101 Homeschool Ideas

One of the best reasons to do fieldtrips with your homeschool children is the opportunity to see what gets them excited. Do you need some great homeschool fieldtrip ideas? Well, here are some of my favorite ideas. Have you done fieldtrips that were an incredible success? What about trips that were absolutely terrible? Well, do me a favor and tell us your story below.

Be an Empathetic Parent… Not a Pathetic One… Demonstrating Empathy is Key to STRONG Relationships In this episode, I discuss how empathy will strengthen your relationships and help you overcome the number one obstacle in any emotional situation with your children. I am not an expert in this field. Instead, I am someone who desperately CONTINUE

“[Trust] is the central issue in human relationships within and outside organizations. Without trust you cannot lead. Without trust you cannot get extraordinary things done. Individuals are unable to trust others fail to become leaders, precisely because they can’t bear to be dependent on the words and work of others. So they either end up CONTINUE

Math is one of those subjects that really make homeschool parents nervous. I have heard so many parents express the idea that they would have to send their children back to public school once they got into Jr. High because they would not be able to do the math. WHAT?? Ask most parents what grades they are most nervous about when it comes to public schools and they will say the Jr. High or Middle School grades. That 6th through 9th grade period is horrible. And we are going to send our children back because I cannot remember a few Algebra equations or how to find x? Math U See may be your answer. This curriculum comes with student workbook, instructional DVDs, and instructor manuals for the teacher in your homeschool. What if that is not enough? Well, you can call them and they will walk you through the concept until you are ready to teach it to your children.

Last episode we kind of talked about some “simple” questions that you could ask your children to help you build that relationship and open the doors of communication. Now, we want to talk about some questions that you absolutely, must ask your teens to help keep them safe in a crazy, immoral world. I know CONTINUE

I just want to give you some questions that will help you open the door to conversation with your children. Here are some simple questions that will help you and your child develop the ability to communicate so that when difficult situations arise, you can talk through the ‘stickiness’ of anything. Questions for your younger children: CONTINUE

In this podcast, I will explain 6 ways you can create social experiences for your homeschooled children. This is one of the most commonly asked questions of parents that choose to school their children at home. It is as if public school is the only place a child can get a social experience. Thank goodness CONTINUE

In this podcast I will explain why I think that learning is critical learning (despite what some researchers have been saying over the last 5 years). I will also tell you why I think the researchers are wrong and why I think that we can still use their own research to suggest that games are CONTINUE

Vision is one of the most important pieces when it comes to successfully tackling a new adventure like Homeschooling your Children. Every homeschool family should have a list of reasons WHY TO HOMESCHOOL and a second list of 25 THINGS YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF HOMESCHOOL.  You may think those are two lists are exactly the CONTINUE

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