Category: by Debra Bell

by Debra Bell, Homeschool For Success

What I Wish I’d Known about Homeschooling (Part 3)

August 25, 2019

Read previous articles in this series: Part 1 or Part 2 “We assume there is only one right answer for every decisions, and we equate a choice that doesn’t work out well with failure. Not true.” 5. Enjoy the choices. A couple of decades ago, we didn’t have many options. There were only a few Read More...

by Debra Bell, Homeschool For Success

What I Wish I’d Known about Homeschooling (Part 2)

August 23, 2019

Read Part 1 here. “I was always in a hurry with my homeschooling, fueled by a nagging sense of falling behind.” 3. You are going to skip something. And worse, it will be something really important. My twin sons enjoyed calling me from college their freshman year to report in on yet another news flash Read More...

by Debra Bell, Homeschool For Success

What I Wish I’d Known about Homeschooling (Part 1)

August 17, 2019

“Tell your kids to expect the unexpected.” My son Michael wasn’t all that thrilled to be homeschooled the first year we started. He gave me a month, and then took matters into his own hands. He said we needed to set a schedule. We were doing something different every day! He wanted to have math Read More...

by Debra Bell, Featured News, The Science of Learning

Your Brain is (like) a Muscle

May 15, 2019

Your brain is not a muscle, it’s an organ. But in many ways it behaves as a muscle and the clip below explains how that can aid you in teaching your kids. The clip is taken from a webinar given by Debra Bell on The Science of Learning. She draws on her background in educational psychology Read More...

by Debra Bell, Elementary, High School, Homeschool For Success, Teaching Writing

Help! My Child Hates Writing

April 24, 2019

So your child says he hates to write. What’s a homeschool mama to do? Believe me, I feel your pain. Teaching writing classes for thirty years, I’m no stranger to kids who dread writing. With experience, though, I found some strategies that work. I love the challenge of convincing reluctant writers that they have something Read More...

AIM Academy, by Debra Bell, High School, Testing

5 Ways Advanced Placement (AP) Exams Can Cut College Costs

April 2, 2019

The Advanced Placement (AP) program, offered by the College Board, allows ambitious high school students to take college-level exams each May that potentially qualify them for college credit at the college of their choice. Each college lists the AP exams and credit they will award for a passing score on their website. Just search for “AP credit” Read More...