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Memory is not what it used to be! And I don’t mean what you put in your computer. Memorization is taking a backseat in today’s approach to curriculum… and in case you were wondering, that is not a good thing.   Memorization is necessary We are all familiar with the phrase: “Use it or Lose CONTINUE The post Episode 92 Why memorization is still important appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Do you have a child that is falling behind with their learning? How do you help your homeschool child when you feel like they are not performing? Today, I want to talk about helping your homeschool child get out of a learning rut. Helping Your Homeschool Child These are tricky questions… Especially if you are CONTINUE The post Episode 91 Helping Your Homeschool Child appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Picture telling your children that they were going to be standing to all of their homework today? What would they say? Can you picture the look on their faces? Maybe you could start by telling them that sitting down is more dangerous than smoking? More Dangerous Than Smoking? If you are anything like me you CONTINUE The post Episode 90 Standing Up appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Hold on to your seat and get ready for another great interview with Bill Heid from Heirloom Audio Productions. The post Episode 89 Bill Heid and The Dragon & The Raven appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Current educational research demonstrates the HUGE benefits that come from studying in shorter spurts with breaks rather than study-binging for long periods of time. Check out the podcast episode 88 and figure out why breaks in your day might be just the thing you need to help your children get more out of less time. CONTINUE The post Ep 88 Take a Break and Learn More appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

What is it about games that get parents so excited? As I looked back over the past two years of podcasts, by far the most successful episodes have dealt with how to build relationships with your children through games. I was actually a little surprised. We have posted some great information on learning styles and CONTINUE The post Ep 87 Ridiculous Games You Have To Play This Weekend appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Episode 86 is a fraction of the length of my typical podcast length because we are talking about how you can teach your 7 or 8 year-old children the foundational information about fractions. So let’s just jump in and divide the subject up. Here are just 3 ideas that will help your children Visualize the CONTINUE The post Ep 86 Teaching Fractions to Young Children appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Have you ever noticed at the dinner table how quickly younger children lose interest when you start a conversation with their older brothers and sisters? How long does it take for your older children to drift back to electronic devices when your youngest child starts repeating every single detail of the day? Dinner time can CONTINUE The post Ep 85 Creative Dinner-time Games appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

True or False: One of the biggest challenges to teaching is addressing all of the needs of different children? False The truth is: Children will do well in school when they are motivated to do so. The real challenge to teaching is to find the specific motivation key that will strike at the heart of each CONTINUE The post Ep 84 Intrinsic Motivation Through Customization appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Today I introduced the book that will be hitting Amazon within the week. I am really, really excited about this book. I hope it will help you start asking questions in such a way that will help (allow) your children to open up and let you inside of their experiences and feelings. Sometimes our questions CONTINUE The post Ep. 83 Fun Writing Games appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Is it possible? Could it be? Are they really?   Public Universities Getting Rid of Standardized Tests? No more pencils… No more books… No more teacher’s ugly looks… Well, I don’t know about the other things, but there are a growing number of colleges and universities that are getting rid of the standardized test requirements CONTINUE The post Ep. 82 Ask Brian & No More Tests appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Here is the next episode. Enjoy. Episode show notes coming soon!!! The post Ep 81 How Much “Screen Time” Should Your Children Get? appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

In today’s episode I sat down with Bill Heid, the executive producer for Heirloom Audio Productions. Bill and I visited last December about their INCREDIBLE audio adventure, In Freedom’s Cause. Click here to check out that podcast interview. Today, Bill and I are talking about “With Lee in Virginia,” Heirloom Audio Productions newest audio adventure. To CONTINUE The post Ep 80 With Lee in Virginia appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

In our episode today I have an awesome resource for you that will help you teach your children how to be more creative in their writing! If you have ever given your children a writing assignment, you have probably felt the frustration of receiving a one sentence answer. They have addressed your answer, but there CONTINUE The post Ep 79 Creative Writing Resource For All Ages appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Today I am going to address a voice question that came to me a few weeks ago from Sarah. I think this is a really GREAT QUESTION ABOUT HOMESCHOOL! It is a question that every parent has worried about as they stand on the edge of the homeschool decision.   How can I get everything CONTINUE The post Ep 78 Q&A Housework vs. Homeschool? appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Homeschooling High School… You can do it. In today’s episode, I am going to share with you an interview with Tim Milosch. Tim is a K-12 homeschooled product from Southern California. He has a Masters Degree and is currently pursuing his PhD… so if anyone can provide some evidence to the fact that you can CONTINUE The post Ep 77 Tim Milosch and College-Bound Homeschooler appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

I had a great conversation with my 14 year-old son about his school experience this year. It opened my eyes regarding how he saw homeschool and why he thought we decided to take this journey. He could not have been more far from the reality… but in the end the only thing that matters to CONTINUE The post Ask Your Children for Input About Curriculum appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

We have talked about you as the parent… Now lets take a few days and consider your children. In this episode, I am going to share a few questions for you to ask yourself about each child. Now… these questions need to be considered for each child as an individual. DO NOT GROUP YOUR CHILDREN CONTINUE The post Choosing Curriculum Pt. 2 appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

