How to Get Your Kids to Love History
As a child, it felt like I spent a lot of time studying Ancient Egypt. My mom tells me I didn’t really—but it felt like that to me. Unfortunately, I…
Read moreWhat If My Student Hates Writing?
What if my student hates writing? It can be easy to panic when we come to a question like that, and to feel that something must be seriously wrong with…
Read moreHow to Replace Geography Quizzes with Geography Games
Timeless Tips from Educators of the Past is a companion series to our Timeless Tips from Homemakers of the Past – highlighting useful and thought provoking advice from the generations…
Read moreHow to Make Vocabulary A Family Pursuit with the FREE Word of the Week (WOW) Program
Do you find that you can always pick homeschoolers out of a crowd? As a homeschool graduate, I often flatter myself I can do a pretty good job of just…
Read moreTimeless Tips from Educators of the Past
Have you ever wondered whether there’s somebody out there who has figured out your problems? As you struggle through teaching your ten-year-old a math lesson which she can’t (or won’t)…
Read moreHow to Give Your Kids a Solid Grasp of Grammar
As a writer, I am expected to like English. That’s fair, I guess, and it’s also true. I do like English—I even like grammar in moderation. But that wasn’t always…
Read moreGood and Great Books: Are You Building A Legacy?
Do you know the charm of an old book—a favourite in your childhood—with the sweet, musty smell of its pages, and the worn, fabric cover and now flimsy cloth spine?…
Read moreWhere to Find Christian Poetry for English Courses
Do you remember anything you learned in Preschool? Kindergarten? Grade One? I don’t mean just, “I learned to read” or “I learned addition and subtraction.” I mean, do you remember…
Read moreHow to Teach Your Students to Think
Is thinking something we actually need to teach our students? At first, it sounded to me like a strange idea. Isn’t learning all about thinking? Why do you need to…
Read moreHow Do You Get Your Kids to Love Literature?
Fifteen years ago, a first grade student walked into a doctor’s office after her mother, lugging a fat, heavy volume under her arm. The spine of the book was fully…
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