Peggy Ployhar “It’s like God is a bird and He laid an egg, and that is me, and a snake has come and swallowed me up.” This was the...
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A Simple Thanksgiving Unit Study
By Janet Giel-Romo, M.Ed. from Austin & Lily Teaching a child about customs and traditions can be daunting, especially when that child struggles cognitively. If you are looking...
20 Fun Ways to Develop the Top 5 Reading Readiness Skills
by Marie Rippel from All About learning Did you know that there are five skills your child should master before you begin formal reading instruction? These reading...
Adapting Special Education Instruction with High and Low Tech Mobile Solutions
by Zafer Elcik, from SPED Homeschool partner Otsimo For a very long time, we’ve known that the best course of action when it comes to special education for...
Tons of Free Resources for Core Homeschool Subjects
By Stephanie Buckwalter from Art of Special Needs Parenting I love homeschooling because I get to learn right alongside my kids. I’m also a researcher at heart, so...
Homeschool Mom Encouragement Round Up
Peggy Ployhar Are you a homeschool mom looking for some encouragement? Here are 20 articles on our website that provide homeschool mom encouragement for just about any situation...
Tips to Accelerate Homeschool Reading Skills
Jan Bedell, PhD, Master NeuroDevelopmentalist If you are a parent of young children today or you teach your children at home, chances are very good that phonics is your...
What is the Best Way to Teach Reading?
Jan Bedell, PhD, Master NeuroDevelopmentalist The controversy, almost hostile conflict, over the best way to teach reading has been waged for decades. The pendulum seems to swing to one side...
A Discourse on the Advantages of Using Curriculum to Homeschool Struggling Learners
By Cheryl Swope, M.Ed. In some circles the word “curriculum” is anathema. It is far better, this thinking asserts, to take a relaxed approach to education, to teach a la...
Growing in the Shade
By Cheryl Swope One hot Missouri June when my children were very young, we decorated our front porch with a large white container of flowering impatiens. The pink and...