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Feb 09th
Ten Tips For Reading With Kids

Ten Tips For Reading With Kids

Education and parenting experts agree that reading to and with young children helps them better understand their world and develop important language and learning skills. Most importantly, when parents and children read together, children develop a love of reading that can last a lifetime. But how can busy parents and caregivers maximize the value of reading time with their children, and make the experience more fun, productive and rewarding for themselves as well as for their children? 1. Sta... Read more...
The Secret to Raising Readers

The Secret to Raising Readers

For the last fifty years, reading has suffered a precipitous decline. Blame has been wid...
But What Do I Write About? – A Homeschool Mom’s Journey with Words

But What Do I Write About? – A Homeschool Mom’s Journey with Words

I’ve always enjoyed reading and studying “Language Arts” while growing up, and eve...
Education vs. Schooling

Education vs. Schooling

Washington, D.C. has awful public schools, as everyone knows by now. They’ve tried endle...
Strategies for Educating Children with ADD/ADHD

Strategies for Educating Children with ADD/ADHD

Children with ADD/ADHD (hereafter referred to as ADHD) are creative, energetic, imaginativ...
 

Science

Digital Library for Earth System Education is a geoscience community resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system. Find thousands of reviewe...
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Ten Tips For Reading With Kids

Ten Tips For Reading With Kids Education and parenting experts agree that reading to and with young children helps them better understand their world and develop important language and learning skills....
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Strategies for Educating Children with ADD/ADHD

Strategies for Educating Children with ADD/ADHD Children with ADD/ADHD (hereafter referred to as ADHD) are creative, energetic, imaginative, and resourceful people.  They have a wonderful spirit and you wouldn’t tra...
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Eclectic Homeschooling

Eclectic Homeschooling The available definitions for Eclectic Homeschooling are as wide and varied as the possibilities it provides. Many non-homeschoolers imagine homeschooling to be very si...
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Education vs. Schooling

Education vs. Schooling Washington, D.C. has awful public schools, as everyone knows by now. They’ve tried endless fixes, all to little avail. Among recent experiments has been a new chancell...
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Theater & Film

A Way with Words or Say What? Students use drawing and pantomime to analyze words and phrases invented by Shakespeare. Live from Antiquity T...
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The First Year of Homeschooling (Part 2) Book Excerpt - Chapter 1

Home Educator's Family TimesLinda Dobson?Nov 2, 2009?
Reasons to homeschool hit a high in the reactive category. School's dumbed-down academics were mentioned frequently, as was the opposite end ...