Source: https://marlaszwast.medium.com/bdnf-builds-better-brains-23df752fac13Date: Aug 23, 2020 BDNF Builds Better Brains How to boost your child's learning abilities. What is BDNF? BDNF is short for brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Basically, BDNF is a protein that is part of the neurotrophin family of growth factor, as the name implies, it is found in the brain. Neurotrophins build and maintain…
Let's face it, even if you love homeschooling, it can still be stressful. Just like the rest of life. In fact, I think the reason why so many meticulously designed homeschool schedules fall apart so quickly is that they fail to account for one crucial and unavoidable homeschool ingredient. Humans. Our goal with schedules often…
Learning Language Arts Through Literature is an easy to use high school homeschool literature curriculum. I have been homeschooling for over 12 years now, my oldest graduating this last spring. (From both high school and with a two-year tech degree!) If I had to choose the one most important lesson I have learned these past…
Not all homeschool essentials can be bought. Some of the most important ingredients in a homeschool have to do with mindsets, attitudes, and lifestyles. There are many wonderful things you can include in your homeschool, but time and money are both limited resources. Knowing what you must have can help you use those limited resources…
Have you been thrown suddenly into the world of homeschooling? Many parents are in need of a quick start homeschool curriculum that will provide an easy transition back to public school when the time comes. Maybe you can't send your child back to school in the fall because of health concerns. Maybe you just aren't…
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Source: https://marlaszwast.medium.com/feeding-your-writing-brain-43c8a3fc37d3Date: Jul 13, 2018 Feeding Your Writing Brain How to Take Care of That Organ that Has All the Ideas 4 min read Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash Writing can be energizing. It can also be exhausting. It takes a great deal of energy to write, because the brain uses up to 20%…
Source: https://marlaszwast.medium.com/haiku-black-holes-c5b648ec5da7Date: Jul 25, 2018 Haiku — Black Holes black holes often hide 1 min read Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash black holes often hideuntil the stars are sucked inyour absence pulls me
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Source: https://marlaszwast.medium.com/the-vacuum-e884bf0746c4Date: Oct 30, 2019 The Vacuum A Poem 1 min read Photo by Dean Hayton on Unsplash The vacuum createdby the absence of your armaround me at midnightwhile I sleepIs the heaviest nothingI ever felt. Join me for free weekly links to all my latest Medium meanderings.