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That’s why we want you to download lots of great content to use at home, including new ideas from our sections on college readiness, coaching tools for deeper conversations, teaching tips, and powerful memory techniques.
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Use this worksheet to organize your talking points then hold a conversation or mini-lesson on critical race theory.
Many students, along with their parents, don’t appreciate the connection of good study planning to better learning.
Looking for a great way to encourage more retrieval practice in your classroom? This is a technique you can seamlessly plug into your existing lesson plans and activities multiple times a day.
You may wish to memorize the six levels of the thinking so you can use the taxonomy without having to look it up – try this kitchen mnemonic which gives you a way to “think on your feet” while teaching.
Here is a three-step technique which shows us why many of the most powerful teaching techniques are also surprisingly easy to do.
Recent scientific studies have shown that better learners are not born with some special gift; instead, we know they use better and more powerful learning strategies.
Anders Ericsson identified these 5 components of “deliberate practice.” Use this checklist to evaluate your learning or training regimen – then improve it by adding SPICE!
This learning strategy has been validated by thousands of scientific studies to greatly improve the ability to remember and recall information.
This article explains one of the most powerful learning strategies you can use. The concept of “Desirable Difficulties” is something that needs to be understood by both the student and the teacher.
As a homeschooling parent, you are most likely very familiar with learning objectives. You often see them in your instructor guides, or perhaps listed at the top of the lesson materials provided to you. But how can you use them to improve your home classroom instruction?
This research should resolve the long-running debate about “how much parental involvement is ideal?” It validates the use of highly involved parenting.
We know field trips offer numerous benefits, such as hands on learning, group learning and opportunities for students to discover new things firsthand. They are an important part of your homeschooling education.
Metacognition is an important ability to effective learning. It’s something your child needs to understand and know how to use. It can be taught, and it can be learned. Don’t overlook this in your homeschooling. What is it?
Use this powerful model to expand your homeschool teaching. This article will give you a fundamental building block used by expert teachers – learn about it and start using it.
Teach your children to put what they’re learning into frameworks.
Do you want to set more specific second language goals with your child? Do you know what level of fluency your child is at now?
At the Center for Homeschooling we like to encourage parents and students to think differently and creatively. Let’s talk about an interesting idea — how you can create your own “lollapalooza effects.”