As homeschooling parents, we have the privilege of immersing our children in subjects that interest them and subjects that, perhaps, do not. Generally, if you ask children what subjects they love the most and which subjects drive them up the wall, history (and sometimes science) fall into the latter category. But, it doesn’t have to […]
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Summary for Institute for Excellence in Writing Ages K-12 & Parents When my daughter turns 16, I’m going to have to pay for an extra Driver’s Ed lesson—the one that teaches a student how to drive a stick shift. I can drive a stick shift—I know how to do it. But I don’t know HOW […]
FOLLOW US ON: APPLE PODCASTS | GOOGLE PLAY | STITCHER Homeschool.com speaks with Dr. Stephen Covey about his book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families.” Dr. Covey is well-known for one of his related books called, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” In this podcast, listeners will specifically learn about his idea of a family mission statement as […]
FOLLOW US ON: APPLE PODCASTS | GOOGLE PLAY | STITCHER Join us as we speak with Pat Farenga about the subject of “unschooling” and where this concept of independent learning came from. They talk about the pioneer of unschooling, John Holt, who said that children could teach themselves and didn’t need to be in a classroom in order to learn. […]
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