Anyone can be imaginative. Our job as homeschool parents is to give our children a toolbox with enough variety of options to foster their creativity. Both reading and writing are key vehicles for imagination!
About our guest: Nancy Jo Wilson is a homeschool mother and science fiction writer. Visit her author website here. She's homeschooled for 20+ years in four different states. If she hasn't personally experienced a homeschool hiccough, she knows someone who has. With her sister Carole Jean Flodin, also a homeschool veteran, she wrote The Generic Literature Guidewhich helps parents find educational value from any novel.
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TIMESTAMPS
04:38 The importance of the parent-child relationship.
06:46 Don't stop reading aloud to your kids.
08:36 Why is imagination a valuable goal for your homeschool?
10:34 Nancy's example of when her son was paralyzed with indecision and how she should have handled it.
13:31 Being free as a parent to deviate from your curriculum and be creative.
14:06 How to bring more imagination to a workbook-based curriculum.
16:27 What does imagination mean?
19:04 Nancy Jo's tips for reluctant readers.
22:48 What about graphic novels?
25:16 Realize your kids may not learn the same way you prefer.
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