GATHER: EXPLORING THE WONDERFUL WISDOM AND WORSHIP OF LEARNING AT HOME

GATHER: EXPLORING THE WONDER, WISDOM, AND WORSHIP OF LEARNING AT HOME by Pam Barnhart and Heather Tully

Author and podcast host Pam Barnhill joins with Heather Tully to author Gather: Exploring the Wonder, Wisdom, and Worship of Learning at Home. You may be familiar with Pam Barnhill as she popularized the concept of the Morning Basket or Morning Time. In Gather she and Tully discuss the beauty and reality of gathering all your kids together for a period of time in your day to learn together. The book is written in almost a magazine type style with lots of beautiful pictures of gathering times being lived out in families. Sometimes it can feel daunting as a homeschool parent joining your high schoolers with your lower elementary or even preschoolers. Is there true value for all parties in doing this type of set-up for a part of the school day? Barnhill and Tully would argue that there definitely is.

I personally use a very shortened idea of Morning Time. We all gather together at the beginning of our day to open in prayer, practice scripture memory, read poetry or a book together, sing hymns, etc. We meet together for about 20-30 minutes and then head to our different subjects. I love this start, and it gives me a place to put miscellaneous studies that wouldn't fit under our traditional subject headings.

Great resource!