For many homeschooling parents, choosing a curriculum is the most overwhelming hurdle between them and peace of mind. There are so many choices and variations and the impending doubt of “What if I choose wrong????” Well, we want to help you make your curriculum choices easier. In order to do that there are a few CONTINUE The post Choosing a Curriculum Pt. 1 appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Some of these you are probably already using and maybe you won’t get any new ideas from this list… on the other hand, you might learn something that will totally transform your homeschool iPad experience. Here are 12 Ways that you can successfully use an iPad in your Homeschool. The post 12 Ways to Use an iPad in Homeschool appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Have you noticed how your children seem to natively migrate to technology and seem to have come to this earth with an innate understanding of how techy stuff works? It is frightening!   As parents there are so many things that we worry about when it comes to technology and what our children come into CONTINUE The post Social Media, Technology, and Homeschool Ep 72 appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

2 Important Mindsets for Homeschool Parents There are so many issues that affect you emotionally as a homeschool parents. You face pressure to do everything just right—every day. Many of you have pressure—either direct or at least implied—to prove you are doing it right and that your children are not falling behind into some major CONTINUE The post 2 Critical Mindsets for Homeschool Parents appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Can you go too far in search of equality and fairness? Adam Swift has, and he has no intention of slowing down… Swift and his colleagues suggest that you should not read as much to your children because it provides them with an unfair advantage over the child whose parents don’t read to them!!!   CONTINUE The post 10 Reasons Parents Read to Their Children appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

What do you do when health issues keep you child out of school: YOU HOMESCHOOL! On today’s show, I answered a question from Anna about her daughter in the 7th grade that has some health issues that they are working through. Anna wanted to know what she could do to help her daughter keep up CONTINUE The post Ep. 69 Read. Read. Read. appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

In today’s episode I interview Carole Joy Seid. Carole is a fantastic advocate for simple homeschool and her approach is one that I whole-heartedly agree with and that we try to utilize in our own home. Sometimes we get a little complicated and we have to reel back a little and readjust… but hey, that CONTINUE The post Carole Joy Seid and Homeschooling Made Simple appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

I have received several emails and comments from parents that work full-time but still want to homeschool their children. They have asked for some tips on how they can effectively homeschool while still working full-time. So… here you go 101 Homeschool listeners: 5 TIPS FOR HOMESCHOOLING WHILE WORKING FULL-TIME The following suggestions come from several CONTINUE The post Can You Homeschool If You Work Full-time? appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

There are so many things to worry about when you start homeschooling (or when you have been homeschooling for years). I have put together a list of 5 pitfalls that you HAVE TO AVOID in homeschooling if you are going to be successful. Here they are: 5 Things Homeschool Parents HAVE to Avoid   5. CONTINUE The post Ep 66 5 Homeschool Pitfalls appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

We had such a positive response to Episode 30: 8 Immature Games, that I realized, I should probably do another installment… so 35 episodes later, here you go. Episode 65: Messy Games for You and Your Homeschool Gang We did each of these games at a birthday party for my son. He and his buddies CONTINUE The post Ep. 65 Goofy Games appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

There are so many factors that can affect our effectiveness as homeschool parents. Even the weather can mess things up for us. Have you ever recognized that sometimes it is you that magnifies an issue with the way you react to a situation? I do this all the time. On today’s episode, I want to CONTINUE The post Ep. 64 Homeschool and Fear of Failure appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Today’s episode focuses on 5 critical lessons I have learned from my career as a teacher. There are so many things that we learn as we spend time with children in a parenting or teaching capacity. I was going to call this the TOP 5 LESSONS ABOUT TEACHING, but then I realized that I could CONTINUE The post Ep. 63 Five Lessons from Teachings appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Episode 62: Getting Our Children to Do HARD Things Hey everyone, welcome back. I have a couple of books I want to review for you today. One is a book that I think you should completely avoid: Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts. It is a New York Bestseller, but CONTINUE The post Ep. 62 Getting Children to DO Hard Things appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

I’m back!!!! It has been such a long time since I have been able to really sit down and plan out a solid episode. It felt a little strange sitting in front of the mic again. You will hear it in this episode–wow, practice is not overrated. In spite of my return jitters and all CONTINUE The post Ep. 61 Teaching Nature’s Way appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

  George Alfred Henty (1832-1902) was an author and a war correspondent, but his best work was the historical adventure books. As a homeschooling parent, you may have read some (or all) of them, but you have NEVER experienced G. A. Henty the way I did last week thanks to Heirloom Audio Productions. I am CONTINUE The post Ep. 60 In Freedom’s Cause: Interview with Bill Heid appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

