Category: Homeschool For Success

by Debra Bell, Homeschool For Success

8 Reasons Homeschooling Works . . . And Tips for When It Doesn’t

December 20, 2018

After I finished homeschooling our kids, I headed back to school to complete a Ph.D. in educational psychology. I wanted to know how kids learn best. Wouldn’t that be helpful information for homeschooling moms and dads? Researchers have studied how children learn for more than a hundred years. We have a substantial body of knowledge Read More...

by Debra Bell, Elementary, Featured News, Teaching Writing, Writers in Residence

3 Powerful Reasons Kids Need to Write

November 27, 2018

#1 Write to Learn One of the great mysteries facing homeschool parents is how to help kids become confident writers. In my experience, we often make this task harder than it needs to be. Mostly, kids just need time they can count on to write—and for three critical reasons. Writing is the art of transforming Read More...

AIM Academy, Elementary, Meet the Teachers

Aim Science: Vinegar Experiments

September 13, 2018

Every Monday Dr. Karen Joseph uses Facebook Live to conduct science experiments on the Debra Bell Facebook page. Recently she demonstrated three different experiments that all use vinegar. Although the setup and supplies list is simple, each of these experiment packs a big WOW factor. Dr. Karen Joseph teaches The Wonders of Water and Sensational Read More...

High School, Meet the Teachers, The Science of Learning

Training the Adolescent Brain

August 8, 2018

Bonnie Gonzalez’s current course offering As a professional counselor, teacher, and former homeschool parent, I want to give you some information which will help you to navigate the emotional angst that often comes with homeschooling teens. Teenage Angst and the Brain As a homeschooling parent, you have been the market leader in the field of Read More...

AIM Academy, High School, Meet the Teachers, The Science of Learning

Help Your Child Develop Grit

May 11, 2018

If Grit was simply will power or self-control eventually most of us would be exhausted and there would be few of us who would be able to keep up with the work. Although these characteristics are important, for the persistence needed to be gritty we need to develop a different strategy. The strategy of consistently Read More...

Free Resources, High School, Writers in Residence

Homeschool Teacher Appreciation Week

April 25, 2018

Hi Everyone! It is Homeschool Teacher Appreciation Week and to celebrate we have several free resources and a giveaway. Our Spanish teacher David Nance has written a book on learning a language and it is free on Amazon now thru Sunday. In this short but insightful e-book David talks about what it really means to Read More...