My child is 11 (and a half, she would remind me!) years old. I am fortunate that she is a great reader. She is not afraid to pick up books that are older than her age/maturity and read them with a fair amount of understanding. I would love to take credit for this, but I [...]

Do you have frustration with your child about learning math? I do at times. I find that she gives up very easily and she doesn’t show her work. In addition, she does not do math drill work like workbook pages. And woe be unto me if I ever asked her to do a timed exercise! [...]

What are you doing with social studies this semester? My daughter is in sixth grade, but for some reason we got things all turned around. We were supposed to cover the Revolutionary War in fourth grade. Of course, we got side-tracked and we did other things. Besides, I don’t think my 4th grader was ready [...]

Many families begin homeschooling their children after Christmas break. For whatever reason, January is almost as popular for starting to homeschool as September. This is probably because parents have decided that whatever the trials and tribulations of their child’s existence in public school, they just can’t take the drama of public schooling anymore. So they [...]

My daughter has no problems at all with reading. She reads above her level, has great reading comprehension, and truly seems to enjoy reading. And for all of that I am extremely grateful! One of her best friends, who is also homeschooled, is on the opposite end of that spectrum. He struggles with dyslexia, and [...]