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CHAPTER 12 Home-School Projects: Are They Learning the Right Stuff?
Bonnie Ferguson-Baird Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada We home-school. As a home-learning family, many questions arise, but one big one continues to surface. We ask it of ourselves, and others ask it of us. Can anyone possibly be learning anything? Are our kids learning the right stuff? Can projects teach us the right stuff? For many of us home-learners, project-based learning and home-schooling go hand in hand. Life is a project. It's a compilation of experiences, opportunities, risks, failures, and successes that build on one another and create a journey. It's almost impossible to pick apart and identify...
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Family How many people are there in your family?
There are 5 people in my family: my father, mother, brother, sister, and me.
Does your family live in a house or an apartment?
We live in a house in the countryside.
What does your father do?
My father is a doctor.
He works at the local hospital.
How old is your mother?
She is 40 years old, 1 year younger than my father.
Do you have any siblings?
What’s his/her name?
Yes, I do.
I have 1 elder brother, David, and 1 younger sister, Mary.
Are you the oldest amongst your brothers and sisters?
No, I’m not.
I’m the second child in my family.
What do your mother/father like?
My father likes playing football and my mother likes cooking...