Montessori Homeschooling

Developed from the work of Dr. Maria Montessori, this style of teaching aims at duplicating natural laws that a child faces in life. Thus the aim of the teacher is to control the environment and not the child. It was observed that children who are left free to interact with their environment developed an More »

Homeschooling Your Teenager

As children start maturing into adults, parents feel insecure about homeschooling. Many parents then discontinue the homeschooling process and happily hand over the reign to outside authorities. But is this really necessary? Is the strictly compartmentalized education provided in schools a better option?

If social concerns are worrying you, look for interest-oriented associations, clubs and societies. More »

Benefits Of Homeschooling

Are you considering homeschooling your kids?  There are several benefits to homeschooling that include not having to wake them up at the crack of dawn to send them off with lots of instructions and feeling little control over what and how they are learning.

Homeschooling gives you more control over the More »

Homeschooling Programs

For many people, homeschooling may call to mind the picture of two or three children sitting at a table and writing feverishly in their workbooks, while mom or dad stands nearby. This is the not entirely true. There are different methods of homeschooling, and the method you choose will decide the curriculum and your style More »

A Review of The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser

By Kelly Thunstrom

With the exception of medicine and the technology fields, education is perhaps the most changeable major a college student can study.  From the time I was a freshman studying education topics, to the time I student taught and then graduated, ideas changed.  From the time I graduated and More »

An Interview with Ellen Notbohm

By Elaina Daniels

It will make you think, and it just might make you cry.  It’s the book, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, by Ellen Notbohm.  Her book will not only warm your heart, but is full of information that is vital for anyone who is around More »

Special Schools for Kids with Special Learning Needs Can Make All the Difference

By Susan Frasca

Some kids, no matter how hard they try, just can’t succeed in the typical school or classroom environment. Whether because of a learning disability, neurobiological disorder or physical challenge, they have specific needs that need to be addressed in order for them to learn.

Imagine the frustration for these More »

My Children Have Too Much Homework

By Thomas L. Carlson

I am not sure if it is federal and state education testing mandates that have created the homework monster that we see today.  It is possible that the, “no child left behind” has turned this generation into a society of, “childhood left behind.”

As a parent of 2 More »

Ron Clark’s The End of Molasses Classes: Getting Our Kids Unstuck-101 Extraordinary Solutions for Parents and Teachers

By Kelly Thunstrom

Ron Clark has been called “America’s Educator”.  Named Disney’s American Teacher of the Year in 2000, his name has become synonymous with getting much needed change to the American education system.  No less than Ms. Oprah Winfrey named him her first “Phenomenal Man”.  When she gave a shout More »

An Interview with Marina Koestler Ruben

Marina Koestler Ruben, author of How to Tutor Your Own Child – Boost Grades and Inspire a Lifelong Love of Learning – Without Paying for a Professional Tutor, is the in-house writing tutor at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC.  She is also a writer, editor, and professional tutor of More »