The middle of the homeschool year is often when families experience what is best described as the Mid-Year Blues. It is a time when interest and motivation for homeschooling wane. When the blues hit, the best thing to do is shake things up. Over the years, the staff at Calvert School has collected a number [...]
A recent CBC news article said, “The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a chalkboard is a thing of the past. Teaching perfect strokes and proper curves in cursive writing is no longer at the top of a teacher’s lesson plan. With the advent of new technologies like tablets and smartphones, writing [...]
Ok, so if you are like us, the first week of school has begun and you are wondering what you have gotten yourself into – right? It is either going swimmingly, or you feel wrecked. Even though this is my 20th year to begin – and my 17th year with Calvert, I find that it [...]
Traveling while creating homeschool educational experiences.
Henry Ford once said, “Before everything else, getting ready is the secret to success.” This wisdom holds true for home schooling as well. Use the following tips to help you get ready for a successful home school year. Organization Create a school room that contains all the necessary materials for your student. If there are [...]
Wow! That is really the only word I can use to describe how enthusiastically our Calvert parents and potential parents embraced our Time Management Webinar on the night of the 6th. I welcomed 199 people that evening, and the emails keep coming. As promised, I am going to answer the questions that were posed during [...]
November 2011 Inspire! Have you ever stood in line at a bookstore waiting to get a book signed by a favorite author? Do you always read the book before going to see the movie adaptation? Is a bedtime story a ritual in your home? Is someone in your family a natural storyteller? If you answered [...]
I will tell you this was quite a weekend. I spent Saturday preparing and freezing 20 different meals for my family. That pretty much took care of the entirety of Saturday. Sunday afternoon was consumed with a project – I am wallpapering my schoolroom walls with maps from National Geographic. In the midst of ironing [...]
Homeschooling on the Road Joan Cooke is a new Learning Guide to nine-year-old twins. For the past five years she and her husband have taken their children on an eight-week, cross-country trip to visit relatives and friends. Joan does not want to cancel the trip, but she is concerned that her children will fall behind [...]
In the not-too-distant past, typing was taught in high school and used mainly in jobs by women. Today, typewriters are antiques and nearly every household has a computer (or three!) used by every family member from toddlers to seniors. Keyboarding proficiency can no longer wait until high school—Children must start learning good typing skills as [...]
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