Words, words, words. Whether it is spelling words, or vocabulary words, increasing your child’s usable vocabulary is very important in fifth grade, and into middle school. There are lists in many books and workbooks that will help your child learn to spell better. Additionally, there are many resources online where you can find spelling and [...]

Ok, so another school year is coming to a close, especially for those people who have their children in public or private schools. Most of those public and/or private schools also had testing in the last month or so. Were you happy with the testing scores? Are you happy with where you child is in [...]

If your child is anything like mine, you are constantly looking for different ways to review. The big catch is, at least for my child, she hates to review. In fact, if it vaguely looks like a review, she balks. So, I have had to become very creative with how we go over information again, [...]

Homeschooling my child is helping me overcome a long time phobia. Strange as it may sound, I am overcoming my anxiety and dread of math. I think my fear started in fourth grade. I had a teacher who was definitely “old school”. He assigned even number problems for homework, because odd number problems has the [...]

Games, my child loves to play games. She would have never learned her multiplication tables if it had not been for games. Online music games have provided her with entertainment and learning opportunities. She recognizes many musical notes, rests, and other musical symbols from playing these games. While it is not actually piano lessons, it [...]