Using Chunks to Learn Better
Chunks are a great way to hard wire new things that a homeschooler needs to learn into the brain. By learning small chunks of materials and putting them together you can end up learning a whole complex topic without really getting too stressed out. The Basic Steps to...
Homeschooling and Future College Worries
Are you saying no to homeschool because you are worried about your child's future ability to integrate into society and the academic world in college? Do you feel that while you can give them all the attention and care that they need in their primary years, they would...
Homeschool to Regular College
College can be a difficult transition phase for most students and up until a few years ago it was nearly a culture shock for homeschool students who did manage to get through the tedious admission process. However things are a lot better nowadays. Colleges are more...
Free Homeschool Resources Vs Paid Versions
Free or Paid is the big debate in homeschooling communities. There are some homeschool teachers who insist that no single paid resource can handle all the needs of a homeschooling family, so it makes more sense to use the free resources available online and pick and...
Teaching Homeschool Students through Multicultural Experiences
In this world we are all connected and yet we collect in our separate corners. We've all heard the saying, when in Rome act like the Romans. Now homeschoolers can take this forward by saying, when in Rome teach your children why the Romans do what they do. Essentially...
Coding Resources for Homeschool Students
You do not have to wait for your homeschool students to grow up and understand how a complex coding program works in order to begin teaching them the basics of coding. Very young children in primary grades can also be taught the logic behind how code works....
Coding for Homeschool Kids
You would like your child to learn how to write code, but as a homeschool parent who has no background in computing, you are just not sure you can handle adding it to your homeschool curriculum. Now here's where the blessing of the age, the internet, comes in. You...
Don’t Stop Your Homeschool Student From Doodling
Doodling is drawing a spontaneous set of marks of creating patterns on a blank page of paper. Some people draw faces, or recognizable objects while others go for more abstract patterns. Others may just write down a word and retrace it over and over with different...
Developing the Big Five Personality Traits for Homeschoolers
Describing a personality is not the easiest to things for laymen, but psychologists have come up with something known as the Big Five Personality Traits theory. Here the belief is that all aspects of behaviour can be successfully explained as part of the person's...
Why You Shouldn’t Try to Teach a Sleepy Homeschooler
There are some homeschool students who wake up bright and early and are rearing to go at their lessons in the beginning of the school day. Then there are those who can not manage to open their eyes in the morning and wish that they could keep their heads on the pillow...