Does your kid hate to write?
Steam is starting to come out of your ears as you listen to the tap, tap, tap of your son’s pencil on that blank page as he sits there… groaning and sighing, staring at the ceiling fan going around… and…
Steam is starting to come out of your ears as you listen to the tap, tap, tap of your son’s pencil on that blank page as he sits there… groaning and sighing, staring at the ceiling fan going around… and…
Do you have a high school writer that doesn’t like to write? Here’s part 2 of our 10 tips for teaching a reluctant high school writer! If you missed the first post with tips 1-5, read it here. (Actually, no…
First, don’t panic if you’re teaching a high school writer who dislikes writing. I call that teaching a “reluctant” high school writer. Battling over writing launches a new type of anxiety into the homeschooling mix, especially if you’re teaching high…
Bad attitudes and human beings, grownups or kids, go together. No surprise, right? Here are 5 quick tips for dealing with bad attitudes in your children, especially if you’re homeschooling. There are always deeper reasons why we have bad…
He slouched at the table, pencil in hand. But instead of working on his worksheet (yawn), he watched a tiny black ant crawling all the way across the windowsill… Are your kids’ eyes glazing over at lame language arts lessons…
This Make a Middle Ages Dictionary project is taken from our Middle School Lesson Plans. However, you could also use this lesson plan if you were using our Unit Study Tools. Actually, this plan would work for any other period,…
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