Parents as Teachers: Choose Your Words Carefully

Parents as Teachers: Choose Your Words Carefully

Have you been feeling frustrated about teaching your children at home and stumbling over lesson plans, desperately in need of support? If so, then you’re not alone; the struggle is real with distance learning and homeschooling. While students slog through mountains of...
How to Set Up a Homeschooling Learning Space

How to Set Up a Homeschooling Learning Space

Whether you’re a long-time homeschooler or doing it for the first time this year, setting up a homeschool learning space can make a big difference in your child’s productivity. Here are a few ideas for setting up your space. 1. Be creative Your homeschool learning...
What is Study Island?

What is Study Island?

What is Study Island? Edmentum™ Study Island is an interactive learning platform where students in grades k-12 can strengthen their knowledge and skills in language arts, math, science, and social studies. How Study Island Works First, the student takes a diagnostic...
Goal-Setting for the New School Year

Goal-Setting for the New School Year

For most parents and kids, this school year is different than any they’ve ever had. Whether your kids are in a socially-distanced classroom or you’re homeschooling for the first time, here are some goal-setting tips for the school year. Be Realistic Unfortunately,...
Homeschool Milestones to Celebrate

Homeschool Milestones to Celebrate

Outside of the normal public school routine of a certificate or diploma at the end of each school year, it can be easy to forget to acknowledge homeschoolers for their accomplishments. But it is important that they feel just as validated in their schooling...