I remember driving my middle school son and his friend to another friend’s house. They entertained themselves during the drive by each trying to lick their own elbows. Yet, this is the time we need to prepare our middle school…
There’s nothing worse than that sick feeling you get when summer flies by and you have nothing to show for it. It’s almost time to start school again, and you’ve done nothing you thought you would. Don’t just let it…
Remember reading about how people prior to running water had to “prime the pump”? They pushed and pulled the farmyard water pump handle up and down to build up the pressure until the water started coming up out of the…
Children who move focus better, learn more quickly, and remember what they’ve learned longer than those sitting all day. It only makes sense. If you are moving you’re getting more oxygen to your brain, right? It stands to reason that…
Have you tried terms “brain-based teaching” and ”brain-based learning” in your homeschool? There’s a lot of buzz about this in the public and private school systems, so why not in homeschooling circles? I know you want to do everything you can to help…
This is from our archives…Did you hear the brouhaha resulting from the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother? Tossing a buzzing beehive into a group of old ladies at a church picnic wouldn’t have caused more controversy than this…
