
June 2016

How to Drill the Math Facts
Our resident math expert, Kate Snow, helps you drill Math facts.

How to Assign High School Credits
Here are a few tips on how to best organize and award high school credits for your student.
How to Award a P.E. Credit
Take the P.E. requirement as a chance to encourage your student into more thoughtful eating, and more regular physical activity, and you can end the year with a healthier, more energetic child.

Goals for Each Stage of Science Learning
How should you set objectives for advancement in classical learning?
Why Diagramming Matters
Diagramming isn’t an arcane assignment designed to torture the student. It forces students to clarify their thinking, fix their sentences, and put grammar to use in the service of writing—which is, after all, what grammar is for.

What About Journaling?
If your student enjoys journaling, carry on. But if he or she complains, stalls, or cries, pitch out the journal and go back to doing narration, copywork, and dictation

Do I Need to Go Back to Phonics?
How well does your student understand phonics? Could that cause problems down the road in advanced units?

Combining History and Literature: Why and How
The ultimate goal of combining history and literature study is a greater understanding of our own civilization, country, and place in time, stemming from an understanding of what has come before us.

When Should I Use Online Classes?
When is the best time to give some outside approaches for learning?