Give Them Incentives

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There are many ways to make learning fun and sometimes we must use put on our creative hats! Here’s a great way to make reading fun! Create a chart with landmarks. We created a train track with incentives along the way. As the child reaches one of the incentive points he or she gets tocontinue reading

Creating Your Learning Centers

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Creating learning centers in your home should not be overwhelming. Let’s start with your home school area or the area you will be schooling most often. Organization is very important and you may already have some of these items in your home, which will make it easier on your wallet. Book shelves – for storingcontinue reading

Organization Tips for the WAHM

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Keeping an organized home school will keep your life running smoother and will also teach your children the importance of organization. I will share some suggestions to implement that I hope will help get your home school more organized. As homeschoolers we tend to generate a large amount of paperwork so system to keep itcontinue reading

How To Have a Nervous Breakdown Homeschooling

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This guest article was written by Theresa Lode from The Mother Lode Need a little drama in your life? Is it about flippin’ time you got some care and attention? Never fear!  I’ve compiled a short list of how you, yes…you, can finally get some peace and quiet, by having a nervous breakdown!  This list is especiallycontinue reading

Ways to Develop Critical Thinking Skills

Critical thinking is often thought as a scientific or analytical way of thinking. It helps us form more knowledgeable opinions and make better decisions. That certainly seems like an important skill to obtain but how do you develop the ability to think critically? Critical thinking does not equal higher intelligence, not by any means. Itcontinue reading

End the Battles of Math

Math is not a difficult subject although many children tend to have difficulties with it. It is up to us as home school parents to simply the concepts so that they can build upon them and apply them to more advanced math in the latter years. When learning to count in the pre-school years wecontinue reading