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What to Do When Your Child is Struggling with Reading

What to Do When Your Child is Struggling with Reading

When children struggle with reading, it’s not a shock that they do not want to read. As a teacher and parent, it’s helpful to understand what to do when your middle school student has a hard time comprehending what they read. Read on to find out what to do when your child is struggling with reading.

Why The Homeschool Movement Is Growing

Why The Homeschool Movement Is Growing

No Longer on the Fringe: The Homeschooling Population Continues to Grow To some, homeschooling may seem like a relatively new trend, something that only just started over the last 10 years or so. The reality, however, is far different. Home education has taken place since as far back as 350 BC, with Alexander the Great….

Easy Resolutions for Homeschoolers

Easy Resolutions for Homeschoolers

Without fail, every new year, I found myself making the most admirable of resolutions about my homeschool. I had BIG plans. I was going to be SUPER organized, REALLY creative and my kids were going to start a parade chanting “Mom is the best mom! Mom is the best mom!” Unfortunately, my resolutions were either…

The Four Components of Really Good Writing

The Four Components of Really Good Writing

This is a guest post by Jennifer Courtney. Is our entire civilization in danger because of our impoverished language? Is text speak a sign that we are losing the ability to construct and communicate complex ideas through written language? In a philosophy class, I led a group of high school students to come up with…

How to Get Scholarships to Ivy League Schools

How to Get Scholarships to Ivy League Schools

This is a guest post by Elizabeth Hartley. College tuition has increased almost 500% over the last twenty years, causing many families to conclude that a college degree is out of reach. While the sticker shock can be intimidating at first, there are many ways to approach the process strategically and intentionally so that the…

3 Sanity-Saving Strategies for Homeschooling With Toddlers

3 Sanity-Saving Strategies for Homeschooling With Toddlers

  Let’s take a look at the best ways to be a great parent for your toddler, while still devoting a good portion of your day to teach and train older kids at home. Do you get nervous when it gets really quiet around your house? Do you have to put markers, glue, and other…

16 Mistakes Weary Homeschool Moms Make

16 Mistakes Weary Homeschool Moms Make

  The baby will not stop crying,your toddler is fighting with the preschooler, your second-grader refuses to work on anything without you, the fourth-grader asked permission to go to the bathroom an hour ago, you’re late getting your sixth-grader to dance class, and your husband wants to know what’s for dinner. These are the days…

How to Go from the ABCs to Learning to Read

How to Go from the ABCs to Learning to Read

  Learning to read isn’t something that happens overnight for most kids. In fact, it takes hard work and dedication to go from learning the ABCs to learning to read. If your child is in the stage of learning their alphabet and they are eager to learn how to read, then these tips are for…

Homeschooling Your Young Black Child: A Simple Getting-Started Guide & Workbook {Giveaway}

Homeschooling Your Young Black Child: A Simple Getting-Started Guide & Workbook {Giveaway}

Disclosure: I received the homeschooling guide and workbook in exchange for this post and giveaway. “Homeschooling Your Young Black Child: A Simple Getting-Started Guide & Workbook” was created by Rachel Garlinghouse. The getting-started guide and workbook is “for parents and caregivers who wish to give their children an education that fosters creativity, self-confidence, attachment, and balance.”…

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