Young children face many challenges when they begin school, including learning to work alongside new friends, navigate in a new environment, and take instruction from unfamiliar adults. For a young child who is unprepared, starting school can be a very stressful situation. As parents, we have the opportunity to give our children experiences that will [...]
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The Homeschooler’s Winter Change-Up
If you ask homeschooling families what they love the most about home education, you will probably hear “flexibility” more often than anything. Flexibility to teach what they want (within state standards of course), when they want, how they want, etc. Being able to change what we need, when we need it. Winter holiday breaks are [...]
3 Reasons Families Choose Homeschooling
Homeschooling is as individual as the people who do it. There are many reasons why families choose homeschooling as the way to educate their children. But what motivates them to take a path that is still considered odd in many circles. Religious Reasons
Recess: Vital to Healthy Child Development
Ask most students what his or her favorite time of the school day is and “recess” often tops the list. While some 40% of all U.S. school districts continue to cut recess time to add more classroom time to the day, more and more studies indicate that recess is just as important as any other [...]
My Kid Is More Than a Number and So Is Yours
As it stands now, your child’s performance on standardized tests and IQ tests will be the primary factors affecting his or her future education. Although it may be convenient for the education system to separate children into gifted programs and intermediate classes, it fails to address the distinct learning styles and talents that vary from [...]
How To Prepare Your Kids for Boarding School
One of the toughest events in a child’s life is going from a traditional school to a boarding school. It can be challenging simply because the rules, attire and overall atmosphere are or can be totally different. It takes a lot of preparation for a child to feel fully comfortable when transitioning into a boarding [...]
An Education in Nature
The world as we know it today is overpopulated and our consumption usage is extremely high. It is absolutely essential that why try to make an attempt to keep people and more importantly our children in touch with Mother Earth. The beauty and delicacy of the Earth must not be ignored; it’s changing seasons, natural [...]
Educational Children’s Activities for the Holidays
The holidays are a wonderful time for families to spend time together for laughter, games and delicious food. Helping children learn as they play is one of the best things to help them develop their cognitive and motor skills, especially when they are still young. To help you think of ways to create simple educational [...]
Some Steve Job Life Lessons for Education
The recent passing of Steve Jobs gives us a chance to remember his innovative spirit and influence which extended deeply into the education space. Jobs contributed much to education—far beyond the Mac labs that continue to shape high school students. But beyond his iconic Apple products and memorable university commencement speeches, the enduring legacy that [...]
Overcoming the 3 Most Discouraging Questions to Homeschool Teachers – Part 3
I’ve been homeschooling my children since my oldest was 2 years old. I’ve come across many supportive people and a few not so supportive ones. Unfortunately, it’s these discouraging naysayers whose comments and questions linger the longest with me, most likely because I’m not usually snappy and sarcastic to strangers- so I often replay the [...]
Overcoming the 3 Most Discouraging Questions to Homeschool Teachers – Part 2
I’ve been homeschooling my children since my oldest was 2 years old. I’ve come across many supportive people and a few not so supportive ones. Unfortunately, it’s these discouraging naysayers whose comments and questions linger the longest with me, most likely because I’m not usually snappy and sarcastic to strangers- so I often replay the [...]
Out of the Mouths of Babies: 4 Children’s Books That Teach You Something
Remember how fun reading was as a kid? You would beg your parents to read just one more book before you went to bed. You wished so bad that you could read the books yourself. Now that you can read all by yourself, those books seem childish. What is the point in reading them again? [...]
Teaching vs. Encouraging Learning: A Frazzled Parent’s Story
I’ll be honest with you—early childhood education was not my major in college, and I have never worked for a primary school. And that’s exactly why I’m the perfect one to write this post. I used to work as an English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor, so I thought I knew a thing or [...]
Education Perspectives: Student-Based Solutions
Few people disagree that our current education model has problems. Trying to get a handle on fixing these problems is difficult—especially when we can’t even agree on what the problems are. Teachers, parents and school administrators all have different perspectives. But the perspective often missing completely from the education conversation is from students themselves. Finding [...]
Overcoming the 3 Most Discouraging Questions to Homeschool Teachers – Part 1
I’ve been homeschooling my children since my oldest was 2 years old. I’ve come across many supportive people and a few not so supportive ones. Unfortunately, it’s these discouraging naysayers whose comments and questions linger the longest with me, most likely because I’m not usually snappy and sarcastic to strangers- so I often replay the [...]
What Parents Need To Know About Teacher Certification & Education Reform
Do you have school-aged children? Are you aware that, according to the U.S. Department of Education, “in the next decade, 1.6 million teachers will retire, and 1.6 million new teachers will take their place. This reality presents a true challenge and an amazing opportunity.” American parents need to take full advantage of this opportunity and [...]
Online Homeschooling Made Fun
For a long time, people thought that the only good way to homeschool their kids was to replicate a traditional school classroom at home. Replete with a strict class schedule, as well as workbooks and textbooks for every subject. However, with changes in technology and the continuing availability of online resources, well; times they are [...]
10 Easy to Improve Memory Activities for Kids
Kids start out as a blank slate. Their brains develop very quickly from birth to three years old, and the development continues at an accelerated rate until they are adults. Improving your kid’s memory is a fun and easy activity. Games are the best way to improve memory and there are easy and fun ones [...]
Child Left Behind
It doesn’t matter if you homeschool your kids or send them to public school or private school, at some point the topic of standardized testing comes up. Each state has rules about testing kids no matter what category they fit in. Standardized testing has a place, but America is becoming very lop-sided on this issue. [...]
Most Important Traits of a Teacher
The job of teachers is educating students and helping mold them into individuals that will be able to successfully function in society. Being an effective teacher involves more than having a degree and knowledge of the subject you are teaching. There are many people who have jobs as teachers, but the most successful possess the [...]
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