Famous examples of homeschooling

One of the classic education cases:

When Maxwell, a famous mathematician and physicist in the 19th century, was very young, his father once asked him to draw a still-life sketch, and the object was a vase full of autumn chrysanthemums. Under Maxwell's brush, the vase was trapezoidal, the chrysanthemums became large and small circles, and the leaves were represented by some strange triangles. The attentive father immediately found that young Maxwell was particularly sensitive to mathematics, and began to teach him geometry and algebra to develop his mathematical talents, and later he did become a famous mathematician.

Classical Education Case No. 2:

Edison was once regarded as the dumbest student by his homeroom teacher when he was a child, but his mother thought that the teacher's scolding of the student's "stupidity" to his face was an indication of the teacher's own incompetence. She took Edison home, in accordance with the psychological characteristics of children's education, and tried to encourage Edison to do a variety of experiments. The reason why Edison later became a world-famous inventor is inseparable from his mother's education and the proper application of the expectation effect.

Classical Education Case No.3:

A little boy of about 1 week old was taken to the park to play by his young mother. When he got to the bottom of a dozen steps, the boy broke away from his mother's hand and prepared to climb up by himself. When he got two steps up, he felt that the steps were very high and looked back at his mother, who had no intention of reaching out to help him, but just had a look of love and encouragement in her eyes.

The boy gave up on the idea of letting his mother hold him, and began to climb carefully on his hands and knees. He was struggling, his little buttocks lifted high and his face red with exhaustion, but eventually he made it up. Only then did the young mother go up and pat her son on the dirt, and gave him a kiss on his red face. This little boy was Abraham Lincoln, who later became the 16th president of the United States.

Classic Education Case No. 4:

Mrs. Curie was very busy with scientific research, but she was very good at making time for her children's early education. For example, when her daughters were less than one year old, she let them have extensive contact with people, go to the zoo to see animals, go to the park to see the green grass, blue sky, white clouds, feel the beauty of nature. After the child is older, Mrs. Curie began to teach the child to sing children's songs and speak children's work.

Advanced, began intellectual training and handicrafts, such as playing the piano, painting, clay sculpture, so that they planted flowers and vegetables in the garden, etc., and take time to walk with them, on walks to tell them many interesting stories about plants and animals. She strives to start her education with physical objects and update it daily to increase the children's interest.

Classical Education Case No.5:

Marx attached great importance to home education of children through play. He believed that a good family atmosphere is important for educating children.

Despite Marx's busy schedule, he always squeezed out gap time to spend on his children. Every time after dinner, Marx told the children stories, made paper cutouts of ships, and sailed the "ships" in a large basin with the children. Once, his youngest daughter, Irena, was playing a "sailing game" with great vigor.

The father gently stirred the basin with his hand, the water surface suddenly "waves rolling"? "Don't panic, eat the air, let the boat against the wind and waves, try to move forward!" ? The daughter, encouraged by her father's enthusiasm, puffed up her mouth and blew hard, and the boat really rocked against the "waves" and continued to sail forward. 10-year-old Irena filled in the form for the family game, and her favorite motto was: "Try to move forward!" ?

The Marxes took great care to develop children's intelligence at an early age. They didn't wait for their children to learn to read before personally putting their favorite books, "Don. Quixote", "Thousand and One Nights", "The Divine Comedy" and Shakespeare's plays and other wonderful pieces of classical literature, expressively read aloud to the children. This not only enriches family life, but also fosters a strong interest in literature and good reading habits in children from a young age.