Remember learning skills to help you find the main idea in a piece of writing? I was never good at that. What I got as the main idea was totally different from the teacher’s or her manual’s idea. Not sure … Continue reading →
Are your children daydreaming, staring out the window, never finishing their studies in the time allotted, just plain bored? Is it their fault or is there another way to approach learning that is more enjoyable and sustainable? I wonder what … Continue reading →
By the time this message posts, the country will have been dealing with a virus outbreak and a violence outbreak. News and radio reports, social media and conversations between family, friends and strangers have discussed the bad and sometimes looked for the good. … Continue reading →
Maybe you have homeschooled for years or maybe this spring was your first attempt. Either way, you have learned the joy of watching “the light come on” when your child made a discovery or grasped a concept. As the joys … Continue reading →
For most of us with kids or who work in a school, school is still doing remote learning, and social isolation is still very much in place, even as some places around the country are loosening the rules on staying … Continue reading →
The weather is beautiful. Everyone wants to be outside but there is still so much learning to do! Whether we are long-time homeschoolers or we have been drafted into the position by the COVID-19 quarantine there is still reading, writing, … Continue reading →