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…
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…
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Source: https://marlaszwast.medium.com/connecting-with-kids-in-the-classroom-cb4ec45e6a2Date: Oct 29, 2019 Connecting with Kids in the Classroom Science has shown a connection with students creates great teachers You may think of certain personality types when you think of good teachers. Bubbly extroverts that are well organized and always optimistic? Or stern teachers who believe in students, and therefore push them to…
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…
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“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…