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20+ Years of Home Education Taught Me This
I could paper a room with lists and lists of the valuable insights into education and learning I have amassed over the past...
Homeschool Sauce for the Middle School Years
This article is for the many, many homeschool families who ask me about the middle school years and who have competitive...
How is the transition from home education to college?
Colleges and homeschooled students themselves report that the transition into the time-management and self-study of college...
Catalyzing Your Child’s Online Learning
Deposited (somewhat unceremoniously) onto the doorstep of online schooling, many households have been in a tailspin. It...
How to Bake Pi by Eugenia Cheng
How to Bake Pi is a one-of-a-kind book about the mathematics of mathematics in which each chapter begins with a familiar...
Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
Mr. Colvin does a superb job of synthesizing for the reader all of the components of "getting it right" and "spot on"...
Homeschool Hate Summit Organized by Harvard
I was delighted to learn that Harvard is holding a Summit to discuss homeschooling. I was ready to thank them for...
Presence. How our comportment impacts happiness and effectiveness.
Stuck at home and feeling ineffective? Maybe you are trying to stay focused on your career with your children under foot. ...
A Habit of Learning
The content in this book quaked my soul both the first and second time I read it. Although it was published a few years...
Free Educational Resources for Families
With so many families stranded at home with kids of all ages, I thought this very comprehensive listing of free educational...
Covid19-spurred Education at Home – S.O.S.
Compliments of a very scary pandemic, many parents have been thrust into the role of facilitator of their children’s...
The Triple Package by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld
"A life devoted only to the present — to feeling good in the now — is unlikely to deliver real fulfillment. The present...
Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
“A study of figure skaters found that sub-elite skaters spent lots of time working on the jumps they could already do,...
Is Grade 3 the right time to start homeschooling my child?
I was asked this question, recently. My answer: If you plan to home educate, I would not pick 3rd grade as a random start...
Review: Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results by Stephen Guise
I read many book on this subject - habit. If you choose to home educate, you will surely have an easier time of it if your...
What do you think of the bid for “Online PreSchool”?
There was increased discussion on this topic in many online forums recently after a piece by David Brooks ran in some big...
AntiFragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Taleb
Review: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder A book for the thinker - that's for sure. Taleb challenges all of the...
Shouldn’t the chief home educating parent have a college degree?
Boy, I get asked this question often. The short answer is - no. It wouldn't hurt but it isn't really necessary. Far...
How do I deal with my children’s school? They are leading my kids astray!
I was asked this question recently. Here is my unapologetic reply: The atmosphere in schools, indeed the atmosphere in our...
Review: Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society by Nicholas A. Christakis My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this book...
Review: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear My rating: 5 of 5 stars...
Review: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen My rating: 5 of 5 stars I bought this book over a...
Review: Be Obsessed or Be Average
Be Obsessed or Be Average by Grant Cardone My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read quite a few books like this. They usually tell me...