The 5 Steps To Amazing Book Reports
After being challenged on it, I sat down and made up this process for a book report. I wish I had put this together for my kids, but basically we did something similar as we homeschooled. 1. Keep the goal in mind: You want the child intelligently interacting with the...Hard to think straight and walk crooked
In a way this is pretty simple. Your thinking (including your beliefs) really influences your actions and reactions in life. As a result, you can then see that your current situation in life has A LOT to do with how you think. Taking time to straighten out your own...
10 Reasons Homeschoolers Are Better Writers
Let’s just say it: As it stands, homeschooling will turn out better writers. The reason isn’t as spiritual as it is mechanical. It isn’t necessarily about a writing curriculum, but a writing curriculum that mimics the failed public...Teaching Grammar is Socialism, isn’t it?
Rudolf Flesch once observed that language may be the only truly democratic thing on the planet. What he meant is pretty straightforward; what becomes the common grammar does so because of usage. In other words, we ‘vote’ on what proper grammar is, based on...