Two Days at Windsor: A FREE Short Story from SAW Publishing
Two days at Windsor isn’t a very long time to soak in a panorama of historic events. In fact, as young Hugh declares, “How uncommonly short ‘a sight’ is!” Far…
Read moreHow to Teach Composition through Classic Stories
How to teach composition in an interesting, motivating, and effective way can look like an overwhelming task. For some strange reason, students can be remarkably unenthusiastic about writing assignments. Even…
Read moreWord Clusters: How to Help Children Develop Vocabulary
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 of educators who…
Read moreWhat If My Student Hates School
What do you do if your student hates school? Most homeschooling parents feel a certain amount of pressure to succeed. Some of this pressure is applied by external sources. Some…
Read moreWhat If My Student Hates Science
Obviously, these posts have turned into a series. I probably would have remarked on that fact when I did What If My Student Hates Math, except that I really couldn’t…
Read moreWhat If My Student Hates Math?
I am not the person who should be writing this post. That was my initial thought, when I considered today’s topic. After all, I reasoned, I used to be the…
Read moreHomeschooling Isn’t A New Idea
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 moreYour Forgotten Homeschooling Resource
Which homeschooling resource is doing the best job of teaching your students this year? When I started writing this post, a certain memory came to my mind of a student…
Read moreMusic and Education: Is it a Peripheral Subject?
Music and education. Homeschooling moms love to discuss their curriculum choices. You hear them comparing math books, and literature programs, and timelines and wall charts. But what about music curriculum?…
Read moreSurviving the Pitfalls of Scheduling
How do you survive the pitfalls of scheduling? Have you ever been part of a scheduling disaster? One of those days when you (according to the schedule) were going to…
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