It’s another fifth Monday month. Shall we talk about December or January? 2018 or 2019? Are you finishing this year with a “Mission Accomplished!” attitude, or a “Mission Impossible”? As you reflect back on 2018 and prepare to dive, or belly flop, into 2019 take time to celebrate the victories. Here, I will start: Mission […]
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If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time. In our post on creating a roadmap for your student, we said to start with the end in mind. But how do you choose a destination? Ken Coleman says that we should operate in what he calls our “sweet spot”, that is the intersection
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When my son was five, I did the typical first time homeschooler thing: We read the “Tale of Despereaux” together and watched the new movie with the goal of comparing the two. Of course, he was five. What I expected from my five year old, I have no idea. Over the years my methods may
We are excited to share with you our first lesson from The Editing Workshop! This lesson is about improving and editing our writing through good spelling. Each lesson in the editing workshop contains a short video lesson, a text summary, a practice sheet, and answers. Enjoy this first lesson’s video from our editing workshop, check
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The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure. Ecclesiastes 7:4 Solomon, the king of pleasure, points us to wisdom in the book of Ecclesiastes when he teaches us that wisdom dwells in the house of mourning. But is our pursuit
