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…
15 Creative Language Arts Lessons Using Living Books
If you homeschool using Charlotte Mason methods, you’ve often heard that narration is the activity to do after reading books. Narration is excellent, but did you know that there are many other ways to make creative language arts lessons using…
What you should know about Summer Learning Loss and what you can do about it
Also known as the summer slump or summer slide, summer learning loss is what your students forget between the end of one homeschool year to the beginning of the next. Fortunately for home educators, we can avoid summer learning loss in…
Charlotte Mason’s Controversial Method of (Not) Teaching Composition
If there’s one subject that makes homeschooling moms pull their hair out, it’s trying to teach writing to young kids. Are you struggling with this? If so, you’ll want to read what Charlotte Mason said about (not) teaching composition. One…
How to Make a Lapbook!
Learning how to make a lapbook and mini-books is a game-changer! The best part of watching homeschool moms learn how to make lapbooks is seeing some ‘traditional textbook curriculum” moms learn that hands-on projects such as mini-books and lapbooks are…
Summer Learning Loss for High School Students
Do you have a rising ninth-grader this year? Do you know that this summer is one of the most critical transitions in a young person’s academic career, according to the National Summer Learning Association? If you didn’t know — it’s…