I’m going to be frank. Many people use Train up a Child Publishing curriculum on its own, as it was designed to be used. But it’s also okay to use Train up a Child Publishing curriculum with another curriculum, too. …
Are you biting your nails over your kids getting close to high school? Or maybe you have a 9th grader already. Yikes! If you don’t know what homeschooling high school will look like, creating a big-picture plan for homeschooling high…
Brain scientists say that in “real life” we usually learn more than one thing at a time. And we often learn something using more than one sense at a time. So, integrating subjects, rather than artificially separating each subject, aligns…
You can help your kids write better in 5 minutes, by teaching them the simple principle of “Show, don’t Tell” in their writing. Have you ever heard the “Show, Don’t Tell” writing principle and wondered how you could teach that…
How many times have you assigned a report or project to your homeschooled student and then were surprised when they turned in SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than you expected? Me, too! Until I learned how to teach and grade using rubrics….
Our co-op kids loved our first Middle Ages read aloud – the younger ones, particularly, were intrigued by The Whipping Boy: the exciting story of “Prince Brat” and Jemmy. This young boy received the Prince’s well-earned spankings since it was…
How to bring life to your kids’ education by teaching history, science, and language arts using excellent literature instead of dry textbooks!
