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Homeschool Corner: “Student Writing Intensive”
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008My Thoughts On: Institute for Excellence in Writing’s “Student Writing Intensive”
Writing is something that I have always liked to do. However, not everyone does, especially many children. Sometimes children struggle to think of ideas and things to write about. So, what can a parent do?
For this school year, I volunteered to teach a writing class [...]
Homeschool Corner: Word Processing and Writing Achievement
Monday, December 8th, 2008When I was working on my Master’s Degree, I had to complete a field research project. Since I was a school teacher at that time, I was fortunate to be able to study my students I had that school year. The topic I chose was Word Processing. I investigated whether word processing during writing projects [...]
Homeschool Corner - The Importance of Learning Styles
Friday, August 22nd, 2008I recently finished reading Cathy Duffy’s book: “100 Tops Picks for Homeschool Curriculum.” If you have not read this book, I highly suggest it. Your may even be fortunate enough to be able to borrow a copy from your local library. In her books, she does not only detail some amazing homeschool curricula, but she [...]
