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
Focus on Composition and Literature In the high school years a good homeschool language arts curriculum covers literature and composition thoroughly. Teens have generally covered grammar, spelling and basic composition in middle school. While some curricula will still cover these topics, not all do. Teens develop strong writing skills and broad exposure to different forms … Read more
Reading With a Purpose Your teen gains the most from what he reads with homeschool literature study guides. When you provide basic literature guides for books on the college reading list your teen is certain to understand them better. Obviously, that’s a worthy goal. Many literature study guides include word studies and composition exercises, negating … 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
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 These people figure reading is obsolete – at least for … Read more
Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Much, Much More Middle School Homeschool Curriculum should be the stuff of high adventure. You’ve laid your kids foundation in elementary school. They can read, write and perform calculations. You don’t yet have to worry about making sure your kid’s high school transcript meets the expectations of their … Read more
Is… (Drum roll please!) Sequential Spelling. Hands down. Seriously. It rocks! Sequential Spelling is multi-sensory and scalable from one student to twenty or more. It comes in a traditional paper and pencil form, a CD-Rom course and a web-based online format. I am a huge fan of the traditional paper and pencil, parent/teacher and student interface … Read more
Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles Want to Know. What are the best books for teenage boys? What did your son read? This is a question I answer pretty often. Luckily for me, my son is still technically a teenager, and my husband has a long memory. I have live-in consultants to help me write this … Read more
Have you ever heard of Gutenberg Books? Yes? No? Well, it doesn’t really matter if you’ve heard of Gutenberg Project books online or not. I cannot recommend this site highly enough. When great books’ copyrights expire, the good folks at Project Gutenberg make those books available at no cost to the reader in ebook form. … Read more
Brain Science to the Rescue Researchers tell us our brains are vast three dimensional webs of connections. The more connections we have, the more intelligent we are. Making homeschool lesson plans more effective is easy when we leverage this way of thinking about our student’s brain. We can connect what we are teaching to what … Read more