Lacking Motivation? Regain Your Child’s Excitement for Learning
High levels of motivation to learn will automatically develop in your children when they are treated well, respected, encouraged and when their schoolwork has meaning to them. Home school teachers who...
View ArticleHome School Jitters?
When considering home schooling a child who has reached school-age or when the decision is made for children to leave a school they attended last year, parents who are home schooling their children for...
View ArticleHomegrown Art: A Palette of DIY Opportunities
Don’t think that just because you aren’t artistic, you can’t teach your children about art. That’s like saying you can’t teach your kids to eat - all you really need to do is supply the food (and maybe...
View ArticleReady, Willing and Able? DIY Home School Support Group
This column comes with a caveat. Before you take action to start a home school support group, please take some time to consider your family’s lifestyle, your kids’ needs and your own strengths,...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning for Home Schoolers
April showers bring May flowers. But for most home educators, it’s also the time of year to prepare for our Spring home school review. You’re probably sorting through piles of paper and organizing...
View ArticleOut & About - Field Trips for Home Schoolers
When my son was a tween, I coordinated a field trip to an agri-tourism farm for our home school group. When it came time to do some pumpkin activities with the kids, the farmer asked the kids to line...
View ArticleBack-to-Homeschool Tips and Traditions
Sure, homeschooling is a bit different from brick and mortar school, but some things are certainly similar. Here are some things to consider when you are getting your child ready for back to...
View ArticleCalgary Home Schooling: ABC's for Beginners
Calgary is a great place to home school, largely due to the endless array of choices regarding how to home school and the many supplementary activities available to enrich your home schooling...
View ArticleHome Is Where the Smart Is - Adventures in Home Preschool
With two tots at home, I’m not immune to the academic anxiety that many parents share. Would my kids head off to Kindergarten with a firm grounding? And, would they do well once they were there? So I...
View Article10 Unique Benefits of Home Schooling
If you’re questioning whether home schooling is the right choice for your family, check out some of these unique benefits and then see what you think! Of course you’ll have challenging days, but you’ll...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots - How Stress Leads to Sick Kids
When a child comes home from school with the sniffles, parents push fluids, fire up the chicken soup and watch for a fever. Most of us can even predict an illness before it strikes based on the...
View ArticleCommon Myths about Home Schooling, Busted
Myth: A parent isn’t qualified to teach their child at home. If the parent is willing to learn, dedicated to their child’s education and resourceful, they can successfully home school their children....
View ArticleLessons Learned - Getting Started in Alberta Home Schooling
Congratulations! You are thinking about home educating one or more of your children. Actually, everyone home schools their child until age six because every parent facilitates an education whether it...
View ArticleWrite This Way - 10 Topics to Get You Started This Season
1. Start a family storytelling (and writing) tradition. Look through old family photographs. Tell your children stories based onwhat the photos show. Point out family members. Talk about what was...
View ArticleTips From the Trenches: 10 Home School Mistakes to Avoid
Although I’ve been home schooling since day one with my oldest and never looked back, I know plenty of people who didn’t start home-schooling until their kids were well into elementary school and...
View ArticleA More Adventurous Approach to Education - Exploring Learning Styles to...
School should be an adventure in learning, and so should life. But if you have not taken the time to observe how your child learns best, your child might be struggling in school unnecessarily....
View Article25 Ways to Enrich Your Child’s Education Through Exposure to the Arts
If I have observed one thing after a decade of having a school-age child, it’s that the arts motivate kids to perform better in school. Sure, my daughter comes from an artsy family already. Her mom is...
View ArticleHome Schooling: First Steps
So you’ve finally decided to home school, but have no clue where to get started… Just the mere thought of home schooling can be a very daunting task. Delving into the unknown can also create an element...
View ArticleA Former Home Schooling Mom Tells All
Many people think of home schoolers as a generic lot of Luddites who nix technology, lack social skills, grow their own food, live off the grid, and want to be around their kids 24/7. In my estimation,...
View ArticleHow to Begin Your Homeschooling Journey
Are you thinking about homeschooling your child? Come join the fastest growing educational alternative in North America. Here are the 10 first steps to begin your homeschooling journey: Read More...
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