B is for Books Where do You Purchase Yours?
- Charlotte Mason a Round Up of Posts
- Delight Directed Education
This week over at Our Homeschool Notebook the topic is D is for Display.
Please link up your posts starting with the letter D for this weeks ABC Blogging. This is a Blog Hop!
I think many homeschools probably do this to some small extent. It sure helps children want to learn when they are learning about something interesting to them.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I think it's what drives us to find the curriuclum that fits us best.
DeleteI absolutely love this post. I have never heard of this approach before, but it sounds great. I wish I had known about it when my kids were young!
ReplyDeleteDon't be afraid of trying it with your teens. I wish I had more fully understood it too especially when my eldest two were in primary school.
DeleteI love that you can combine this with other things to really hit on those things that your child wants to learn. Thanks for some more good resources for me to continue to learn more about how to guide my girls.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. I agree with you Lori :D As homeschool Mom's it's good to know we can implement this whenever we want to .
Deleteit's fantastic to see the learning that can be done when one is delighted by the subject matter.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It's an interresting perspective.
DeleteI really love how you defined each word in Delight Directed Education. This is a great round-up. I admit I'm not fully understanding of how to create more of a delight directed homeschool. We do it some, but I'd love to be better at it.
ReplyDeleteI've never fully implemented the method either. I agree with Kristen. As home educators we do use this in one form or another.
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