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  5 Ways to Eliminate Homeschool Distractions—For You and Your Child This is a guest blog post from UniversityTutor.com   You’ve already taken the most important step—you’ve…

    The mathematician Artur Kirkoryan created the website Puzzle Prime - www.puzzleprime.com. The puzzles have been carefully selected to provide varying levels of difficulty,…

PenPal Schools - Challenges and Solutions in Globally Connected Learning This is a guest blog post written by Joe Troyen   Globalization for adults - in our workplaces, politics,…

    UWorld.com is a software based test prep company. For the past 15 years they've been helping doctors and nurses with their licensing exams and now they are helping high…

Emergency Preparedness - How to Prepare for an Emergency -  And Make it a Homeschool/Learning Activity Too! This is a guest blog post written by Kalvin J. Evans     What do you…

When I first started homeschooling, I felt pretty confident about teaching my kids to read, even my children with dyslexia.  After all, before I had children, my primary job had been teaching…

Four years ago, I attended my second homeschool conference and learned a valuable lesson from families who were exhibitors. The lesson learned is one I most certainly will use as I raise my daughter.…

In addition to explicitly teaching traits of good writing and the writing process to students,  there are four important types of practice that are a crucial part of our writing instruction…

Written by Sommer Poquette One Sunday afternoon, I heard giggles coming from the living room, then loud yelps. Curious as to what was going on, I peeked around the corner and saw my two children…

Samantha Joy Blair, the owner of Wander Joy Vacation Advisory contacted me about her vacation services.  She says quite a few homeschoolers use her services. Samantha states that Wander Joy…