Every week in 2022, I am sharing our real-life homeschool lesson plans. I also include a recap of the week prior, so that you can see what changed in real time. This is our week 20 plan and recap, including a discussion around nonsequential learning. A question that has come up a few times in…
Personal finance is essential learning for your teen. Here’s everything you need to know about teaching your child personal finance for real life. One of the things that surprised me most when my oldest son went away to college last year was how confident he was in overall life skills. Personal finance was one area…
These online homeschool classes offer engaging and fun learning for learners of all ages. Online learning has been a great fit for my son. The longer we homeschool, the more I see first hand the benefits of online classes. Online learning is inherently multisensory in that employs visual and audio learning inputs (and even tactile…
All this year, I am sharing our weekly, interest-led learning lesson plans, as well as a recap of our prior homeschool week. These recaps are a peek at what works for us, in real life, every day. This is Week 19. Confession Time: My decision to homeschool was made under duress. Twelve years ago, I…
All this year, I am sharing our weekly, interest-led learning lesson plans, as well as a recap of our prior homeschool week. These recaps are a peek at what works for us, in real life, every day. This is Week 18. As last week progressed, I found myself reminded of how fast it all seems…
One of my family’s favorite homeschool teachers has released a new book and it is a must-read for parents. TEACH: Creating Independently Responsible Learners by Dennis DiNoia is a refreshing look at education as a whole, and serves as a guide to empowering our children to discover and learn. I had the pleasure of meeting…
The constant anxiety, stress and battles surrounding simply going to school were significant factors in our decision to homeschool. This is what it’s like when your child is too anxious for school. When my now seventeen year old son was eight, he attended public school. Every single day of his second grade year began with…
I am sharing our weekly, interest-led learning lesson plans, as well as a recap of our prior homeschool week, every single week in 2022. This is Week 17. This past week was a busy one. My son had a rock climbing competition (only his second one ever) and prom (only my second one ever). We…
The longer I homeschool, the more I see the relationship between my sons’ sensory issues and how they learn. This is my very best advice for homeschooling a child with sensory issues. It’s so easy, in the winter months and especially over the holidays, for me to lose sight of the fact that my youngest…
I am sharing my personal weekly lesson plans, as well as a recap of our prior homeschool week, every single week in 2022. This is Week 16. Over the course of the last 16 weeks, one question has come up about my approach to homeschooling, over and over again, from those of you following along…
This overview introduces social pragmatic goals in speech therapy as well as examples of how these goals contribute to your child’s increasing social ability. When my child was first diagnosed with social pragmatic language disorder, I was not surprised. Part of my college education included a minor in communication disorders, so I was familiar with…
This comprehensive word list is a compilation of fourth grade spelling words your child should know. More than just spelling tests, these words will help your child read informational text and create an overall adult proficiency. Why This List Of 4th Grade Spelling Words? This master spelling list is designed for fourth graders and is…
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