Learning by Doing: Engaging Students in Home Ec
Do you struggle with engaging students in home ec? I was probably about seven or eight when I had my first un-engaging experience with home ec. Our homeschooling group had…
Read moreHow to Choose A Curriculum that will Change Your Child’s Life
How to choose a curriculum can be a headachy kind of question. There are so many options. There are so many opinions. How do you know if you are choosing…
Read moreHymn-Based High School Poetry Course
Are you looking for a high school poetry course that will make your student a better person as well as a better poet? The literature a student is exposed to…
Read moreAre You Wasting Time on Math?
Are you wasting time on math? Now I know that you, as a self-respecting educator, are duly scandalized by the very question. After all, math is . . . well…
Read moreTwo 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…
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