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Unexpected Benefits of World Schooling
Sponsored by Culture Trotters. As homeschooling families, we all are already on the road less traveled. As world schoolers I feel like we are now out in the jungle with a machete forging our…
Journal Your Way to Stress-Free Writing
One way to get your kids to write, and actually enjoy it, is through journaling, just writing for a short amount of time every day. If done well, kids may not even realize that you’re trying…
How To Help Your Teen Transition Into Adulthood
Transitioning your teen into college, and adult life is an adventure that will take both parent and child on the ride of a lifetime. Do you like roller coasters? Dark tunnels, anyone? What…
Books That Teach Character
Good character can seem like an ambiguous goal at times. Character training is a difficult concept to define and is consequently complex to plan into your homeschooling studies. As a parent,…
FAQ: High School Homeschool Dual Enrollment
One of the best secrets about homeschooling high school is that of dual enrollment credits. It really is an amazing way to get ahead of the game, which explains why the concept has taken off…
Breaking Out of the Classroom: A Family’s Decision to Embrace Online Learning
Academic life, for many families with children in traditional school settings and learning co-ops, has become uncharted territory this year. Kids were displaced from the familiar comfort of their…
Homeschooling Children with Special Needs
We have come a long way since the days of educational segregation. However, it still goes without saying that we humans tend to shun that which is different from the norm. In relation to special…
Desire-Led Summer Learning for Teens and Tweens
We homeschool with state requirements of 180 days of instruction for the school year. So, every May or June when we get to the 180th day, we celebrate with loud renditions of “School’s out…
How to Use an Online Curriculum Well
Post sponsored by Calvert online curriculum. Due to so many pandemic-related school shutdowns, many families discovered the convenience and support of online homeschooling this school year.…
Why Your Teen Needs To Know Cursive
As a college educator, I want parents to know why cursive writing is important to your teen. Any child born in the U.S. after the year 2000 will undoubtedly not have been taught cursive…