We have often been accused of having such a simple and basic curriculum. Parents in Dagupan City often say its "too easy". Because our kids are "too relaxed", they panic and think that the kids are not doing anything. What is happening to parenting today? Is "busyness" the gauge of learning nowadays? Is overfeeding your child with nonsense facts really important for his/her success? We really need to recalibrate and go back to the real purpose of parenting. We need to go back to God's design in child rearing, education and raising our children.
During the time of Jesus, kids are not sent to school for formal education. Education thus was one of the basic responsibilities and roles of parents....especially Mothers. Thus, mothers devote their time teaching their children the prerequisite skills in life- to succeed in life and to be a good human being. Teaching about faith is one of the core of Home education today. Its rooted in how children were taught when schools have not been setup. Teaching about life is still one of the very core of education today. Memorizing parts of the skeletal system for a 9 year old is simply ridiculous not just in the time of Jesus, but as well as in the time of Bill Gates. Memorizing useless facts is simply making our children robots- training them to repeat everything they read, jeopardising critical thinking and decision making skills. In today's day and age, people have often failed to make good decisions and suffered the consequences. Thus, critical thinking and good decision making are one of the valued character and skills in today's life. Memorization isn't. In this age of google glass and 5g Mobile Data, all information is a click away. Thus, processing these information and making it useful is the key.
To better give parents the ABCs of what their children has to know in this day and age, I recommend reading http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_uploads/documents/480/CKFSequence_Rev.pdf . Not only will you see the things a child should know according to age, but the value put into it in a GREAT SCHOOL.
