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Things I Plan to Bring With Me Into 2023

by Kandis | Jan 4, 2023 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

Last week we talked about the things I was leaving behind in 2022, so it felt only proper to spend some time sharing the things I’m making sure to bring with me into 2023. While there are several things that I will be carrying over, I’m only going to share...

Picture Book Favorites – Christmas Edition

by Kandis | Dec 14, 2022 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, Not Yet School Age, Playful Homescholing, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary

Books play a central part of our every day. There is not a morning time together that we do not read a picture book and share our thinking before, during and after we read. If there is one thing that I know, it is that these times are essential to our learning and to...

How Young is Too Young for Novel Studies?

by Kandis | Nov 16, 2022 | Blog Posts, Do, Learn, Think, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

Novel studies are often reserved for students in middle and high school; but, this this doesn’t need to be the case. It is possible to make this leap as soon as a child is ready to read a chapter book semi-independently. Yes, that is right, semi-independently....

When is Hard Too Hard?

by Kandis | Oct 26, 2022 | Blog Posts, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

Last week on the blog I talked about how rigor is for all students no matter age or academic ability / difference. As part of that conversation, I mentioned the difference between productive struggle and destructive struggle. Since then, I have had some questions...

Everyone Deserves Rigorous Work

by Kandis | Oct 19, 2022 | Blog Posts, Do, Learn, New to Homeschooling, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary

Rigor is not something to be reserved for only the top academic performers. As a child growing up, rigor was reserved only for those in the “gifted” classes. I can distinctly remember the ways in which I was “allowed” to work through various problems, discover new...

Before the First Word

by Kandis | Oct 5, 2022 | Blog Posts, Do, Learn, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary

It’s easy to hand a child a book and tell them to read it. However, at all levels, the work that goes in before the first word of a book makes an incredible difference in overall comprehension. So, what exactly does work before a book begins look like? No matter...
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