Why Classic Literature Is Harder Than It Looks: Building Critical Reading Skills
Recently, I was driving with my 17-year-old. Since it was just the two of us, I let her pick the music. With our mutual love of Broadway, she shared…
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Inside our Homeschool… As a Former Classroom Teacher
Before I homeschooled my kids, I spent over a decade working as a teacher in traditional schools. I thought that this experience would be great preparation for homeschooling my kids, and in some ways it is. But in other ways, I think that my experience in traditional schools makes it harder to homeschool my kids.
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Reading Through Time: a Charlotte Mason Homeschool History Curriculum
Early American History for 7th-9th graders. They do a great job of including literature from a variety of perspectives in their new book selections which is exactly what I’m looking for!
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Motivate Your Child to Read by Making Reading a Family Experience
It’s something I have had to think about because I don’t offer sticker charts and rewards for daily reading, but my kids are always reading. Our library rule (“you can only check out what you can carry”) was made for a reason.
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Homeschooling a Dyslexic Child for their Strengths
For my youngest it was dyslexia and we wondered when he wasn’t reading as soon as his siblings did. I didn’t realize all his tower building as a toddler also pointed to being dyslexic. Learning more about the strengths of it made me glad we are homeschooling our dyslexic child.
