Let’s be dramatic for a moment. Unless you’re lying or don’t have a pulse, we’ve all had a day that reached back and slapped us in the face. It’s the kind of day where you question every single decision you’ve ever made in all of your life. You wonder how your kids...
The kitchen is a great place for homeschooling. Pre-school aged children through high school seniors can learn much from food and recipes without leaving the breakfast table. Younger students can count raisins or pretzels during snack time to practice their numbers. ...
Keeping the hands and mind of an energetic toddler busy while the older siblings do their schoolwork is a skill fit for the circus. I have learned to keep a stash of busy boxes nearby to keep him from creating his own barrel of monkeys in the kitchen. I pulled a few...
We were new to the area and I already felt like we stuck out like a sore thumb. I learned where the local library was and that they had a little playground outside, so we jumped in the car and headed over. My girls are endlessly girlie- dresses and twirls, glitter and...
We read a lot in my English classes. In spite of that, we rarely address every book I’ve targeted for each particular school year. Sadly, there’s just not enough time for my students to experience every piece of literature they should have under their belts before...
To switch things up in literature class, I like to use movies. This allows us to study the elements of literature in a medium that relies on action and dialogue to carry the themes of the writing. In the 1970’s and 80’s the American Playhouse, an anthology television...
