Closing Reading Gaps at Home: 3 Simple Ways to Strengthen Homeschool Reading Comprehension for Tweens and Teens. If you’re teaching reading at home, you already know the challenge: some days your child dives into a text with excitement… and other days, it feels like pulling teeth to get through a single page. That’s a common part of homeschool reading comprehension , especially in the tween and teen years when expectations suddenly become much more complex. It’s not that your child can’t read. It’s that the middle school years introduce major shifts. Students are now expected to analyze, infer, cite evidence, determine theme, compare texts, and understand multiple layers of nonfiction structure—all skills that require deep thinking, not just decoding. That’s a lot for any tween or teen, and it can feel overwhelming when you’re managing learning at home without a built-in curriculum team. The good news? You don’t n......

How to Find a Reading Tutor If your child is struggling with reading, you’ve probably already spent late nights Googling, asking friends, and scrolling through local Facebook groups trying to find the right tutor. You may have even found a few directories, only to realize the directory only gives a small amount of information  about the individual. It can feel impossible to know who’s truly qualified to help and who just “likes working with kids.”...

All you really need in the way of supplies to help your child learn at home is a great stick and some sand to write in or a stub of pencil and a scrap of paper. Add a library card and you're good! But if you're like me, and love you some good office supplies, hands-on manipulatives, learning tools and incentives - I've got you covered!...

It can be very important to take Brain Breaks! You work long hours. You have to be available and on demand for the better part of your day. Brain breaks are the key to staying sane as you teach at home....

You don't need a degree in education to find the resources and lessons to effectively teach your elementary school, middle school, or high school child social studies from home. With a little patience and preparation, your homeschooling efforts will pay off with a well-educated kiddo (and hopefully only a few gray hairs!)...

I've heard from quite a few parents who are concerned about the amount of time their kids are spending on screens. I get it, and I agree! Since so much of STEM Challenges has kids working hands-on to design and build solutions to problems, it's the perfect thing to keep them engaged in meaningful, joyful learning. ...