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Brave Learning: The Long Haul, Getting Teens to “Do School” and more!

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The Long Haul of Homeschooling [Public]

This post is for the veteran—the homeschooler who can teach a child to read while stir frying dinner—and also for the parent who is tired—when cracking open a new set of math books isn’t as exciting as it once was. [More]

Getting Teens to “Do School” 

The way your kids care about their interests is the same pathway to caring about academics. Let’s talk about it! [More]

It Gets Better [Public]

I can promise you that things in your life will get better because I know YOU. You are the kind of person that strives toward that end—that’s who you are. [More]

Friday Freewrite: Cold [Public]

You’re out for a wintry walk (and you’re wearing a wooly hat, heavy coat, snow pants, gloves, and boots), when a tree overhears you grumbling about the cold weather. What does the tree have to say in response? [More]

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Brave Learning: Natural Stages, Valenteatime, Educating Teens, and more!

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The Natural Stages of Development for Home Educators [Public]

Even as a home educator, you go through your own developmental stages. Let’s talk about them because it may help you feel more comfortable with your journey. [More]

Poetry Valenteatime [Public]

If you want to shift the energy in your home from recalcitrance and curmudgeonliness (I’m picturing grumpy faces, in other words), the surefire breathe-life-into-kids mechanism is…. Poetry Teatime! [More]

A Truth About Educating Teens

If we start from the premise that we can’t get a teen to care, we are much closer to creating a healthy learning environment. [More]

Friday Freewrite: As a Toddler [Public]

Pick a book character who’s a teen or an adult. Now describe what they might have been like as a toddler. [More]

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Brave Learning: The Re-Upping Moment, 4 Ways to Ruin Your Homeschool, and more!

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The “Re-Upping” Moment in Homeschool [Public]

Remember when you decided to homeschool? Think back to what you felt about “school” as a concept, as a notion. [More]

4 Ways to Ruin Your Homeschool [Public]

I’ll share practices to make your homeschool hum with joy. But we can’t get there if you’re ruining your homeschool! [More]

The Homeschool Hand Grenade

You’ve got homeschool humming. Pencils flying, kids laughing, babies napping. Then: a jarring event dashes the momentary peace. [More]

Friday Freewrite: Needle in a Haystack [Public]

Write from the point of view of a needle (lost in a haystack!) while a child searches for it. [More]

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