Being that I’ve been feeling under the weather the past few days, I thought I’d broach the topic of being ill when you’re homeschooling your kids. What do you do when you have your students waiting for you and you can barely drag yourself out of bed?
You really have three options here. One, you can [...]
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This study was done about 10 years ago, but I guess it takes some time to compile almost 12,000 results. There are lots of charts and graphs.
One of the biggest findings was that there was not difference in results if the homeschooler was taught be a certified teaching parent, or a parent without certification. [...]
This blog post reminded me of a great time my 4th grade pal, Jeff Causey, and I had setting up a scavenger hunt in our 4th grade classroom. Mr. Burgess had no idea what we were doing. Our arch enemies Jamie & Mary (a.k.a. “the girls”) were to be the targets of our hunt. We [...]
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My oldest, my daughter – wow, they grow fast. This year she’s focusing in on U.S. History. School just started, but you can’t control the calendar. September 17th was Constitution Day. Why didn’t I warn you? Well most people let the day go by without even noticing. But I found this post with some really [...]
I ran across an interesting article the other day referencing a 2003 study of homeschoolers who are now adults. If you’re homeschooling your child, chances are you feel that this is the best way to go, but where is the proof? The study done by the Home School Legal Defense Association has some fascinating results.
Higher [...]
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Homeschoolers have the ability to enforce the lessons learned in school all day long and what could be better than teaching your kids to be responsible? There are a number of ways to do this, of course, but to get you started, here are three ideas.
Give kids control over their lessons. Not all students will [...]