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I’m here to let you in on a little secret today. It might be a bit of a shocker. Here goes…you don’t have to teach sentence diagramming. There, I said it. Throw a hardback copy of Strunk and White’s Elements of Style at me if you must. I am not backing down from this one. The…
“I CAN’T DO IT!” Most homeschool parents have experienced seeing their children hit a wall during a lesson or learning activity. These four words can be accompanied by so many emotions: frustration, fear, anxiety, anger, sadness. It’s so difficult to watch your child struggle, and when you know that he or she has a learning…
Anyone who has homeschooled their children can tell you all about the benefits of learning at home, but what about the rest of the story? The self-doubt? The bickering? The worry that you’re not doing enough for your children? Being a homeschool teacher isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, that’s for sure. There is no magic…
Do I Need to Be a Teacher to Homeschool My Child? These days, many parents are coming to homeschool their children reluctantly. Ask any parent right now if they want to teach their children at home and most will say, “No!” I, too, felt like I was plopped into the homeschool mom role, insecurities and…
One of the main questions we get here at Essentials in Writing is, “What is required to make up an English Credit for my middle school or high school student?” Credits for Math, Science, and Social Studies are easy to calculate. You take one class for the year and it counts as one credit respectively….
A common writing assignment for elementary students is composing a personal letter. However, as children grow into middle school, high school, and college students, they often forget those early lessons. Some may think that they will never use them because paper letters—complete with ink and envelopes and stamps—are basically things of the past. Who even…
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