Any time saved for a Homeschool Teacher is time gained to focus on other activities. If you can organize your record keeping, it will free up a great deal of time for you to redirect elsewhere. The three ways to keep records mentioned here can be used by homeschool...

As a homeschooling parent you get the chance to maintain all kinds of records for your homeschool students. You can keep drawings they made, photographs of specific activities you did together, videos of your homeschool student playing a musical instrument or...

Visualization or being able to see something in your mind's eye is a great way to retain more material. Stories used as silly memory tricks can help your homeschool students  remember lessons in their text books for a lifetime. Our brain remembers things that it finds...

Having a goal is important as it helps the homeschool family map it's way through the school year. However it is equally important to set out priorities so that time and effort is not wasted chasing goals that can be reached at a later date. Here are some tips to...

One of the biggest problems for those just beginning to homeschool is finding the time to get everything done. There is the actual teaching in the homeschool classroom, followed in priority by the household chores that need to be done, and then there are additional...

A standardized test is devised with the view to test the academic abilities of children of a specific age and grade in general. They are a prerequisite for some states if you are homeschooling your children. There are a number of tests available and you should be...

Memorization is the key to learning new things. Studies have proved that equating known things with a list of stuff you need to learn and remember can make it easier to retain all the new things. This is known as the Memory Palace technique or memorization. This is...

Teenagers are difficult to handle no matter where they go to school, but in the homeschool classroom it can be a bit easier if the homeschool teacher is better prepared. Think about what all your teenager is going through and consider how you can be supportive of...

E. Paul Torrance was assured that creativity in education was the key to successful learning for students. It was his life's work that led to the Torrance tests and the gifted programs which are run all over the globe today. The current school process does not have...

A number of regular universities around the world have embraced the MOOC model. The professors are happy sharing their expertise and tutorials with an audience spread across the globe. The best part is that it's all for free. Using these courses as a stepping stone...