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

What can a Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Tell Homeschooling Parents about Teaching?

Richard Phillips Feynman (pronounced like “fine-man”) was a Nobel prize-winning physicist. He was an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and particle physics. Read More

Checklist on How to Learn Hard Things

Learning hard things requires a disciplined approach that will keep you in “focused mode.” We’ve identified seven helpful components–use this as a worksheet to assess what you are doing or not doing now, and then identifying what you need to change to be more successful. Checklist Growth MindsetAdapt what Dr. Carol Dweck has called a “Growth Mindset” to tackle hard things.  This...Read More