Are You Considering Unschooling for Kindergarten, or weighing the benefits of delaying Kindergarten altogether? Either way, you’re on the right track! Kids who start formal education later, as late as seven year old, do better than children who begin at age five. Researchers have shared startling new data about what’s best for our five year … Read more
What if I fail? Teaching my child at home could be a disaster! That’s what it all boils down to, right? You could fail. If you are an ethical person and a loving parent, the possibility of failing your child strikes terror in your heart. You’ve seen homeschooling families in the grocery store together or … Read more
Handwriting Without Tears What a concept. Yes, it is possible. If you’re looking for a painless and pleasant handwriting curriculum then you’ve come to the right place. I’ll explain why Handwriting Without Tears is your easiest, most affordable option. If you’ve run into trouble with handwriting, keep reading. Sloppy handwriting is one of the most … Read more
Teach a Child to Tell Time Is your child developmentally ready? Does she have the requisite skills? What methods and materials are likely to be the most helpful to teach a child to tell time? We’ll cover all that and more. Telling time is a life skill that builds slowly. There are add-on skills … Read more
Looking for Unit Studies Homeschool Kids Will Be Inspired By? Who isn’t! You know your homeschooler wants to have fun, but you want him to learn. Would you be surprised to learn that unit studies are a distinctly homeschool phenomenon? Consequently, you don’t have to search far and wide for homeschool unit studies. A google search … Read more
Literature-Based Curriculum Moving Beyond the Page (MBTP) is a complete secular curriculum utilizing research-based educational strategies to bring the best out in each student. This curriculum fosters critical thinking and encourages children to develop their creativity. Challenging and engaging projects allow students to benefit from the integration of science, social studies and language arts. Students … Read more
Reading With a Purpose Why read? Many people never read a book after high school. A startling number of college graduates never read another book after college. They don’t like to read. They don’t want to read. They like movies, videos, TV shows and radio. These people figure reading is obsolete – at least for … Read more
Every Family Room in America Used to have a pile of board games. Not any more. Many households don’t have ANY. The internet and TV has taken their place in Americans’ hearts. I’m going to do my level best to convince you to let a few old-fashioned games, books and toys back into the family … Read more
This post is a follow-on to last week’s post about teaching subtraction facts and the previous post about addition. Please pull out your triangular flash cards and hold a review. If you’ve read both posts than you know that I’ve already explained two distinct methods for teaching the addition facts and one for teaching subtraction. … Read more
I love Math-U-See Did I use other curricula? Briefly. As a secondary math teacher, I had been trained to consider the spiral curriculum to be a good idea. As a homeschool parent, I came to realize there was no institutional requirement to keep pressing on when my children didn’t quite master a math concept. We … Read more