Blogs about homeschooling

13 Activities To Keep Your Homeschoolers Mentally Stimulated

13 Activities To Keep Your Homeschoolers Mentally StimulatedHomeschooling puts parents in a responsible but empowering position. The homeschooling process has benefits but it also has quite a few challenges. One of these challenges is keeping your homeschoolers mentally stimulated. But in your homeschooling journey, you will have plenty of opportunities every day.

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Finding Your Voice

Finding Your Voice | Homeschool Your Way

FINDING YOUR VOICE

Good mood, bad mood, calm or frenzied, there’s a song that can inspire or elevate that feeling for us all. There’s a reason why every great movie has an equally great soundtrack! Singing is something that can be intensely personal but can be experienced with people of all ages and cultures. But what about the mechanics of singing? How can we easily try to fit more music into our family lives without it becoming a painful process or without the rolling of eyes (child and parent) over song choices? Well, we may not be able to fix the rolling eyes but on today’s podcast Janna and her guest Richard Fink, IV chat about music and singing and how to create a space in our lives for musical enrichment.

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Homeschool Reflections

Homeschool Reflections

HOMESCHOOL REFLECTIONS

The thing about homeschooling is that it’s personal, personal to your life, your family, and your children. Your experiences can be unique to you but they can also help others who are struggling or need validation that their journey is similar or they are not alone. That’s the goal of Homeschool Your way to make you feel more comfortable in your homeschool journey and help you find the community and resources you need. Today’s podcast gets personal as our host Janna Koch gets to ask those kinds of questions to her own children, Courtney, Alison, and Ashley. So Join us as Season 3 of Homeschool Your Way winds down with some honesty and laughter from the Koch girls.

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LITTLE HABITS & BIG IDEAS: CREATING A HOMESCHOOL THAT WORKS FOR YOUR FAMILY

LITTLE HABITS & BIG IDEAS: CREATING A HOMESCHOOL THAT WORKS FOR YOUR FAMILY

LITTLE HABITS & BIG IDEAS: CREATING A HOMESCHOOL THAT WORKS FOR YOUR FAMILY

Education, it’s about learning little things that translate into big things and how those little things can have the biggest impact on how we view the world or how we live in it. The official start to most of our educational journeys is preschool, where the world starts to expand. But really what is preschool? Ask people and you can get different answers but intentional learning or teaching seems to be a theme. But not everyone, children especially learn at the same pace.

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SHARE THE LIFT: MICROSCHOOLING

SHARE THE LIFT: MICROSCHOOLING

SHARE THE LIFT: MICROSCHOOLING

Microschool? Micro School? Micro-School? However you spell it it's all the same, a small group of kiddos of a similar age getting together to learn and explore. Homeschooling is all about choice. What you teach your kids, and how you teach your kids. Join Janna and her guest as they chat about microschooling, why the Henderson family chooses to homeschool, and what that looks like for them.

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A New Way To Look At Fractions

A New Way To Look At Fractions

A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT FRACTIONS

Math is a subject that inspires so many feelings in both students and teachers. It’s a subject that some seem to automatically excel in and others struggle. One thing that remains universal is there are varied ways to teach math, which is good because kids learn differently. What makes sense to one child may seem like learning quantum physics to another, but a different way of explaining or seeing how to work a problem or understand a concept can make all the difference! Join Janna as she chats with ⁠RightStart ⁠Math VP, Kathleen Cotter Clayton about a different way to understand, look at and teach fractions.

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Homeschooling In The Last Frontier

HOMESCHOOLING IN THE LAST FRONTIER

HOMESCHOOLING IN THE LAST FRONTIER

The last frontier, no it's not space but it may feel as vast, is the state of Alaska! With wide open spaces, it can sometimes feel even lonelier when homeschooling. But homeschooling is truly what you make it and in keeping with the premise of Homeschool Your Way today’s podcast covers homeschooling, community, and of course a helpful hack or two. Join Janna and her guest Carol Simpson, an IDEA representative, as they discuss homeschooling options in Alaska and ways to make homeschooling, if not easy may be easier for you.

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BookShark High School Release

BOOKSHARK HIGH SCHOOL RELEASE!

BOOKSHARK HIGH SCHOOL RELEASE!

It’s here, it's actually here!! High School Curriculum! We are so excited about World History & Literature and U.S. History & Literature levels. Today's podcast is for all your questions about books in the levels, how it differs from other levels, why you should consider BookShark’s High School curriculum and more. Janna and her guest Amy R., BookShark’s Curriculum Editor and Designer, discuss the ins and outs of BookShark’s High School Curricula.

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