Preventing the Summer Slide in Your Homeschool
Worried about the Summer Slide? Read some ideas to keep kids minds engaged through the Summer months to prevent that loss of learning!
Setting your Homeschooling Priorities
Tired of feeling like your homeschool is always busy, but not achieving anything of worth? You need to set your homeschooling priorities – learn how here.
Instagram for the Homeschool Mom
Instagram, when used wisely, can be another helpful tool in your homeschool mom tool belt. May it give you the information, inspiration, or connection you need, exactly when you need it.
One Simple Habit to Find Beautiful Moments in Homeschool
Does your homeschooling to-do list threaten to take the beauty out of your day? When homeschooling gets rushed and hectic, the best thing we can do is to slow down and find beautiful moments in homeschool routines.
Homeschool Strewing
Just by itself homeschooling can make everyday learning rich and interesting, but homeschool strewing is the sprinkles on the cake! Strewing is allowing your child to discover something you have casually left out for them to find.
How to Make a Multiplication Fact Flip Book
Learn how to make a multiplication fact flip book for fact practice or as a handy reference while your child is working to memorize the multiplication tables.
Creating a relaxed homeschooling transcript: It can be done!
It is absolutely possible to create a relaxed homeschooling transcript for high school – even if your teen completes no traditional coursework. Here’s a look at how it can be done.
10 Ways to Prep for a Smooth Homeschool Start
Thinking about a smooth homeschool start? Whatever your method or calendar flow, August and September typically represent fresh starts for school rhythms.
How Teaching Classically Benefits the Working Parent
For working parents who need a set schedule with structure, teaching classically has proven the test of time, with excellency and time efficiency.
10 Ways to Handle Perfectionism in Your Homeschool
If you have a child or teen who struggles with a strong need to have everything perfect, read on for 10 ways to handle perfectionism in your homeschool – and 3 approaches to avoid.
How Homeschoolers Can Celebrate Shark Week With Art
Why celebrate shark week with art? Here’s why. Art complements and enhances all other subjects. I encourage you to join in with Shark Week in a fun and educational way with these fun art lessons.
Top Tips to Help Homeschoolers Find a Test Prep Tutor
Just about the best thing you could ever do for your college-prep student is enroll them in an SAT/ACT prep class. So to help you, here’s a checklist of what you ought to consider when you research a test prep tutor, class or program.
Ways that Learning Apps Can Help Support Your Homeschooling
We all want our kids to have less screen time. But you can harness their desire to use devices into learning adventures through learning apps that can support your homeschooling efforts.
Practical Tips On How To Homeschool Your Hands-on Child
Do you have a child is always on the move and enjoys hands-on activities and play-acting? Homeschooling your hands-on learner also known as a kinesthetic learner can be difficult at first, but it gets better when we change our mindset on how we think “school” should look like in our “home” school.
5 Ways to Get Started With Coding For Homeschoolers
I, EEME Dad, make hands-on kits to teach kids robotics, electronics and coding. Here are my thoughts on how to teach kids coding. As an infant, we learned our first language by speaking as soon as possible. We slurred our words. We spoke the wrong phrases. But that’s...
How to Find the Right Learning Resources for Your Homeschool
It’s difficult to know what homeschool learning resources links to trust and even more difficult to find the time to filter through those that are irrelevant to your needs. Here are some of the ways you can effectively search through the expanse of online resources with ease.
Homeschool Superstar: How to Get into Your Dream College
With a willingness to break away from the crowd, there are steps you can take to ensure that you, and your application, will shine. You can make a strong impression and improve your chances of getting into your dream college. Even better news: it won’t be that hard.
Make Homeschool Reading Comprehension Fun with Movies
For many children, reading comprehension can be a minefield of confusion. Fortunately, there are solutions – and, amazingly, the solutions can be a lot of fun. One very fruitful and entertaining approach is to use a medium that children love, movies!
Educational Ways to Celebrate Teddy Bears’ Picnic Day
July 10th is the official Teddy Bears’ Picnic Day, a whimsical celebration of our childhood stuffed toys, based on the popular children’s song. Round up your friends – real and stuffed – and use these ideas for an educational day of fun!
10 Ways to Make National Ice Cream Day Educational
No matter how you like your ice cream–on a cone, in a bowl, or straight from the carton– National Ice Cream Day has found the perfect place in the middle of summer. So celebrate it! Share a scoop with your kids and take the fun further with these educational activities on summer’s second best holiday!
Helping Homeschooled Kids Develop a Love of Reading
With such benefits to reading, it is natural that homeschoolers feel pressure to make sure kids don’t fall behind. This can lead to aggressive use of flashcards and reading logs. Unfortunately, this can destroy the love of reading and end up hurting rather than helping our kids.