Category: Homeschool For Success

AIM Academy, High School, Homeschool For Success, Meet the Teachers

The Top 3 Reasons to Take an Online Math Class

July 22, 2019

Aim Academy offers both full year and seven week long math courses. You can find them all here. Kathryn Gomes was homeschooled herself and found that she was grossly unprepared for college-level mathematics. She now teaches homeschooled students math online so that they can avoid her mistakes. This fall she is teaching a live section Read More...

Free Resources, High School

Printable Graph Paper

May 24, 2019

Graphing can be one of the toughest skills for math students to master. In my decade of experience as a high school math teacher I noticed that a good sheet of graph paper can make a big difference. I’d run off a bunch of double-sided copies of this before each unit on graphing so it was Read More...

Elementary, Homeschool For Success, The Science of Learning

Summertime and the learnin’ is easy…

May 1, 2019

by Joanna Breault, contributing writer It’s May! If you’re like me, your mind is already swirling with swimsuit decisions, vacation dates, and daydreams about casting off the bonds of a school schedule. It’s time to stash the workbooks and pull out the sunscreen! But hold on a minute—let’s not lose the precious ground we’ve gained. 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...

Elementary, Homeschool For Success, Planning

Is It Me? My Child? Or the Curriculum? What to do when homeschooling frustrations abound

March 20, 2019

On to curriculum! In this final post in our series, Deb Bell helps this homeschooling mama learn to let go of unchecked boxes, and embrace the learning lifestyle—flaws and all. Heather Eades: So if you have determined your curriculum is the culprit of your homeschool’s frustrations, what would you suggest? Deb Bell: Read More...