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Kinesthetic Academics for Children Four to Six

Kinesthetic Academics for Children Four to Six

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...
Is Your Kindergartner Struggling…

Is Your Kindergartner Struggling…

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...
Comparing With Finland’s 1st Graders

Comparing With Finland’s 1st Graders

by CHEWV | Mar 7, 2018 | Articles, Early Education, Pre-school

According to the Stanford News, 65 countries/economies were ranked in the Program for International Student Assessment in 2009.  Finland ranked high: 6th in math, 2nd in science, and 3rd in reading.  In the same year, U.S. students ranked 30th, 23rd, and 17th,...

Speech Development – Preschool

by CHEWV | Sep 1, 2016 | Articles, Early Education, Pre-school, Struggling Learners

by Randi Horst, Speech Language Pathologist and Homeschool Mom Babble business is not just for babies! It takes two to communicate. How we react to our lil’ ones’ interests and babbling is the groundwork for brain growth and communication. A recent article describes...
Getting Ready to Test: K, 1st & 2nd

Getting Ready to Test: K, 1st & 2nd

by CHEWV | Feb 3, 2016 | Articles, Assessments, Blog, Early Education, Testing

Aha! Testing time! Moms may worry about how their littles are going to do and so may head over to Barnes and Noble for the Test Prep workbook, but there are actually many (and perhaps even better) ways to prepare. In the earliest grades, many of the questions are read...
Too Soon to Test?

Too Soon to Test?

by CHEWV | Sep 5, 2015 | Articles, Assessments, Early Education, Pre-school, Struggling Learners

Rethinking Preschool, Kindergarten & a Push for Homeschool Testing How wonderful – and overwhelming – it can be to figure out what’s best for our littles! We can lose sight (or want to lose sight) of the fact that parenting is a full-time endeavor....

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    NEW DIRECTIVE for Assessments

    NEW DIRECTIVE for Assessments

    Jun 8, 2023

    A new directive from the WV Department of Education relating to Hope students could also impact privately-funded homeschoolers. According to the WVDE, only “actual results from the testing company” will be accepted for Hope students taking a nationally normed...

    Visit Living History Sites This Summer

    Visit Living History Sites This Summer

    Jun 7, 2023

    There’s nothing quite like experiencing living history. These hands-on immersion experiences are fantastic for learning and elicit the very best types of conversations. Whether sparking discussion about slavery, liberty, or progress, visits to the past via experiences...

    Assessing the Important Things

    Assessing the Important Things

    Jun 7, 2023

    In order to comply with the 18-8-1(c)(2) exemption from compulsory education in West Virginia (the path most commonly followed by homeschool families), we are simply required to file a Notice of Intent for each child we're teaching and then complete an annual academic...

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