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A
Personal
Guided
Tour
Through the Highlights of
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Senior
High:
A
Home-Designed
Form+U+la
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for
Pre-Highschoolers
(and
Non-Homeschoolers)
by Barb Shelton
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 FROM
BARB:
As
I talk with homeschoolers with younger children, I realize that
there is much in the latest edition of Form+U+la that is completely
applicable to them. However, I haven't felt comfortable just
handing them a copy and telling them to read it because there is
also much in there that they don't need right now ~ that they'd
have to sift through, and at the risk of getting overwhelmed.
So
I went through the book with a fine-tooth comb and designed a
"Personal Guided Tour" through the book which serves
as an excellent "open door" into our ministry for
anyone with children from "in utero" up through
right-before-high-school-age. It's also good for family and
friends who just want to know the heart 'n' soul of what we do,
and why and how we do it. My hope is that it will be more than
just "informational," but that you will also find it
edifying, eye-opening, and encouraging.
One mom told me this: "It is my
opinion that anyone at any stage of their homeschool experience
should read Form+U+La this way the first time. It isn't as
overwhelming this way. Once you have a handle on Barb's heart
& on a Lifestyle of Learning, then you can read the whole
book."
So that's something else to consider! ... Any way you do
it, I hope you enjoy the process of getting through this
book! It's not just a "to do"; it's going to
profoundly affect your "to be"! 
"Who you are" and "how you think."
Because what you think IS the direction you will go.
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DIRECTIONS
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Sit down with this book
(Senior
High: A Home-Designed Form+U+la)
and
a cup of tea, and imagine that
we
are
going through the book together,
with
me pointing out different things that
I
think would be good for you to read.
Even though I'm
not right there
with you,
remember that
the Holy Spirit IS!
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NOTE
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The
following items are NOT links; they're just the page numbers and
page or section titles. So there is nothing to click on; you just
find these places in your Form+U+la book. The boxes on the left are
to check off once you've read that part.
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Front cover - the best part of the book, in my humble opinion!
Page ix - "To the Reviewer"
Page
xii - "Before you read this book!"
Page
xiii - "To the Undecided"
Page
xiv - "About the Cover"
Page
xvi - "Acknowledgement of my Beloved Parents" 
Sections 1 & 2 - Almost all (You'll
especially enjoy the Homeschool Graduation stuff!)
Back of Sec. 3 title page - "Pioneer Girl"
Page IV-2 - "The Intimidometer" section
IV-3 - "Shelton's Theory of Brain Receptivity"
IV-8 - "Dog Report" (thought you'd just get a kick out of this; be sure to refer to the picture mentioned at the end)
IV-19 - "For Mom to Ponder"
Back of Sec. 5 title page - "One Homeschool Mom Discovers the Heart of WWOL"
V-7 - From "Develop a Lifestyle Routine"
V-8 - Excerpt from "Uncle Eric" book (very interesting! Not really on the topic.)
Back of Sec. 6 title page - "Encouraging Letter to Reluctant Homeschool Boy" by Sharnessa
Pages VI-1 through 4 - our family schedule ;-) (both are probably surprising)
Back of Sec. 6-A title page - "Misunderstanding the Lifestyle of Learning
Message" 
VI-A~18 - "And speaking of 'food for thought'" in the box at the bottom
VI-A~24 - "Dearest Momma" (from Sharnessa)
Back of Sec. VI-B title page - "What is Real-Life Learning?"
VI-B~1 - at least "Getting Unprofessionalized"
VI-B~8 - "How will they learn to read?" and...
VI-B~9 - "Get to Know Your Child"
VI-B~12 - "Blessed Are the Flexible"
VI-B~14 - "Community Service"
VI-B~29 - "The Lifestyle of Learning Approach"
VI-B~30 - "Delight-Directed Study" by Gregg Harris
VI-B~31 - "Delight-Directed" (what that term means) by Marilyn Howshall
VI-B~32 - "A Brief Intro to Delight Directed Learning"
Back of Sec. VI-C title page - "Wisdom of Noah Webster"
VI-C~1 - "Sharnessa's Day in Court"
VI-C~6 & 7 - box in lower right corner of 6 and the pictures on 7
VI-C~10 - Just the picture!
VI-C~12 - Bottom 1/3 of page
VI-C~14 - all
VI-D~14 - box at bottom of page
VI-D~34 - "Sharnessa's Heart and Vision for the Arts"
VI-D~40 - "Hey, Why Not?"
VI-D~56 - picture in lower right corner of page
VI-D~64 - picture and caption
VI-D~70 - picture and caption
VI-D~74 - picture and caption
VI-D~84 - all
Back of Sec. 7 title page - "The Heart of This Message" (cont'd on last page of this section)
Section 7 - All (it's WELL worth it! Only a little won't apply to you now.)
VII-13 - "Three Levels of Learning" (still part of sec. 7, but I don't want you to miss this!)
VII-18 and 19 - "Skeptic Turned Believer" and "Finding Him as I Seek" (also part of sec. 7, but do NOT skip these!)
Back of Sec. 8 title page - "What Curriculum Do You Use?"
VIII-10 - whole page
VIII-11 & 12 - "Glossary of Terms" (You'll enjoy this whether you read the whole book or not!)
Inside back cover - "About the Author" (a little about me, if you want to know)
Back cover - All |
