eric.m.carter33, Author at A Father's Education

A Japanese timber-frame kominka renovation: Surprises behind the walls

By eric.m.carter33 March 8, 2023Inaka - country life1 Comment

A timber-frame skeleton https://youtu.be/yNnGkqqrxHM A walk-through of a Japanese timber-frame kominka Continuing our akiya renovation, we take a look behind the walls of an old kominka (古民家 - old folk…

Choosing vocabulary words: Don’t guess! but…. yes its a guess!

By eric.m.carter33 March 4, 2023Education, Lesson Planning

Choosing vocabulary words: first step of content building Finally! We get to start making content! Since we already know the objectives from the last session (review here), we can start…

Little decisions lead to a place beyond decision!

A place beyond decision: difficult decisions are not accidents

By eric.m.carter33 March 2, 2023Journal

A Place beyond decision A colleague and dear friend of mind just announced that his brother made the decision to commit suicide a couple of weeks ago. Before continuing here,…

Objectives: Don’t forget the reason for teaching this lesson!

By eric.m.carter33 February 28, 2023Education, Lesson Planning

Designing a better Lesson Plan Let's look back really quickly and see where we have come from so far. In the first post of this lesson planning for homeschoolers series,…

The best homeschooling base in Japan is an Akiya!

By eric.m.carter33 February 16, 2023Inaka - country life

The Carter Education schoolhouse is ready to rock! We have finally finished the remodel of our Japanese akiya farmhouse in rural Iwate. It has been an amazing journey to get…

Field trip: Admiral Togo’s flagship, Mikasa – memories of the past

By eric.m.carter33 February 13, 2023Education, Field Trip

A field trip! One of the best features of homeschooling is to incorporate field trips into just about any lesson plan. The easiest is, of course, history! It's all around…

A learner-centered homeschool is easier than you think!

By eric.m.carter33 February 4, 2023Education

Spend more than a few minutes searching for building an effective homeschool environment and you will be saturated with articles admonishing you of the importance of the ‘learner-centered’ teaching environment.…

Homeschool educators start as amateurs – not good enough

By eric.m.carter33 January 31, 2023Uncategorized

The BLUF (bottom line, up front): Homeschool educators must seek out continuing education Homeschool educators can not afford to ‘practice’- we only get one shot Know where you are, and…