What is the difference? I cheated. Those were the words I heard a high school student say yesterday when he heard he did well on a history exam. My stomach dropped. Cheating just won’t get you very far. Even though I dreaded the answer, I asked, “How did you do it?” And then the answer [...]
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Great Books for Both Learning Styles The world must be a uniquely beautiful view for one of my kids. He sees things many just walk right past, hears things in a different way, and finds the humorous, perplexing, and inspiring in what we might consider the mundane. His learning styles are unique to him, but [...]
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Book reports, quizzes, worksheets, math assignments, and history lessons. These are the things that comprise our kids’ homework, right? But what if we are missing out on our own homework? The stuff that helps make sure that our kids can successfully work their ways through those assignments and study times. How Do You View Homework? [...]
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That Will Make Parents Smile, Too I could hear one child giggle and say, “I don’t think it’s supposed to do that.” Those are the words that can strike fear in the heart of a parent, especially when that parent is me, loading the washing machine, and knowing that the boys were to be completing [...]
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Games, toys, books, and more! Looking for fun, educational, engaging toys, books, and movies for your kids? The more I speak with parents (especially those who don’t homeschool), the more I am convinced that homeschool parents have found accesses to resources that offer great products for kids and families, no matter where your kids spend their days. [...]
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Spelling – perhaps one of the least favorite and most groaned about subject there is for children (and many adults). Between texting, email blasts, and spell-checkers, do we even need to stress about teaching our children to be proficient spellers? YES! (And I’m not just saying that because I have an English degree and come [...]
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When I watch Michael Jordan’s Maybe commercial something inside me stirs. Every time I hear this commercial’s message I am reminded about how rewarding hard work can be. I am not sure that anyone will ever sum up what it means to go for your dreams better than Nike did with this “Maybe” video. It [...]
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I was reading a fascinating article in Scientific American called, Inner Spark: Using Music To Study Creativity, that brought up a really interesting discovery. The article details Charles J. Limb, who is a hearing specialist at John Hopkins Medical Center, and his discovery of the different way the brain functions in people who are performing [...]
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In the above video, I review The Richest Man In Babylon, from a parenting perspective, and outline why I think this book has does a fantastic job of teaching a core concept that children are NOT currently learning about money. Children these days are NOT learning how to acquire assets that produce residual income. Instead [...]
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I wanted to share some thoughts I’ve been having since my wife and I have been showing you the video of our son riding a REAL bike, with no training wheels, at 2 years, 3 months of age. After our friends with toddlers get the balance bike we talk about in the video, a lot [...]
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