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July 25, 2017 by: Susan Scott

Kids Need to Play

building kids intelligence

Your mother-in-law is pressuring you to prove homeschooling works. Or you see kids in the homeschool co-op who are doing high school level work at 10 years old and feel like your kids are not measuring up. Yet in your heart of hearts, you know: kids need to play and explore. Somehow, all this advanced book learning seems shallow and robot-like. You want to nurture every aspect of your child’s potential but sometimes you feel pressured to prove you’re doing a good job homeschooling by making sure the kids are scoring above grade level on standardized tests.
Trust your instincts, mom. [Read more…]

May 19, 2016 by: Susan Scott

Personality Type Test

This is a short and simple personality test meant to give you a general idea of your style. One of the pitfalls to personality tests is the tendency to want an absolutely clear, complete picture of ourselves. This is not possible nor necessarily desirable. Who we are at work and how we respond to situations may be very different from how we act at home. [Read more…]

May 9, 2016 by: Susan Scott

Unit Studies for fun, stress free learning

There are so many ways to take in and retain information. Using just reading, writing and regurgitating onto a test may be okay in the short term, but for long term mastery we need to engage all of a child’s learning capabilities. Most curriculums focus on reading, writing and math. Yet we can learn through:

  • communicating with others
  • pondering and meditating on information
  • hands-on work
  • creating music and art
  • using logical and creative thinking skills
  • observing the world around us

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May 3, 2016 by: Susan Scott

How You can Find Genius Potential in Learning Problems

overcoming learning disordersUncover your child’s hidden talents and enjoy a more relaxed, enriching homeschool. Sometimes the very behaviors we find frustrating in our children are actually the seeds of immature and unrealized strengths. What if you could see those mis-behaviors through God’s eyes and learn how He wants to use those strengths to help your child fulfill their potential? [Read more…]

April 27, 2016 by: Susan Scott

Change 2 Simple Words and Stop Daily Struggles Over Lessons

learning as a lifestyle

Stop using these 2 simple words and you can defeat the daily battle of wills over school lessons.

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April 11, 2016 by: Susan Scott

Curriculum for Every Type of Intelligence

curriculum for every childThere is more than one way to be smart and there is more than one way to learn. Many children struggle with traditional text book and workbook curriculums. The struggles aren’t because the children aren’t smart, the struggle comes when the child is forced to use learning channels that don’t fit with their learning strengths. Yes, they need practice using all modes of learning, but when the subject is already difficult for them, the easiest way to master the material is to take advantage of their strongest learning modes or type of intelligence. [Read more…]

April 11, 2016 by: Susan Scott

There’s More than One Way to Be Smart

Tests only tell half the story. Or, more exactly, one quarter of the story.

The typical school curriculum uses text book reading, comprehension questions and written tests to teach and evaluate learning. Assessment and standardized tests require proficiency in those same skills of reading, writing and logic, to score well. Those skills are really two main abilities: linguistic, (language skill,) and logical,  (mathematic, skill.) There are actually eight different ways to be smart [Read more…]

April 11, 2016 by: Susan Scott

Multiple Intelligences Made Easy

Here is a brief look at the different ways your child is smart. Click here for more about the different types of intelligence.

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April 7, 2016 by: Susan Scott

The Number 1 Mistake Homeschool Moms Make

Fasten your seat belt, tough love ahead: I’m sharing the truth because I care about your kids and their future. I know this is going to be hard to hear, but just because your 3 year old is teaching herself to read, or knows how to add already, she’s not a genius. I know compared to your sister-in-law’s kids, you child seems unusually intelligent, but if I had a dime for every parent who asked “which curriculum should I use for my advanced 3 year old…” [Read more…]

March 22, 2016 by: Susan Scott

Master These 3 Things and your Homeschool will Rock

Christian homeschooling is about more than a good education. In order to truly be successful, we need to work on something deeper than math facts and writing skills. [Read more…]

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