by Kandis | Dec 18, 2024 | Blog Posts, Get Organized, Values & Beliefs
Are you sadly waving goodbye or are you running forward arms open? 2024 is coming to a close and no matter how you look at it – goodbye 2024 or hello 2025, this last bit of the year is an excellent time to look at your homeschooling and decide what needs to come...
by Kandis | Sep 24, 2024 | Blog Posts, Middle School, Reading Comprehension, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
People often wonder why I insist that young readers learn to visualize – aka pay attention to their mind’s eye – since the books they read already have pictures in them. While it is true that most children’s books already have pictures, that...
by Kandis | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog Posts, Do, Learn, Middle School, Reading Comprehension, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
Read the following words and then close your eyes for a moment. Quietly the child walked hand in hand with her grandmother down the seashore. There was no need for words – the crashing waves and squawking seabirds were carrying the conversation. This would be...
by Kandis | Sep 13, 2024 | Blog Posts, Do, Playful Homescholing, Reading Comprehension, Think, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
Learning to access your schema – what you already know – about something is an important skill to a thoughtful reader. To thoughtfully read something, you must compare what is in your current schema file about a subject to what is being communicated by the...
by Kandis | Aug 30, 2024 | Blog Posts, Do, Middle School, Playful Homescholing, Upper Elementary, Younger Elementary
The science curriculum that we prefer has a million experiments, projects and “Try This” sections embedded into the textbook. This is part of what we love about it. It is also what has made me lazy. I love science and the doors it opens for exploration,...
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