Foundational Phases
Core Phase (ages 0-8)
The Goal? "Inspire, not require."
A time for nuture and growth. Fearless, no-failure. Curiosity and confidence. Play and fun.
Lessons Taught? right vs. wrong, good vs. bad, true vs. false, relationships, family values, routines, responsibilities, accountability, value and love of work.
How to Teach? Best learned at home through daily home life experiences uncomplicated by secondary goals of academic achievement. Parents model active and spiritual scholarly life and nutring relationships. Instead of discipline, think "instruct and train."Focus on basics of family's faith, and how to recognize truth. Prepare children to make choices and heed conscience (know when heart is inspired).
Love of Learning Phase (ages 8-14)
The Goal? "Love above learning."
Dabble in subjects to get to know variety and options. If they enter their youth with a profound excitement for and love of learning, there is absolutely nothing that they can’t “catch up.”
Lessons Taught? Children learn accountability through family obligations, chores, personal grooming, attitude, etc.
How to Teach? School is simply fun, with no sense of obligation to be responsible or commited to a particular path. Essentially let them get what they came for, but set healthy limits. Support their love of learning (so they can enjoy experiencing many, but also excel in some). Project-learning and reading family classics together. Avoid trying to cover everything. Avoid committing to a curriculum or lesson structure that has external demands (financial commitments, practice schedules) you are not willing to compromise. In most cases, you can find a way to gain the value of that experience without the Scholar-level requirements. Be patient! The time for such demands and structure is coming soon. Near the end of this phase start the "practice scholar phase" (transition to scholar phase).
Educational Phases
Scholar Phase (ages 12-19--ofter older for boys than girls)
The Goal & Lessons Taught?
Transformational time, during puberty, where youth is able to comprehend fully that requirements are not reprimands, achievements are not affirmations, and acquisitions/deficits are not her.
How to Teach?
Peer involvement that supports her best self (including educational philosophy and goals) is important during Scholar Phase.
It is well for a parent to look ahead to this time and do some concerted community-building in order to facilitate the Scholar Projects that are so ideal to meet the needs of youth in Scholar Phase.
Four sub-phases:
During Practice Phase, allow them to move in and out of Scholar Phase with its adult-level privileges and love of learning liberties.
Depth Phase (18-24ish)
students submit to a mentor-guided program, whether privately or in a formal college setting or a "mission".
Applicational Phases
Mission Phase (age 25+)
The individual continues in self-education as he or she builds family and community through professional vocations, entrepreneurship, social leadership or some other focus.
Impact Phase (mature/older age)
The individual asserts leadership on a broader scale as an "elder" in society, acting as a mentor, philosopher, philanthropist, artist, community leader and generational elder in the family.
*notes also taken from wiki-pedia
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