We all want our kids to have a well-rounded education, right?  Homeschooling parents want plenty of opportunities for their kids to explore sports and other activities in addition to setting a high academic standard for them.   It all comes down to making sure they get everything the kids in public schools do, but kicking [...]

I never thought of myself as a particularly artsy and craftsy type of mom. Many moms are, and I admire them greatly. Despite my lack of art skills, my son loves to draw, is good at it, and has learned much from a how-to drawing book and an online art program. Okay, when I first [...]

I’m sure that some parents of children in school wish they could afford tutoring when their child isn’t doing so well in a subject like Language Arts or Math. Schools sometimes provide tutoring through afterschool problems, but it’s rarely enough when your child is far behind her classmates or just isn’t understanding a concept. Homeschooled [...]

Do you remember the commercials for “Hooked on Phonics?” “I am hooked on phonics. I am learning to read . . . ” Those lines are etched in my memory. “Hooked on Phonics” was the way thousands of parents helped their children learn to read in the 80s and 90s. Some still use it, but [...]

My strong recommendation for those homeschooling and using the web is to check out the following.  Time4Learning’s web-based online curriculum.  They have great interactive lessons for middle school, elementary school, and even preschool.  It’s highly interactive and full of animation and multimedia. Whereas some curriculum are just lots of text with an occassional video or animation, Time4Learning is [...]