Parents who have more than one child quickly realize that what works for one child does not necessarily work for another. Among other thing...

Did you know that doing well on the SAT is one way of saving lots of money on college? Not only are good grades and high SAT/ACT scores re...

How does your skip-counting card game Speed! work for children with special needs? This is a question I occasionally receive and up until n...

After working through about six weeks of the school year it was important to have a conference with each of my students (children) to discus...

My sixth grader is learning much about sewing techniques. This year, the kids have had a lot of say over their education . Though they don...

My oldest daughter is a senior and considered a homeschooled student. She was a full time student in Kindergarten, and 11th grade. This year...

Last week I described how we are using a Montessori inspired approach to middle school and my son's progress in learning to program in X...

Last week I mentioned we are implementing a Montessori inspired approach to middle school. After giving the kids a long list of research top...

Welcome back to another school year! My kids will be in 6th, 9th and 12th grades this year. Last year I didn't do too much blogging beca...

Now that my kids are in 5th, 8th and 11th grades, we are seeing the results of homeschooling long-term. We began this journey 10 years ...

Last summer, the kids got lots of exercise, had some fun, worked a little and got to sew. We are a homeschooling family that looks for...

I am reading the book Collins College Outlines: Introduction to American Government . My daughter has passed several CLEP exams which g...

We played the game Unexploded Cow at a gaming convention a few weeks ago. Unexploded Cow just sounds wrong, but that is the actual tit...

Playing games is one of the best ways to develop critical thinking skills. Last week I wrote about attending our first gaming convention ....

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My 15 year old daughter just took her second CLEP exam - Western Civilizations I: Ancient Near East to 1648. Returning to the United St...

My 10th grade daughter is concentrating on The Three C’s: Calculus, Chemistry and CLEP tests. One huge advantage of homeschooling is t...

My daughter took art and drama classes at our local high school. After moving back to the United States I wanted to continue to homeschool...

My son followed Easy Peasy All-In-One Homeschool . Last year putting together my son's education plan was extremely easy and worked be...

I recently read the book End of College by Kevin Carey. After graduating from college and beginning my career as a mechanical engineer I ...