January 2018 - Page 3 of 5 - Reading Escapades & Math Explorers

Why Learn Latin?

I love getting students to enjoy Latin! It is one of my favorite subjects to teach. However, I ALWAYS get people who say to me, “Why Learn Latin? No one speaks it!” That is true, Latin isn’t the native language of any group of people now. However, that doesn’t mean it isn’t one of the…

Stop TRYING! You are not doing it anyway!

Stop TRYING! One thing that I can’t stand to hear from any one, regardless if it is an adult or child, is that they are “Trying”. As Yoda says, “No! Try not. There is no TRY. There is do or do not.” When you say you are “trying”, that gives you an easy out. If…

The worst stuff about being a home schooling family

I have been homeschooling my own children for over 15 years now as well as helping hundreds of families on their educational journey. Before I start on this post, let me say that I LOVE home schooling and would never choose anything else for my family. However, that doesn’t mean that there are not days…

5 Easy Ways to Prevent Summer Slide

Summer slide occurs to students every year who don’t do anything over the summer to help retain the information they learned during the school year. On average, an American student loses 2 months of their education EACH AND EVERY SUMMER, putting them far behind students who review and even spend their summers learning new concepts…

How to work AND home school your child

People are always telling me that they would LIKE to home school their children but they work, so they can’t. To me, that’s one of the laziest excuses out there. If that is you, take a moment to really examine what you are saying. Do you REALLY want to home school your children? Why? Is…

When is the best time to start your child’s education?

Right NOW! Don’t delay to even read this if your child is interested in learning something. One of my favorite philosophies about education is from the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential and they say that learning starts from birth. From the moment they are born, our children are learning about the world around…

Who is your child’s champion?

I was just reading an article in our local paper about how students succeed even if the reports on the schools are bad. The local schools where I live don’t do well, especially with the new “Common Core” testing standards, and the school boards wanted to showcase that they have former students who are doing…

Glitter Glue makes games fun!

Have you downloaded my FREE guide on making learning fun for your child? If you have, great! I would really enjoy knowing what your child’s favorite game you play is from the guide. If not, do it now so you can start having FUN with your child while ensuring they are getting a strong educational…

Film Canister Rockets

One of my kids’ favorite activities to explore chemistry is to make film Canister Rockets. The hardest thing is to get the film canisters because most of us don’t have these laying around anymore. However, you can get them from a myriad of different places such as Amazon or Science Bob. You can use them…

Dinosaur Town

For those of you who either tried or wanted to try Bunny Town, here’s another complicated play area. It took a lot of time, less time than my first venture in felt play areas because now I’m getting better, but probably more than was needed as Cole kept wanting me to add ‘features’. He still…