Author: mymentech

Q. Do you have any seasoned advice for minimising distractions from younger siblings? Q. How do you teach with toddlers or babies that are demanding time? What works? Q. How can you keep an older child on ‘task’ when you are...

Homeschooling has always been the right choice for our family though many years I wasn’t sure if I was the right teacher for the job.When you feel like a homeschool failure as a teacher, it can be a pretty gray period because...

Ahhhh, to teach cursive or not to teach cursive? Is it really the question? Back when the monks were transcribing the Bible by hand, was that skill rendered obsolete by Gutenberg’s printing press?

Let’s face it. If you took a poll of the homeschoolers out there, most would say that the majority are being taught by their moms. Makes sense really, as in a “typical” family, dad is the one who goes off each day to earn a living. But what about the “non-typical” families?

Did you know that every homeschool schedule looks different? Really. There are no right or wrong ways to homeschool as long as you are following the laws of the particular state you reside in. I know people who unschool, those...