Another academic year is underway. There's something about September and back-to-school that helps us reset! I have a bunch of FREE specialized and academic planners on my site to help you get started. I like doing an initial brain dump and quick organization of...
There is often a lot of talk in new-to-homeschooling groups about being afraid their child won't progress as they had been in school. I often get questions about how parents can measure progress without the exams they are so accustomed to as a gauge for success.⠀ ⠀...
Plan the year with three overarching goals for a group or for an individual child. Whether you’re a home educator, teacher, therapist, or support staff, you might find that starting with three main goals for the year will give you additional clarity. Even...
You already have a belief about education. Is it merely about an imparting of pedagogical information from one person to another, or is it more? Is the adult the sole decision-maker? Is education the drilling of skills? Or, Do you aim to understand...
As parents and educators, we can get a little off-kilter about educational goals. We are tempted by sparkling new curricula and we wonder if we are doing enough. We want to do better. We'll be more organized. We'll do all the things, and all the strategies, and all...
Standardized tests are inherently ableist. This one-size-fits-all method of evaluation is highly problematic and often debated in conventional schooling (only skimming on the fact that it’s discriminatory). In the homeschool setting, they’re an abomination....
Planning the year is best done in chunks. I like to break up the year into quarters or three-month blocks. To help you with this task, I have created a free handy academic and therapeutic planning guide. The booklet's purpose is to help you reflect on the learning...
One of the simplest, and dare I say, most enjoyable methods of planning the academic year is through themes. Themes package learning for most subject areas into one neat box. If you are tempted to purchase thematic units because you don’t have time to put things...
As parents and educators, we can get a little off-kilter about educational goals. We are tempted by sparkling new curricula and we wonder if we are doing enough. We want to do better. We'll be more organized. We'll do all the things, and all the strategies, and all...
Standardized tests are inherently ableist. This one-size-fits-all method of evaluation is highly problematic and often debated in conventional schooling (only skimming on the fact that it’s discriminatory). In the homeschool setting, they’re an abomination....
Planning the year is best done in chunks. I like to break up the year into quarters or three-month blocks. To help you with this task, I have created a free handy academic and therapeutic planning guide. The booklet's purpose is to help you reflect on the learning...
One of the simplest, and dare I say, most enjoyable methods of planning the academic year is through themes. Themes package learning for most subject areas into one neat box. If you are tempted to purchase thematic units because you don’t have time to put things...