Reading Books – Meeting New People
Reading good books is like meeting new people. You can travel through time and space and make the most interesting acquaintances curled up in your armchair.
Meet Randi St.DenisAuthor Since: 2009-02-20 19:19:24Randi St. Denis, Director of Home Educators Encouragement Alliance (HEEA), is an educator, popular homeschool speaker, and a seasoned homeschooling mom. Using her degree in Educational Psychology, Randi works as a consultant to public, private, and homeschool families; providing teaching expertise and assistance for all types of children. She is recognized as an expert in the technical aspects of learning that allow every type of child, from special needs to gifted, the opportunity to learn well. Randi and her husband have homeschooled their seven children for the past 22 years; six of whom have gone on to college. The youngest is currently homeschooling. |
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Randi St.Denis's Articles:
Endangered Minds
Have you noticed how hard it is to get a child to really think?
Looking Forward to Summer?
I am too. We “officially” take summers off from school. We swim on swim team and spend a lot of time playing at the pool. But for the kids and me too, summer can be sooooo lonnnnnng and hot!
Parents Beware!
Have you ever tried to define homeschooling? A homeschool is where parents teach their children at home instead of sending them to public or private school.
Preparing for College
“You can’t prepare for the SAT.” Educational Testing Service, the company that writes the SAT, has worked hard to convince people that they cannot improve their scores by studying for the test.
Will We Finish the School Year On Time?
Many homeschoolers live a lifestyle of learning all through the year and never consider what month it is. They are free to work at their own pace and not be bound by the calendar year. But other homeschool moms may have very good reasons to be concerned about finishing their school work by June.
How to Foster a Love for Reading In Your Children
One of the greatest desires of homeschool parents is to encourage a reading habit in their children. When our children are just babies we start reading to them. We bring our schedules under control so that we will have time to stop our routines and sit down to read. I know this isn’t easy, it isn’t easy for me either. Somehow the tyranny of the urgent can keep us from getting done all the important things we want to do.
Math!
Math can be hard. Monday through Friday we sit at the table next to our children and do math problems. It takes forever to do just one page. Sometimes it feels like it is the only subject we get to. It becomes a monster … a math monster.
Where the Really Good Reading Materials Are
Have you ever thought about having your child read the classics but didn’t know where to begin?
Questions about Literature, Reading and Vocabulary
What do “Spelling Power” and “Easy Grammar Plus” books consist of and do they work? What good literature, reading and vocabulary programs are out there that will help with comprehension?
