7 Quick Tips: Scheduling Your School Day
With a new school year, and many parents new to online school or homeschooling, we wanted to highlight these tips that many parents have found helpful. Setting up an Online School Schedule Make lists,...
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8 Awesome Halloween Crafts and Activities for Kids
We’ve scoured Pinterest and the web, and found some really fun and entertaining activities and crafts that parents can do with their kids. This is only a small sampling of what’s out there, so don’t...
View ArticleParenting a Gifted Child: Lessons from the Andraka Family
Is a hands-off approach the secret to raising a genius? If Steve and Jane Andraka have a parenting motto, it could be summarized as just don’t burn the house down. Their 15-year old son, Jack,...
View Article6 Celebrity Parents Who Homeschool Their Kids
If you’ve chosen an alternative to a classroom education for your kids, then you’re in good company! There are an estimated 2,040,000 homeschoolers in America, and some of the biggest names in...
View Article10 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Homeschooled
It seems like every homeschooling parent and student can recite from memory a list of famous homeschoolers. George Washington, Leonardo DaVinci, Thomas Edison, Charles Dickens, Sandra Day O’Conner… the...
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The 15 Best Dr. Seuss Quotes and the Life Lessons We Learned From Them
Dr. Seuss famously stated that he never began writing a story with a moral in mind. Kids can see a moral coming a mile off, he said. But, he admitted, there’s an inherent moral in any story. While he...
View ArticleGetting Kids Excited About Writing Through NaNoWriMo
In an age when so much of our communication takes place online and in written form- in emails, texts, tweets, and status updates – the ability to express oneself in writing is an important skill for...
View ArticleTop 5 Ways to Get an Early Start on College
I started college when I was 16. I wasn’t skipped ahead and I wasn’t particularly advanced. I’d just had enough of high school and wanted to get started in college. So halfway through my junior year, I...
View ArticleGoogle Brings Quantum Physics Concepts to Minecraft with qCraft Mod
Where will the next generation of quantum physicists come from? The experts behind qCraft is betting on Minecraft. We’ve written before about why Minecraft has amazing potential as a learning tool. Now...
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16 Easy Thanksgiving and Fall Crafts and Activities for Kids
Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving or traveling to spend the holiday with family or friends, it’s a busy time for families, with lots of planning and...
View ArticleWhen the Homeschooling Parent Needs a Sick Day
For parents who school at home, whether as a homeschooler, or as a “learning coach” in an online school, it can be tough to teach lessons and make sure the kids are learning when you’re feeling ill....
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Should Kids See The Hunger Games: Catching Fire?
The much-anticipated second installment of The Hunger Games series, Catching Fire, hit theaters on Thursday and is already expected to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the year. Adapted from...
View ArticleViral Goldieblox Toys Video Flips Little-Girl Princess Fantasy on Its Head
With toys for future inventors, Goldieblox empowers girls to be “more than just a princess” Only 11% of engineers worldwide are female. In the United States, women earned just 18% of undergraduate...
View ArticlePlanning for College: Advice from a College Admissions Expert
No matter how organized and prepared you are, planning for and applying to college is just plain stressful. There are colleges to research, admissions requirements to decipher, essays to write,...
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Is Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks OK for Kids to See?
Saving Mr. Banks tells the behind-the-scenes story of the beloved children’s classic, Mary Poppins December is a big month for movies. It’s when many of the year’s best film are released, just in time...
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10 Cool At-Home Science Experiments for Kids
What better way to encourage kids to take an interest in science, then with an awesome hands-on experiment? Whether you’re looking for a show-stopping science fair experiment, or just a fun and...
View Article6 Important Skills Kids Build with Rainbow Loom
Have your kids caught on to the Rainbow Loom craze? It seems that kids everywhere are making and swapping their Rainbow Loom creations, while parents everywhere lament the explosion of tiny rubber...
View ArticleOlympic Profiles: All Eyes are on Teenage Slalom Skier Mikaela Shiffrin at Sochi
18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin is the youngest World Champion in U.S. history and an Olympic favorite In March of last year, just days after turning 18, Mikaela Shiffrin won the women’s World Cup ski...
View Article8 Homeschooled Athletes to Watch at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
Becoming a world-class athlete requires dedication, sacrifice, determination, and a lot of hard work. Olympic athletes often begin training at a very young age, sometimes before they’ve even started...
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10 Olympics Crafts and Activities for Kids
The Winter Olympics are in full swing and many families are enjoying the fun and excitement of watching their favorite athletes and teams compete. Crafts and activities related to the events can make...
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