Homeschooling Insights

You're not alone. The problems you face in homeschooling? We've got practical solutions to help you solve them.

Science Board Games

Science class can be boring… if you let it. You can easily enhance your next unit study with a board game that will teach deep systems knowledge through play.

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Do you ever find your children contorting into pretzels on the floor in the middle of a history lesson? Are wrestling matches between children and stuffed animals ever a part of your reading time? Does the constant fiddling with everything in reach ever detract from your math lessons? Here’s what you can do.

Redeeming the Mess

Have you blown it with your kids in some way as a teacher? Do you feel like there is no way to make anything beautiful out of that mess? Or are you so afraid of messing up that you consider not teaching your kids? Yeah, I’ve been there too. Here’s what I did about it.

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Tangents & Rabbit Trails

You get plenty of interruptions during the day, but the most troublesome can come from your own child! What should you do?

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Slowing Down to Watch Bird TV

Some days, you just need to slow down, wash some dishes, and watch some TV. Bird TV. A meditation on mindfulness.