Hey! What are you afraid of? I’m not talking about spiders or heights or close spaces here, though. Let’s talk about homeschooling and your fears. Sure, you go through each day like you know what you are doing. You discuss homeschooling and reading materials with other homeschool moms. But what about when you are all…
Here are 10 ideas for ways to start your school year strong without textbooks. Maybe you just got on board the homeschool train for this year and are working on getting materials ordered. Perhaps you ordered all your materials in plenty of time for the fall, but some items were on backorder. Or the delivery…
Curriculum – As homeschool parents, this is a word we hear all the time. We get curriculum catalogs, read advice about different publisher’s curricula, visit curriculum fairs. But I think, with all that, we are missing out on some essential things. We may not have a correct view of what curriculum is. So, let’s take…
My kids have always been readers. From before they could read, we looked at and read books together. One of my favorite pictures of my kids is a photo of three of them lying side-by-side in a bed, each with a different book to read. Trips to the library were a big deal, almost an…
Develop reading comprehension skills by asking hard questions. Teach your children critical thinking and reading comprehension. Move beyond the simple, basic questions, and dig into those hard questions that require thinking! Don’t be afraid to teach your children to become independent thinkers! Every child deserves the gift of reading, deserves to be taught to read…
Teach your child to read! This is one of the greatest delights of homeschooling! It is so exciting to see the little lightbulb go on when your child first gets the concept of forming letter sounds into real words. Once your child learns to read, the world will open before him; exploring the world is…
Reading matters! So try to develop a love of reading in your children.
Unit studies – have you heard of them? Have you ever used one? What about making one for your kids based on their interests? Let’s look at what a unit study is and how to plan a unit study. What Is a Unit Study? It’s always a good idea to define your terms when introducing…
Are you having a hard time trying to beat those winter doldrums? Has everyone sunk into “boring routine” mode? That is easy to do this time of year. All the holidays are over, nothing exciting is happening. The weather is probably lousy. Time to shake things up a bit! Add a bit of excitement to…
Setting goals is a good thing. We set goals for business, for our home, and for our finances. New Year’s resolutions are basically goals we set for ourselves. A “to-do” list is a set of daily goals we intend or need to accomplish. So why not set goals for your home school and your students…