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Smarter Mom

Had anyone asked me two years ago, I would have declared unequivocally that I was terrible at science. Give me English or history, but leave the goggles and graduated cylinders to someone else, preferably someone with a pocket...

Sometimes it’s okay to be a QUITTER

Is there a particular subject that you dread on a regular basis? What about your child? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard it said: Winners never quit and quitters never win. Well, I am here to tell you...

Narration: Simple, Easy, and Exciting

If you follow a Charlotte Mason approach to homeschooling, you already know what narration is. If you don’t, in a brief summary narration is the retelling of a story, event, or lesson to help “seal” the knowledge learned....

The Best Reading Curriculum. Ever.

Interested, aren’t ya? Once again, I don’t have it all figured out. And I’m sure my view will change and I’ll be eating these sweet words before too long, but for now, I really feel like I should share...

5 Free Online Reading Assessment Tests

Sonlight’s online word recognition reading level assessment Mindplay’s reading aptitude assessment Dolche sight word assessment The National Right to Read Foundation’s reading competency test Wide range reading...

Black Friday at CurrClick.com

This Friday, November 28th, put on your pajamas, put away your pocketbooks and “head over” to CurrClick’s best ever Black Friday Freebie Giveaway and Homeschooling Through the Holidays Sale! Black Friday is...

Black Friday at The Old Schoolhouse

The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine is having an amazing sale on subscriptions during their annual Black Friday Sale November 26 – 30. For those 5 days only, they are drastically reducing their one-year subscription price to $7.95!...

Just A Wee Bit Fascinated With the Wii!

What has the gaming industry done to my child’s education? My six-year-old is working learning to spell correctly using Sequential Spelling. Last week we were working on words that contain double E’s. He was doing great until...

How to Avoid “Over-buying” Curricula

Have you ever been so wooed by a product description that you have purchased it right on the spot? Or so convinced by friends or cyber-buddies that your children’s education will not be complete unless you use a certain...