This page gives you a list of some key places within our website where you can find tips for learning about a variety of learning styles, family dynamics, and homeschooling styles! 🙂
Our Twist (general overview of the “Peppermint Stick” educational style/approach) Note: There are links to subject-specific points from that page for our educational approach, for example to reading, math, writing, science, etc.)
Learning Styles (describes characteristics of hands-on/visual, written, auditory learners, and the “exceptional student” who is like “a square peg in a round hole”.)
About Teaching with “Special Needs” (gives a bit of background as to why learning styles and family dynamics might be extra important to learn about and figure out)
Homeschool Styles and Family Dynamics (thoughts about why one style might be a better fit for one family but perhaps not a good fit for a different family)
A Comparison with Other Styles (- a page with links for charts comparing the “Peppermint Stick” style with other common educational styles/approaches such as Charlotte Mason, Unschooling, Traditional, etc.)
Canadian Min. of Ed. Standards and PSLC’s Style (includes a bit about avoiding a “basic just 3 R’s” style and also being intentional about learning about one’s own country/context of where one lives more than another place.)
Outdoor School in the Snow (especially for us Canadians to think about 🙂 )
Balance is Needed! (avoiding extremes in how we homeschool)
Planning Days with Margin and Time (includes a bit about “project-based” learning)
Why Homeschool? (a list of common and perhaps uncommon reasons)