Pagan Homeschooling

Regardless of their chosen spiritual path, Pagan homeschooling families share common bonds in their love for nature, their strong commitment to living harmoniously with the earth and providing their children with an education that follows their specific spiritual beliefs.

Pagan homeschooling teaches the love of nature.

For Pagans, teaching their children at home often comes with a unique set of problems. Because Paganism includes such a large and diverse group of people of different beliefs and religions, homeschooling families often have difficulty finding an appropriate curriculum or homeschool support group. In actuality, there are hundreds of Pagan religions. Several of the more well known ones include:

• Native American Religions
• Shamanism
• Wicca
• Neo-Paganism
• Celtic
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Druidism
• Taoism
• Secularism
• Shintoism
• Eclectic Paganism

Since a majority of homeschool programs and material are Christian based, the majority of Pagan families are limited in their choices. There are, however, some Pagans that do follow certain Christian beliefs and those that do not follow any religion at all.

There are Pagan parents that choose not to incorporate any religious education into their homeschooling. These parents believe children should make up their own mind concerning their religious choice when they are older. Other Pagan parents teach their children their religious beliefs within their homeschool curriculum.

The Goddess Moon Circles Academy is an online Pagan based program for children from preschool through twelfth grade. The Academy also offers summer school programs, classes for gifted children and special resources for those with learning disabilities.

A private Pagan school, The Goddess Moon Circle Academy’s curriculum is Pagan based. Developed by Pagan families, the curriculum is designed for use as an independent study program or as a program partnering a teacher with a small group of students. Families also choose between using a full or framework curricula, depending on whether or not they want to add supplemental material of their own. The Academy also acts as an umbrella school to oversee a student’s education making sure the schooling requirements of your state are met.

Many Pagan parents find themselves putting together their own curriculum for their children. The Internet provides many wonderful resources that are helpful in creating a plan of study.

One of the most important things to remember when choosing instructional material is to think creatively. Once you let yourself be creative in your thoughts, you will find many ways to incorporate Paganism into your curriculum. If the subject is science include lessons on the Druids and their understanding of astronomy or read about Native Americans in history.

• Author Kristin Madden’s book, Pagan Homeschooling, is an excellent resource for Pagan homeschooling families. Addressing the many needs of parents that homeschool, the book includes:
  • Resources
  • Exercises
  • Checklists
  • Questionnaires
  • Experiments
  • Arts
  • Crafts
  • Rituals
  • Spells
• The Pagan Homeschool Page provides excellent resources for homeschooling families including great lists of Pagan friendly picture books, books for young readers, adults and families. There are articles on homeschooling with Pagan flair, fun pages and many more resources.
• Homeschool provides a list of other faith-based homeschooling resources. The links are not separated by a specific Pagan path.
• Homeschooling email lists and support groups for Pagans include:
  • Pagan Freedom Schoolers is for parents that homeschool regardless of the style of schooling. Styles range from unschooling to school at home.
  • A list of Pagan online homeschool and support groups, associations and educational networks, resources and newsletters from A to Z Homeschool.
• The Pagan Home Education Network provides an academic reference library
• The Unitarian Universalists homeschooling website, although not Pagan, is very Pagan friendly.
• The Magic Homeschool provides information and resources.

With the many resources and online support groups for Pagan homeschooling families, even solitary pagans should not feel alone in their homeschooling endeavors.

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