Dr. Deb Friday: Why Do You Attend A Homeschool Convention?
It's the height of the convention season, and I'm pretty much in a different state every weekend. Yesterday I helped to set up the Apologia booth for our own state convention in Harrisburgh, PA. The CHAP Fair (Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania) is one of the largest in … Click here to read more...
What Are the Six Traits of Good Writing?
When you read a story or report by one of your kids, what are you looking for? Proper grammar? Correct spelling and punctuation? What feedback really helps kids become confident writers? While following the conventions of the English language for grammar, punctuation, spelling and … Click here to read more...
The Happy Housewife (Toni Anderson) and I Talk Home School Conventions
Toni Anderson (thehappyhousewife.com) and I grabbed some time together recently at the Teach Them Diligently conference in Spartanburg,SC. Here's our list of reasons why we love these conferences. Hope to see many more of you yet in Nashville (May 16-18) and Omaha (May 30-June 1). … Click here to read more...
8 Reasons Kids Learn Best @ Home
I'm heading to Spartanburg, SC in the morning to speak at the Teach Them Diligently conference. Here's a recent blog post I've done for the conference. (Hope to see many of your there -- or at upcoming TTD conferences in Nashville, Omaha or … Click here to read more...
How Do You Get Kids Interested in Writing?
It's Dr. Deb Friday, and this week's discussion question is about writing. Some children naturally love to put their thoughts down on paper and start composing stories early. But many find the creative process daunting and the expectation they must write things down frustrating. What do you do in … Click here to read more...
Those Lazy Carefree Days of Childhood
…a prolonged season of carefree, open-ended learning when children are young lays a foundation for diligent and directed studies during high school. During high school the school days of our four teens consisted of challenging courses such as pre-calculus, French III, molecular biology, and … Click here to read more...