Better late than never… Have your senior in high school tackle a really big project. Our students can do exceptional things. Some of the students in our homeschool support group have organized carnivals, concerts, banquets, etc. They raised upward of $3000 for local orphanages, crisis pregnancy centers, and other community service organizations. These projects develop…
Tag: Education
Day 11: Homeschooling Tip – Get Others Involved
I realized early on I was not good at teaching some things to my children. Young children love doing crafts – I’m not crafty. They love drawing – I can only draw stick figures. The list goes on. There are some subjects I do love to teach, like English, writing, grammar, and literature. So it…
Day 9: Homeschooling Tip – Write and Memorize Poetry Together
Poetry gives a child a tool for conveying emotions and pictures with words in a way prose falls short. With few words a person can create a world or an adventure, express emotions or feelings, and communicate desires or dreams, vividly. I have never been very good at writing poetry, but all of my children…
Day 7: Homeschooling Tip – Participate in a Science Fair
Participate in science fair. The scientific method encourages logical and strategic thinking processes. The reporting is far different from writing an essay or a research paper and worthy of practice – especially if your student is strong in math and science. The behavioral studies can be fascinating. Perhaps a student could do a study proving…
Day 6: High School Tip – More Foreign Language Courses
Take a foreign language course every year in high school (four consecutive years in one language for fluency)! Although the high school requirement in most states for foreign language is two years, most colleges prefer to see three consecutive years in one language. In addition to this, by the third year of language study much…
Day 5: Homeschooling Tip – Let Your Words Edify
Keep your students challenged in the areas of their strength, identify their weaknesses, but don’t demoralize your children. There is a tricky balance between working at improving areas of weakness and focusing so much on them that your student feels like a failure. I found my responses had a very profound impact on my children’s…
30 Days of Homeschooling Tips: Day 1 – Create Together
Make something together on a regular basis. Working together on projects builds wonderful memories for both you and your children. Whether you are working on a home school project or just doing something together for fun, the benefits far outweigh the time spent or mess made (often my obstacles). Every subject taught can include some…
Homeschooling in 2017 – What does it look like?
Homeschooling in 2017…what does it look like? Homeschooling has changed a great deal over the years. I’m what the homeschool community might call a ‘veteran homeschooling mom’ since I homeschooled my three children for over 15 years. Legalization and acceptance of the home education option have widened the demographics of those homeschooling families; the “average…
Pika, Pika, Ichi Nen Sei
In Japan this phrase characterizes the bright new uniform worn by a child going to school for the first time. Imagine the six-year-old decked out in his new duds and carrying his Pokemon backpack. Can’t you see the joyful anticipation on his smiling face? Even though we schooled our children at home, I wanted…
Overcoming the Dragon of Defeat
When I was a college student, I struggled with writing. Back in those days – not exactly prehistoric – there were no word processing programs, no personal computers, no touch screens. My state-of-the-art electric typewriter could backspace one space to make a correction with a double tape ribbon. That meant, if I caught a spelling…
nicolelisamaria.com 