Teaching Tip: Stop and Jot

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. Read More

How to Memorize Bloom’s Taxonomy

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. Read More

Jump Start to Deliberate Practice

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! Read More

Retrieval Practice is Your Learning Power Tool

This learning strategy has been validated by thousands of scientific studies to greatly improve the ability to remember and recall information. Read More

Desirable Difficulties can Transform Your Learning and Teaching

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. Read More

How Learning Objectives Can Help You Teach Better

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? Read More

Helicopter Parenting and Learning – is This Right for You?

This research should resolve the long-running debate about “how much parental involvement is ideal?” It validates the use of highly involved parenting. Read More

How to Get the Most from Your Field Trips

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. Read More

Why You Need to Teach Your Kids Metacognition

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? Read More

Teach Up!

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. Read More