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Summer 2010

In this issue:

5 Ways to Prevent BurnoutWe all know that it is a delight to spend time with our children and that we are doing what we feel is right for them, by homeschooling, but a wise mom will make sure that she safeguards herself from homeschool burnout. Many well intending people will say that it is a curriculum or the want of curriculum that causes burnout, and while this may be a contributing factor, it is not the only reason for a mom to feel stretched or close to collapse after a season of homeschooling. Here are 5 ways to avoid homeschool burnout: Go to Homeschool Teacher Summer 2010 to Read Full Article

Strategy Games That Assist Children to Think ClearlyChildren who learn to develop good thinking skills while they are young have a head start in life. That's where homeschoolers have an advantage, since we can focus on these skills every day. Learn to use strategy games to increase critical thinking skills. Go to Homeschool Teacher Summer 2010 to Read Full Article

Book Review: Homeschooling Your Struggling LearnerMath!. Nothing beats hands-on, in-the-trenches encouragement and advice from families who have worked with struggling learners. Sometimes, just getting a glimpse of the challenges that others face can help you face your own. In this remarkable 375-page book, author and speaker Kathy Kuhl brings together the stories of 64 families who are working with struggling learners. Go to Homeschool Teacher Summer 2010 to Read Full Article

Improve Spelling Skills. Looking for a way to increase your child's spelling ability and improve spelling scores? Here is a simple strategy used in Syllable Savvy that can be used for all students: average spellers, or those above or below average. This method can be used to imprint the correct spelling of a particularly troublesome word. Or it can be used with your students' entire spelling list. Go to Homeschool Teacher Summer 2010 to Read Full Article

Before You Buy a TelescopeUnfortunately, in our generation, the media and the schools center all astronomy education around the telescope. So one gets the impression that a telescope is indispensible for learning the stars. But one might wonder, what did astronomers do for all those millennia before the telescope was invented? This is the primary focus of the Classical Astronomy Update, to teach about the forgotten tradition of observing the sky without the requirement of a telescope. Go to Homeschool Teacher Summer 2010 to Read Full Article

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