| Books ruled in our homeschool! We love books. | | | | how your present it. But when you run into |
| We absorb books. Anything that we need to | | | | trouble, and they seem to just hate something, |
| know can be learned in a book. Sometimes people | | | | go back to their preferred method of learning. |
| ask me why our reading lists were so incredibly | | | | Try those strategies again, to learn the subjects |
| long. It was not because I assigned all those | | | | they hate. |
| books, I can tell you that much! For both of my | | | | My kids were wonderful at math and science, so |
| boys, reading is their "love language." Give them a | | | | you might think that every subject came easy |
| book, and they will love you forever. Every | | | | for them. They did not! My children positively |
| Christmas, their wish list includes specific books. | | | | hated art! Especially the older one! In order to |
| Our reading list is so long because that is how my | | | | teach them art, after failing and failing at different |
| children learn best. | | | | hands-on projects, I finally got smart. I found |
| Try to identify the preferred method of learning | | | | BOOKS about art. I chose biographies of artists, |
| for your child. Maybe they learn best by doing. | | | | and books with just the artwork of MC Escher (a |
| Maybe they learn best when they hear something. | | | | big hit with my engineer) and art books with just |
| Maybe they can imitate anything once they see it | | | | impressionists (a big hit with my history buff.) We |
| done first. It does not have to be about books, | | | | ended up doing pretty well with art, when I |
| just find the way they learn best. | | | | focused on teaching them HISTORY of art, and |
| Sometimes they will learn a subject no matter | | | | art through books. |