Teaching history at home can be both fun and educational. Here’s how you can make history come alive using materials you might already have, along with some great books and movies. 1. Use What You Have at Home 2. Great Books to Read Reading stories set in different times helps you understand history better. Here…
How to Teach Multiple Kids at Different Ages Without Losing Your Mind Teaching more than one student at different age levels might sound tricky, but it can be done! Just like a big family works together, your homeschool can, too. Here’s how: 1. Start the Day Together Begin with a family meeting or a group…
Tips for Parents on Making the Mostof Your Children’s Time at Home The widespread school closures to help slow the spread of COVID-19 left many parents scrambling to figure out how to take care of their school-age children while simultaneously working from home. Many also have concerns about their children’s safety, especially if they are…
Should I test my child each year? This question has come up many times over the past 15 years. It is really an individual thing. It is not mandated for homeschooler in Maine but some use a standardized test for their form of annual assessment. We had our children take a standardized test once during…
For the 14 years that I have been encouraging and strengthening homeschoolers in Maine, one topic always seems to come up many times in a year. Thoughts “where you assess yourself at the end of the year, and you feel pretty small and as though you just can’t quite do and be enough. Where your…
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