“I am confident that as they gain self-knowledge they’ll also become self-teachers—and only self-teaching has any lasting value.” John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us DownSelf-knowledge. A very staple ingredient to living a fulfilling life. We know the culture around us does not place a high value on this form of knowledge. But we don’t have to…
What does loving your kids have to do with their brain health? Everything. "Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, found that children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have a larger hippocampus, a key brain structure that is essential to learning, memory and response to stress, according to a study…
We all know something about healthy eating. Many of us are friends with the guilt of not feeding our kids a perfect diet. You, like me, may have spent hours researching which dietary advice is really backed by science and which is a bunch of hoopla. This post is not about feeling guilty, it is…
Photo by Robert Collins on Unsplash In a world of sedentary activity we seem to have increasing problems with thought. The push on academics and the increasing amount of time children spend at their desk have not made our children smarter. Could it be that the answer is not more time at desks, but getting up and jumping…
Reasons Your Kids Need to Move More and How to Fit It In Your Day In a world of sedentary activity, we seem to have increasing problems with thought. The push on academics and the increasing amount of time children spend at their desk have not made our children smarter. Could it be that the…
So learning all this stuff about neuroscience, cognitive science, and functional brain theory is fun, right? But the thing is, it is only useful if we can see how all this knowledge should be affecting our daily lives. With that in mind, I am dedicating my weekly blog posts in November to addressing some of…
Take Care of Your Dream Machine We dream big. Reach for the stars. Believe we can be more than we are. We can do better. We can be better. We dream of reaching our dreams, and when we do, we dream bigger. Because our mind is made for dreams. But are we taking care of…
This post is a photo journal assignment my 9th grader completed for a high school Language Arts assignment. This child was homeschooled from the beginning and did not go to public school until 9th grade. He is a energetic, extroverted, creative and fun loving kid. I say this lest the reader think he is just…
A Collection of Fun Ways to Explore U.S. History as a Family(This post does not contain affiliate links.) This year in our homeschool we are diving a bit deeper into U.S. History. History is one of the subjects I often like to study together as a family. Learning together helps strengthen our family bonds and…
4 Soft Skills that Will Prepare Them Some things in life are not as mysterious as we often make them. Yes, the world is changing quickly, but that doesn’t mean we suddenly have no idea how our kids will be able to succeed in the future. What we need to realize is that some skills…