The public school experiment for 2022-23 ran its course by January 26, 2023, when we gave the fifth grader a mental health day at home.…
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The public school experiment for 2022-23 ran its course by January 26, 2023, when we gave the fifth grader a mental health day at home.…
The back-to-school experiment lasted four days for the little one. By Thursday of the first week, it was clear that this wasn’t a good experience…
After a two-week break from homeschooling, our youngest daughter doesn’t seem to recall the last six months (or more) of knowledge and skills we practiced.…
Computer programming develops problem solving skills, helping students see that all problems — no matter how large — are sets of smaller problems. I’ve promoted…
A colleague recently suggested my wife and I should have no computing screen time limitations for our daughters. Should parents set screen time limits for…
The Khan Academy website and the Khan Academic Kids app are two great supplements for reinforcing academic content. We like the Khan materials and have used…
Homeschooling requires a lot of energy. Unfortunately, I’m exhausted. Working as a college instructor and on other projects, along with homeschooling both daughters, leaves me…
Screen time wasn’t working well for our daughters, so we’ve migrated back to worksheets, composition books, and physical textbooks for the majority of their school…
We’re officially a homeschooling household. We notified the school district, in writing and via email, and we enrolled in a homeschooling curriculum. The COVID-19 pandemic…
One of the common myths I constantly correct in social media and in online forums is that Comic Sans is somehow the “best” typeface for…