Help for Everyone
Get some guidance here about how your days will look, what outside support groups you should join, how to keep good records, when to ask for help with learning challenges, and what to do when you just want to quit.
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Homeschooling Help Trying out Homeschooling Your Children Are in Virtual School. How Do You Thrive? Part II: Maybe We’ll Just Keep Doing This In the first part of this series, we offered a helping hand to parents who never intended to homeschool but ended up (thanks to the pandemic)... -
Daily Life Think Like a Homeschooler Your Children Are in Virtual School. How Do You Thrive? Try Thinking Like a Home Schooler! You never intended to home school. You have a demanding job, your kids were doing just fine in your local school, and you didn’t plan a major change. And yet, here you are: working… -
Rethinking School Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Well-Trained Mind Press Curriculum When you need curriculum for a student who faces the challenges of dyslexia and/or dysgraphia, there are two important considerations: The student has to be able to use the curriculum to learn the skills and content. The parent/instructor has to be able to deliver the curriculum or it won’t get… -
Learning Challenges Sentence Diagramming and Dysgraphia: A Helpful App In both our elementary and intermediate grammar curricula, we give instruction on sentence diagramming. If you would like to know more about why we do so, please read this article by Susan Wise Bauer: “Why Diagramming Matters.” Dr. Bauer starts by saying “Diagramming isn’t an arcane assignment designed… -
Help for Homeschool Beginners Help! I’m Suddenly Homeschooling. This week, many parents found themselves thrust into the world of schooling their children at home. Adjustments like these can feel overwhelming and impossible, but we’re here to help. Susan Wise Bauer offers some simple, practical tips for smoothing this transition: Week 1: Don’t rush into a new rigorous schedule…. -
Rethinking School Apprenticeship Opportunities: High School and Post-High School Apprenticeship Opportunities: High School and Post-High School (as referenced on page 216 of Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education, by Susan Wise Bauer) The United States lags far behind Europe and our neighbors to the north in providing apprenticeship opportunities. Organized apprenticeship programs are primarily…
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Rethinking School Differences, Disorders, and Disabilities Differences, Disorders, and Disabilities (as referenced on page 37 of Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education, by Susan Wise Bauer) Throughout this website, we offer resources for parents whose children have learning differences, learning disorders, and learning disabilities. These include: Our Learning Challenges and Accelerated Learner parent…
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Rethinking School Aptitude Tests, Personality Quizzes, and Guides to Self-Knowledge Aptitude Tests, Personality Quizzes, and Guides to Self-Knowledge (as referenced on page 159 of Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education, by Susan Wise Bauer) Self-awareness is difficult—and essential for every maturing adult. Taking personality quizzes and aptitude tests won’t automatically grant you self-knowledge, but it…
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Rethinking School State Requirements for High School Graduation State Requirements for High School Graduation (as referenced on page 16 of Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education, by Susan Wise Bauer) As you plan out your child’s high school curriculum, remember four things: High school graduation requirements are state-mandated. There are no national high…
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Math How to Teach Your Wiggly Preschooler Math Preschoolers are a ton of fun. They’re energetic, curious, and immensely proud of their new skills and abilities. But their short attention spans and high energy levels can make it difficult to get these sweet wiggly little people to sit and focus. That doesn’t mean that you can’t give your preschooler a…