I have been reading about transition to Scholar Phase in the TJED materials. How do you think this change will effect the Love of Reading, closed headgates, etc in your home?
I feel that when they transition into scholar phase properly (meaning they had a real love of learning phase), they will simply go from reading freely to reading obediently under the direction of a mentor. I suppose it will happen gradually, one mentor or lesson at a time. For example, my daughter who is 9 and deep into love of learning was allowed to try out one lesson that followed the scholar model (take assignments from mentor and return and report on time). This was a piano lesson. Because there is definite commitment and money involved, it is not love of learning. Love of learners are free to flit around from one thing to the next, sewing, reading, writing, playing. There is no commitment, remember it is all fun to them? Piano lessons are very different (please see the FAQ’s for details on formal lessons). Piano lessons require reporting on time and obeying assignments whether you felt like flitting over to the piano or not… you do it anyway. This is the scholar model. We NEVER
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