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 Teaching with your Family Films? A benefit of
homeschooling is that children, and often times their parents,
realize that learning is all around them, yes even in their
family films. It is not limited to simply reading a textbook
or taking a test. One fun thing you can do is use family films
as part of your homeschool learning. |
So how
do you educate with movies? Isn’t that cheating?
No, it is not cheating to use films in your homeschool. There are a
great number of resources available to the homeschooler to use many
kinds of movies in your homeschool. Here are a few of the fun things we
have done to use films, and family friendly films, in our homeschool.
1. Rent
movies from the library after you’ve read the book. I got this idea from
a friend and it works really well. We get the book and my older two
children read the book then we watch the movie and discuss the
differences between the two. Why were certain characters left out? What
about the book helped you understand the movie better. One great book to
do this with is Eragon by Christopher Paolini. This worked especially
well because we were able to borrow the book on CD so my 5 year old
daughter could also “read” the book with her sisters and participate.
2. Use family home movies to stimulate conversations and “About Me”
projects. It is funny watching old VHS movies of myself as a child when
I’m sitting with my kids. They ask “What is that?” they ask, then I
explain what a Camcorder was. “Is THAT grandpa??” they exclaim. Then
when they are done they write down the things they learned about
themselves and their family.
3. For creative writing you can watch a family movie and stop it before
the final conflict is resolved [this means you have to watch it before
your kids]. Have them write their own endings to the movie’s story. Then
play the end of the movie and everyone can compare the different
possible endings.
4. And, of course, there are interesting history, science and health
movies that can be borrowed from the library.
Focus on the Family
offers a great resource for families to discuss important issues using
movies as a prompt.
As with all parts of homeschooling, you’ll learn that the key to
success in every project is in your ability to shed the “school house”
mentality and allow your creativity to guide you. With this approach
the learning never ends and your kids will see learning as a way of
life, rather than a segment of time.
Check out these resources for
teaching with films.
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High engaging family films, and popular series. Geography is great
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