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,
Everything we learn goes through a process. First, we take in information. Second, we calculate information. Third, we output information. Like most things in life, there are better ways to do all three of these steps. Let’s explore a particular example to see what I mean: Communication – learning to communicate with other people is
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Have you ever connected the fact that a mathematics problem has the elements of a great story? What are the elements of a great story? Many would say that the only thing necessary for a great story is good characters and a clear problem. Well if math doesn’t have that, then I don’t know what
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