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?
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:
Helping Your Kids Through the Mazes of 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.
Changing Mom’s Heart
I’ve homeschooled my children for almost twenty-two years. The other day I had a conversation with another homeschool mom, and we talked about how over the years we had changed as homeschooling moms. Our conversation started me thinking, “Why had I started to homeschool in the first place?”
The Resistant Child
A child may be hard to teach for a variety of reasons. He may be rigid in his thought patterns and resistant to change. He may find it difficult to change from one thought or activity to another. Learning may not come easily because he has weak visual, auditory, perceptual, or memory skills, etc.
A Mother’s Lesson
Our homeschooling mother example (maybe its you!) is confronting the major theme problem in rearing and teaching children.
