How You Can Teach Fractions (and ditch the textbook) by Baking a Cake
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Never give your child her first lesson in fractions from a book. It is far too confusing! Instead...
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Do You Already Have What It Takes to Homeschool?
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Anyone with the desire to homeschool can, but some moms (and dads) do it better than others.
Read MoreWhy You Should Read "Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite & the Way to a Meaningful Life"
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Deresiewicz's book "Excellent Sheep" is an insider's scathing critique of the Ivy League system. Full of surprises, it'll make you think twice about the value of an Ivy League education.
Read MoreTen "Must-Read" Classic Books for Kids
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I made a list of ten classic books which I think are a "must-read." I've sprinkled it with some comments and quotes throughout. My favorite quote is at the very end!
Read MoreFour Strategies to Think Holistically (and be a better parent)
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We all try to do what's best for our kids but, in doing so, are we considering their total well-being? Are we making decisions based on sound strategies or just because something sounds good and everyone seems to be doing it?
Read MoreWhy a Heart Start Is Smarter than a Head Start
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When we push our children into early academic learning, might we be doing it at the expense of their heart’s well-being?
Read MoreThe Events Which Took Place on My First Day of Homeschooling Two Little Boys
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Upon entering the room, on my very first day, I discovered that the study table and the four bright orange chairs surrounding it were much too small for me. Looking at the boys, I asked, more from amusement than anything else, "Boys, do you think I'm going to fit into these chairs and isn't this table too small for me?"
Read MoreHow to Avoid 3 Critical Mistakes When Teaching Your Child to Read
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Teaching your child to read is arguably the most important skill you will teach. You have to know the right time to teach, the right way to teach and the right method to teach. If you don't get the reading part right, and consequently raise a child who dislikes reading, many doors will shut.
Read MoreHow to End the Homeschooling Year Without Despair
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Now that the homeschool year is winding down, are you worried your children didn't finish everything you had mapped out? Stop!
Read MoreHow a Famous Teacher Introduces Real Life Lessons To His Students
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A New Interview with John Taylor Gatto!
We were able to get a few short but fascinating answers from Gatto about his unique and highly entertaining new book.
Read MoreHow To Homeschool Several Grades at the Same Time
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It's simple to teach multiple levels at the same time and plenty of parents do it with wonderful success. Our most famous example, so far, is the Harding parents who wrote the book, The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family's Method to College Ready by Age Twelve.
Read MoreWarning: Your Child's Brain May Be at Risk!
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Simply put, if your child is engaged in regular technology use chances are there will be some delays and possible disruption to his developmental processes. We see this statistically with 15% of children being labeled learning-disabled and 30% of this generation's children predicted to be unfit for an entry level job.
Read More5 Signs Your Child is Not Ready to Read
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We've all been there. The panic that sets in when you fear your child is behind the others. Maybe your best friend's child is reading three letter words and yours doesn't have an interest in memorizing the alphabet, let alone reading a book.
Read MoreThe Danish Way of Parenting
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Wow! There is finally a parenting book that is simple, doable, and appeals to our common sense. The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids by authors Jessica Alexander and Isban Sandahl, is a clear, concise way of approaching raising children that the country of Denmark follows.
Read MoreWhen My Kitchen is the Classroom
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Most mothers, when they walk into their kitchen and find their iron skillet full of rust (because their son did not dry and oil it properly after use), might be annoyed. Homeschooling mothers, on the other hand, are usually delighted. The discovery becomes another learning opportunity, where the children pile into the kitchen and a discussion of what it is, how it got there, and how it can be prevented follows.
Read MoreAdvice for Homeschoolers
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For some of you this will be your first year of homeschooling, and for some of you it may be one of many, but regardless of whether you are a newcomer or not, a bit of support is always welcome.
Read MoreDying in America
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I'm taking the liberty of digressing from the topic of education to share my thoughts on a situation that has consumed every day of my life for the past seven weeks.
Read MoreAnd, I'm Going to Homeschool!
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Being a mother today, with limited or no family support, is a challenge. On our best days we can feel a little like we are going nuts. And then we throw in the idea of homeschooling, at least some of us do, and then we panic for surely we will go nuts! But, it isn't actually like that and somehow most of us manage to keep ourselves relatively sane.
Read MoreDid Schoolteachers Really Know All This?→
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Here's another gem from the book: "Immigrants who were educated in Europe often became private schoolmasters, advertising in the newspapers that they would teach algebra, geometry, trigonometry, surveying, navigation, french, Latin, Greek, rhetoric, English, belles lettres, logic, philosophy, and other subjects. Wow! Does anyone even know anyone who knows all of this today? If we do, they are usually not found teaching children!
Read MoreA Mom's Comment on Reading Classics
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I always recommend educating children with the classics, so I'm going to share a comment with you from one of my Lost Tools Curriculum moms, that made me really happy to read. But, first let me say that if your children grow up reading classic literature, they will always be able to read difficult literature, and all doors to great literature and knowledge will be open to them. Not to mention that they will be able to think, speak, and write at higher levels, too. Reading the classics also trains us in understanding human nature; why people do the things they do and how to recognize the good person from the bad person, to put it simply. Shakespeare was the all-time master of this. Here is the comment from my customer, especially for those of you who fear the classics might be too difficult:
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