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As if the idea of teaching your children English, math, history, and science is not intimidating enough, consider a foreign language. Learning a new language is a great way to become a more analytical thinker, to increase opportunities, and to ...

Does your seven-year-old prefer doodling to writing? Does your ten-year-old hum while he works? Is a walk through the woods your teen’s favorite way to unwind? You know that your children are unique. They each have a personality that is ...

It’s not as unusual a combination as you may think. What better way to teach your children valuable and relevant lessons than to encourage their entrepreneurial spirits? From a lemonade stand on the corner that loses money to a thriving ...

Not going to a four-year program doesn’t mean you have to give up on scholarships and financial aid. Community colleges offer many of the same financial aid programs as traditional four-year institutions – but their lower cost structure means your ...

Our brains are continually evolving. From the time of birth, when the newborn’s brain is a blank slate, every action or reaction, every stimuli that child is exposed to, every habit that child embodies, a neural pathway and chemical transmission ...

Arbor Day was established on April 10, 1872, by J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland. He was also at one time the governor of Nebraska, and it was there that he created Arbor Day to encourage ...

Every homeschooling parent starts out with high hopes and visions of peaceful days teaching their children the important lessons in life. Then reality strikes. Teaching at home is not easy. It involves a great amount of planning and a huge ...

There is an awful lot of discussion of autism in the news and in schools lately. For the last ten to fifteen years, we have seen a rise in the diagnosis of autism in children. The statistics are certainly bleak: ...

Teaching one child at home while running the household, keeping a budget, and taking care of everyone’s needs is not easy. Homeschooling more than one child at different grade levels turns the difficulty up several notches. Homeschooling any number of ...

Planning and preparing are important to many aspects of your life. If you are already living off the grid, you probably planned your garden, planned your budget, and prepared in every way before diving into this new lifestyle. Educating your ...