by CHEWV | Apr 4, 2019 | Articles, Blog, Home School Day at the Capitol
We know what it’s like! After early morning travel on precarious roads, we finally make it to Capitol parking – three blocks away! The early February wind whips through our dress pants and sends shivers down to our freezing feet as we trudge to the Capitol...
by CHEWV | Jan 7, 2019 | Articles, Early Education, Pre-school
Science: Daily “calendar” time with date, day of the week, weather, and season. Playground time – giving them active experiences with fulcrums: see saw lever arms: see saw centrifugal force: merry-go-round pendulum: swing inclined plane: sliding board Zoology at...
by CHEWV | Jan 7, 2019 | Articles, Early Education, Pre-school, Struggling Learners
…With Reading? Many parents find that their five or even six-year-old child experiences difficulty in learning to read. After exhausting multiple educational approaches and curricula without success, they may worry they aren’t capable of homeschooling...
by CHEWV | Jan 7, 2019 | Articles, Assessments, Featured Articles, Testing
While a homeschool assessment must be done every year for students of compulsory age, there are two main options to choose from: testing and portfolio review. The portfolio review option was hard-won in 1994 to help special needs students and others for whom testing...
by CHEWV | Jan 7, 2019 | Articles, Encouragement
The New Year holiday is often a time of reflection. What went well last year? What changes are needed this coming year? What New Year’s resolutions are in order? Homeschooling is no different. We start thinking about how we’re doing – and what we’re doing....
by CHEWV | Dec 5, 2018 | Articles
by David Richman I am sighting in on deer hunting week/camp as I write this. Also, I am looking ahead and “sighting in” on Christmas, too. Let me confess something that I feel a little guilty about – I like Thanksgiving better than Christmas. Here...
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