At-Home Learning

How to use what you already have at home to teach!

COVID has brought about unprecedented challenges to parents across the globe. One of the largest challenges and areas of debate has been the current role and duty of parents as homeschool teachers for their children. Every school district has been enacting different policies and routines for students to return to…

Coins that Add Up!

Let’s talk about money. As a hardworking parent, you know the value of it. That’s why when you pick your child up from school and they ask if you can stop at Target on the way home, your immediate answer isn’t always yes. It may seem like your child doesn’t…

Become your own Word Problem!

Ah Word Problems.Everyone’s favorite kind of math problem! I remember absolutely dreading whenever one of these written horrors showed up on one of my school work pages. Luckily, there’s a way for you to do a word problem with your child without them even making the association . . .…

How to Take ANY Child’s Interest and Turn it Into a Lesson

Last week, I took my students to the park near their house to do some detective work on plants. I noticed early on this year their genuine interest in nature, as the girls were actively picking wish flowers and blowing their seeds across the grass. I determined a perfect lesson…

How to Teach Writing:”Beginning, Middle, and End”

All stories we read have a beginning, middle, and end. Yet, not all stories our students write are so lucky. Maybe it’s a missing introduction to text’s characters, or maybe it’s no conclusion to the main event. It can be difficult for many adults to write concisely with clear sequencing,…