by Kay Chance | Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Parenting
[The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] “If you can’t do your work here at home, maybe you need to go to public school.” His little eyes filled with tears, his face crumpled, and my heart dropped. Why had I...
by Kay Chance | Building Family Relationships, Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts, Teaching Tips
Homeschoolers seem to be obsessed with reading aloud, but how beneficial is simply reading books with your kids? Actually there are three major benefits that you may not have ever thought of. [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my...
by Kay Chance | Building Family Relationships, Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Parenting
Failure. It’s every homeschooling mom’s biggest fear. We imagine our kids growing up, sitting in a counseling office sharing how we ruined their lives because we homeschooled them. They sit crying, describing how they couldn’t get into college or find a decent job and...
by Kay Chance | Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool
The Olympics are a great opportunity to teach kids about a variety of subjects in a fun and memorable way. Check out these Olympic games activities for students of all ages! [The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] Even as a...
by Kay Chance | Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts
When we started homeschooling copywork and dictation were completely new to me. Even though I was a public school English teacher, I never encountered these methods in any of my courses or reading. Kind of sad. Even in the public school setting, these would have been...
by Kay Chance | Encouraging & Equipping You, How to Homeschool, Learning with Living Books, Teaching Language Arts
[The following post contains affiliate links. You can read my disclosure here.] Sitting down to plan out my children’s schedule for the year, I was suddenly overcome with how long one particular subject would take. Language Arts had so many components! Spelling,...
