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National Curriculum

Developmental readiness is not an exact science

Dear Dr. Fournier:My daughter is in preschool, or what many call 4-year-old kindergarten. I was called for a conference with her teacher. You can...
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Awards Earned by Time4Writing Homeschool Curriculum

It is no secret that I am partial to Time4learning as a homeschool curriculum. Having taught my homeschoolers when they were younger, and then...
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A road map to quality time with your children

More and more, my kids are coming home with paperwork from school that offer parent workshops and seminars on building your children's literacy...
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Is it holiday time already?

Have you seen them? You know, the Christmas trees that are already lining the aisles of your favorite retail store, right beside the Halloween and...
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Educators work together, university students benefit

The structure of the university in the 21st century is changing rapidly after its evolution into a multiversity in the 20th century. But as...
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Student direct curriculum in this school

Students directing curriculum? Telling teachers what the want to study? Teachers responsible for helping students study what they want?It’s...
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Hand-tracings help teach Main Idea

Younger kids sometimes have trouble understanding the concept of "Main Idea". Here is an easy idea that many clever elementary school...
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Make a "sentence fan"

Teaching writing isn't always easy, especially at the earliest ages. Having a tool box full of clever ideas at the ready can make the process...
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The hurried curriculum leads to later difficulties

Dear Dr. Fournier:My son was an excellent student in elementary school. In seventh grade he started having problems in math. He took pre-algebra in...
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Home-schooling doesn't have to be school-at-home

How many of you - right now - sitwith legal pad orspreadsheet in hand making plansfor your new homeschool year? Making lists of classes, schedules,...
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