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Coaching is quite a buzz-word these days, but the unnoticed fact is that the internet is driver behind this need. Why do you hire a tutor for your children in

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Do You Have the Right Goal in Mind for Your Children?

What is your goal for schooling? For parenting? For your children? Whether public, private, or home--- everyone has some goal or goals in mind. Maybe you call them 'hopes', but it's

The 7 Ways to Guarantee Homeschool Success

Thinking about homeschooling? Want to avoid the homeschooling mistakes most people make? Below you'll find what we've discovered from homeschooling our 5 children from birth to college. In 1987 homeschooling was

Is All Schooling Going to be Homeschooling (punish the parents)?

I just read a couple of articles about measures to hold parents responsible. Here's an excerpt: It was conversations about what to do with lousy teachers that led to some of

Are You Trying to Trick Your Kids into Learning and Obeying? (Video)

I'm not sure if it is shear desperation or that we just didn't quite come up in a home that showed us how--- But, the truth is that we often try

Where Can You Find Real Wisdom for Your Home?

"Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions." -Cullen Hightower Seriously, this old conservative quipster is saying something important. How much conflict and confusion comes about because we

Why Studying Grammar Hurts Writing (Video)

This is a post of an old rant of mind that I wanted to make sure was in my blog. Frankly, we know that the more one studies grammar, the

How to Teach Your Child Math Facts

Jody and I have noticed a number of comments in some of the forums we frequent about helping children learn math facts. Basically, what we mean by this is that a

You Can’t Test Creative Writing

Now even the UK is up-in-arms about the inadequacy of using standardized tests to access writing skills. Here are a couple of quotes from an article: Head teachers fear some pupils

Are You Educated Enough?

They Know Enough Who Know How to Learn -Henry Adams I can't imagine a more essential issue than the very definition we all hold about education. Nothing shapes your schooling, your homework,

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