Perfect Poetry Picks for Your Homeschool
Poetry may be the food of love, but it’s not always a tempting snack to kids. Poetry is a beautiful and useful tool for teaching various parts of language, and some of the most beautiful, haunting, and enduring phrases of our time are found between sweet refrains and stunning stanzas. But with such a traditional […]
Homeschooling Twice Exceptional Kids
Homeschooling twice exceptional kids is often the very best thing you can do for them… and you. If you’ve never heard the term, twice exceptional is the label given to kids that are identified as gifted and also have a learning difficulty of some sort. Some may have learning disabilities, anxiety issues, Tourette Syndrome, ADD […]
Out of This World Astronomy Finds
One of the most beautiful features of our new home has been seeing the night sky away from city lights and pollution. What my kids once always knew as dark has since become brilliantly illuminated with stars, constellations, meteor showers, and sometimes even planets! And since homeschooling offers us the flexibility to learn whenever we […]
RLL #90: Cultivating Creative Writers with Celeste Davidson
Many of our brilliant and out-of-the-box quirky kids have vivid imaginations, and are true storytellers with the desire to create fantastic tales of their own. We can help these take shape by encouraging our kids to create their stories and by giving them the tools to be successful. In this episode, Colleen speaks with […]
Everything You Need To Homeschool A Child With ADHD
When we began our homeschooling journey more than a decade ago, I suspected my son had ADHD. I was worried and in my concern, I often asked other homeschooling moms about their kiddos and their homeschool days. The more I asked, the more conflicted I felt. He’s just being a boy! Don’t worry so much! […]