Today is the 5th Monday of the month. These are the odd weeks. The shifting week. Starting with one month and ending with another, you never know quite which month you are supposed to act in. Which month’s goals do you focus on? Which month’s bills do you pay? This is the week that I […]
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Did your child finish Algebra 1 this year? Algebra 1 is the base for higher level mathematics. Truly, the study of Mathematics contains two sides. First, calculations: Learning our math facts and calculating quantities is an essential skill that we focus on in elementary school. Once a student starts Algebra, he starts to
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A few years ago, my husband and I tried to find a hobby that we enjoyed doing together. You’ve probably tried this too. Our children were getting older, old enough to leave home for an hour or so, and we wanted to find something that we liked doing together. One of our parenting goals is
Without diving into the history of curriculum changes, I’d like to address the common practice of searching for a new curriculum. Humans are cyclical. We have patterns that we follow and often homeschool parents follow the same patterns. When our child struggles to grasp the difficult concepts in algebra and higher-level math, we start searching
I meet so many new or prospective home educators and I’ve noticed some patterns: First, they are eager, excited, and sometimes freaked out. Second, in their eagerness, they jump right into the curriculum choice. Who wouldn’t want an excuse to buy new books? Third, I always tell them the same thing. Don’t buy your curriculum,
