We are not a religious family, but we are a spiritual one. So, when religion is taught in our home education, it is more on a global perspective. When we learn about a particular place or country, we may learn about their spiritual beliefs.
We are not Muslim, but have taken a field trip to a local temple to learn about the Muslim faith. I believe that peace is obtained through tolerance and a lack of ignorance. I want my children to have a hunger for learning about others. Also, I want them to want to learn for themselves and not take any ones word on religion, even their parents. Instead they should study it for themselves and make their own judgments.
Since, we do not want our home education to be focused on any set religious belief system, we choose educational materials that are non-religious.
Many of the co-ops and home education groups in our area are Christian based, which has posed a challenge to us for finding other home school communities in our near by area to participate with. Though, we have been lucky enough to find a few that are not faith based groups.
This does not in any way mean that we have a problem with Christianity. We just do not prefer to make it the main focus of their education.
Here are some great websites that teach religious tolerance:
http://www.religioustolerance.org This site offers information about different religions around the world.
http://multicultural.mrdonn.org/ This site offers great lesson plans on multicultural education.
http://www.uri.org/kids/world.htm This site was created for children to learn about religions throughout the world. There are also great teaching resources here.
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http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/religions.htm This is another world religion site created for kids.
http://www.42explore2.com/religion.htm Here you will find a lot of resources for learning about religions of the world. Some of the activities and websites are created by other children.
We are not Muslim, but have taken a field trip to a local temple to learn about the Muslim faith. I believe that peace is obtained through tolerance and a lack of ignorance. I want my children to have a hunger for learning about others. Also, I want them to want to learn for themselves and not take any ones word on religion, even their parents. Instead they should study it for themselves and make their own judgments.
Since, we do not want our home education to be focused on any set religious belief system, we choose educational materials that are non-religious.
Many of the co-ops and home education groups in our area are Christian based, which has posed a challenge to us for finding other home school communities in our near by area to participate with. Though, we have been lucky enough to find a few that are not faith based groups.
This does not in any way mean that we have a problem with Christianity. We just do not prefer to make it the main focus of their education.
Here are some great websites that teach religious tolerance:
http://www.religioustolerance.org This site offers information about different religions around the world.
http://multicultural.mrdonn.org/ This site offers great lesson plans on multicultural education.
http://www.uri.org/kids/world.htm This site was created for children to learn about religions throughout the world. There are also great teaching resources here.
.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/religions.htm This is another world religion site created for kids.
http://www.42explore2.com/religion.htm Here you will find a lot of resources for learning about religions of the world. Some of the activities and websites are created by other children.
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