A Homeschool Parable There once was a man that married a girl from the country who loved horses. The man, however, was from the city and had never ridden a horse in his life. One day, several years into their marriage, he bought his wife a colt. One day the husband went out to the CONTINUE The post Ep 59 Forcing verses Leading appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Below is an email I received from Niqué. It is a great email because I feel like there are lots of homeschool parents that feel this way: I noticed, in tonight’s podcast that I listened to, you talk to about common core frustrations that you felt or seen in the mathematics as they have changed CONTINUE The post Ep 58 Stressed by Standards appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Ep. 57: Homeschool Math Games for All Ages What is the Pythagorean Theorem? Yeah, no kidding? If you are not homeschooling your children then you probably don’t have any idea? (Unless you are an engineer) If you are like me you have never used the Pythagorean theorem since high school–and that was a long time CONTINUE The post Ep 57 Homeschool Math Ideas appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Homeschooing is hard work! If you don’t know that already, then you have not even considered trying it. Just the idea of trying to teach your children should exhaust you… but don’t let that discourage you. Have you heard the saying that the best things require the best efforts? (probably not, because I just made CONTINUE The post Alternative Homeschool Needs appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Rehab for Public School Experiences Every homeschool parent has a reason that they want to bring their children home from public schools and educate them in the home. Those reasons usually boil down to the same general three or four reasons. Each case, however, is its own situation and needs to be treated with individual CONTINUE The post Ep. 55: Rehab After Negative Learning Experiences appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Do you need some great homeschool fieldtrip ideas? Well, here are some of my favorite ideas. Have you done fieldtrips that were an incredible success? What about trips that were absolutely terrible? Well, do me a favor and tell us your story below.   8 Great Fieldtrip Suggestions for Homeschool Parents Here are some fun CONTINUE The post Homeschool Field Trips appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Why is journaling so important? Well, I want to show you how you can use a different kind of journal to help your teaching and parenting. This new type of journal is called a . . . 3 Word Journal   Randall Wright is the author of this type of journal. Follow the steps I CONTINUE The post Why You Need a Journal to Homeschool appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Be an Empathetic Parent… Not a Pathetic One… Demonstrating Empathy is Key to STRONG Relationships In this episode, I discuss how empathy will strengthen your relationships and help you overcome the number one obstacle in any emotional situation with your children. I am not an expert in this field. Instead, I am someone who desperately CONTINUE The post From Pathetic to Empathetic appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

“[Trust] is the central issue in human relationships within and outside organizations. Without trust you cannot lead. Without trust you cannot get extraordinary things done. Individuals are unable to trust others fail to become leaders, precisely because they can’t bear to be dependent on the words and work of others. So they either end up CONTINUE The post Get Your Children to Trust You appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Preparation is the key to any successful presentation. I will present this information in the context of a homeschool lesson, but it will help you with any kind of presentation from a high school speech class to a presentation in front of the Board of Directors.   4 Steps to a Great Presentation There are, CONTINUE The post Ep 50 Lesson Outlines Made Easy appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

If we are going to start homeschooling our children, then we should not simply try to replicate what the public school system does. If we do, then we will simply replicate many of the problems that are causing us to want to homeschool. Scroll to the bottom to see the 5 Family Activities     CONTINUE The post 5 Activities To Build Family Relationships appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Public education–even with teachers doing everything they can–continues to lose traction. Nationwide, students today are falling further behind those from other countries. We all know that the school system, as it is constituted today and generally speaking, is not succeeding.   The Symptoms Anytime you get sick, you actually do not feel the germs or CONTINUE The post John Taylor Gatto appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Usually, you are giving the homework to your children. Well, it is time for you to do the homework. On a piece of paper, describe your parenting style. Now, turn the paper over and ask one (or more) of your children to describe your parenting style. You may have to assure them that you want CONTINUE The post Dr. Gottman’s 4 Parenting Styles appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

John Gottman is one of the most well-known researchers in the area of family relationships and the author of one of my newest favorite books: Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child   In today’s episode I focuses on briefly defining an emotionally intelligent child from what I learned in Dr. Gottman’s book and then giving an CONTINUE The post Homeschool and Emotionally Intelligent Children appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

How many times have you worried about time? When it comes to homeschool that is one of the concerns I hear the most. “I don’t have the time.” “I need those hours when my children are in school!” “How will I find the time to be with each one of my children?” Or, there is CONTINUE The post Homeschool Will Give You More Time! appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

DiSC is a behavior type test that can help you understand typical behaviors in individuals and the strengths and weaknesses of those behaviors in day to day settings. This material has been utilized in the workplace for decades. When I first read about DiSC, I immediately realized the potential for using this type of knowledge in CONTINUE The post DiSC Homeschool Style appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

What do you do when you realize that the summer is just about over? You have the best homeschool summer fun you can!!!! You have heard the saying: “It ain’t over til the ….” Well, anyway, here are a few ideas that will help you have a blast with your children before the summer is CONTINUE The post Homeschool Summer Activities appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.

Bill Coder from Math U See was so great to visit with me about their math curriculum. When we started homeschooling, there were two or three math programs that I felt like I was hearing mentioned over and over again. Math U See was one of the top two. We had never tried Math U CONTINUE The post Math U See appeared first on 101 Homeschool Ideas.