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Let’s face it-we’ve all at one time or another started a day with less enthusiasm than usual. We might have woken up on the wrong side of the bed, the kids might be extra tired and a bit difficult, or maybe it was destined to be a bad day. No matter what the reason,...

by Gina Wileman Parenting has always been an essential job. Nothing has changed. It doesn't take a global pandemic to remind us of that. However, if these sequestering walls could speak, they’d reveal feelings of parental inadequacy that leads to frustration, anger,...

by Nathan Manley Oh, avoidance. In many traditional school settings, kids learn to use phrases like “I don’t know” so they don’t have to participate. But this is your school and you don’t have to take “I don’t know” for an answer. If you’re like me, I cringe a little...

By Alisha Jones-Gardner Who would have known that we would be faced with an epidemic that would change the lives of every citizen in the United States? I watched the news and yes, I saw that China was facing their own epidemic called COVID19. Never did I know that...

You’ve selected the courses, ordered the textbooks, and neatened the supply stash. All that stands in between you and the first day of the school year is a master plan for you to follow. Or course you could purchase any of the cute and premade planners or binder...

Summer is almost here and with it comes a new array of challenges to keep kids occupied. While there are no learning requirements you need to meet for the next three months, it is best for both you and your child(ren) to keep an exciting stream of educational...

If you missed Part 1, you can find it posted here. The decision to take your child/children out of Homeschool or raising them through Homeschool is a process that deserves a lot of thought.  Your child/children will be Home with you on hours where they would be in...

When you combine our homeschool’s classical focus on all things ancient with the fact that we don’t watch the nightly news in our house for a variety of reasons, you end up with kids that might not be supremely aware of what is happening in the world around them. (I...

I know there comes a time that everyone who has gone through Home School or is being homeschooled, wanting to be homeschooled, or teaching at home has thought, “Is Home School for me?” Don’t worry; it’s a question that has arisen in other minds who are going through...

THE BACKGROUND OF CHANGE Learning in the time of COVID-19 has taken an unusual turn in the K to 12 education road. No one expected when the 2019-2020 school year started last August that homeschooling and public school would suddenly be forced into an intersection...

by Sabrina Smith Homeschooling is such a unique approach that helps develop students in many ways. There are a few different methods that I used while I was an Applied Behavior Analysis tutor, that helps homeschooling become interesting, informative, and fun all at...

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption to the global education industry, as countries around the world shut down their brick-and-mortar schools in an effort to minimize the spread of this deadly virus. It's estimated that upwards of 55 million US students have...

Most public school children in the U.S. have been schooled-at-home for the last three months of the 2019-2020 school year. Parents, many of whom are working at home full time, have been re-assigned as temporary teachers.  Schools have been scrambling to re-vamp their...

If you were fortunate enough to attend a public school anytime between the years of 1956 and 2013, you were one of the luck few that were forced to participate in the beloved Presidential Physical Fitness program. It went by several titles depending on the national...

If the kids are getting bored at home, maybe it's time to make things interesting with some weird science experiments from Steve Spangler. About Steve Spangler… Steve Spangler is a celebrity teacher, science toy designer, speaker, author and an Emmy award-winning...

My porch has seen better days. The poor deck faces harsh, hard winters that come with heavy snow and thick ice, which must be shoveled off many times over the course the season. My dear porch gets relentlessly stomped on by muddy boots and handles dirty dog paws. With...

May 2020 is Mental Health Month, so it only seems appropriate to share some news regarding homeschooling and its effect on your child’s mental health. I recently came across an article posted on Medium.com (Medium.com) about the affect that homeschooling could have on...

As COVID-19 has turned our world upside down, homeschooling has been thrust into the global spotlight. According to a recent Forbes article (https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerrymcdonald/2020/03/11/the-worlds-homeschooling-moment/#3e2dfcb550c3), its estimated that 300...

The world is constantly changing and so is the concept of homeschooling. In the current day in age more people than ever have been exposed to homeschooling by necessity. Some families have been pushed into homeschooling by new government mandates they chose to opt out...

David Nagel, writer for The Journal, notes that, as of April 20, the majority of U.S. public schools will be closed through the remainder of the school year. A few are listed as re-opening on May 1, 4, 15 or 20....

The upshot of the Coronavirus pandemic and tens of millions of American K through 12 students adjusting to a “school at home” atmosphere, is that public school teachers have had to learn a  lot about home schooling and parents have had to adjust to the temporary role...