by Gabriella Volpe | Sep 22, 2014 | Plan & Organize
This is the first in a series on lifelong and long-term planning. I often hear the term “lifelong learning” in relation to goals parents have for their children. Parents say things like, “I want him to be a lifelong learner” or “I want him to learn to love learning”...
by Gabriella Volpe | Feb 25, 2014 | Plan & Organize
Does this sound like you: You’ve chosen to homeschool, you have all the curriculum/ program/ resource materials you need, but you’re at loss with guiding your child with one of his biggest issues: spelling. This article is a sample case study. It takes you through the...
by Gabriella Volpe | Feb 11, 2014 | Assess & Evaluate
Most everything in life is progressive. We move from one stage to the next taking newfound knowledge along with us. Each phase can be subdivided into smaller stages. The continuum of life moves from conception to birth to childhood to adolescence to adulthood to old...
by Gabriella Volpe | Jan 3, 2014 | Plan & Organize
As homeschoolers, we collect a ton of material, papers and books over the years. If we do not have an organizational system in place, we can forget important activities and lose track of our child’s work. If we’re not organized in our spaces, we can’t possibly be...
by Gabriella Volpe | Nov 21, 2013 | Reflect & Connect
This has come to my attention repeatedly over the years: parents’ hesitancy to educate to the full potential that homeschooling permits with concern their child won’t be able to catch-up if eventually placed in a school system. On the one hand, parents...
