How-To

Ideas for developing skills, covering content, finding things, staying focused, evaluating progress, mentoring, and other homeschool tips.

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10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #9 Research & Projects

sunflowers

10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #8 Nature

beakers

10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #7 Science

parthenon

10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #6 History

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Activity: Comparing / Contrasting & Tools

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10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #5 Grammar & Spelling

notebook

10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #4 Writing

books

10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #3 Literature

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10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #2 Copybook

Bible

10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #1 Bible

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Activity: Chart the Weather

notebooks

10 Ways to Use Notebooking: Tips for Getting Started

Activity: Using a Calendar

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4 Ways to Incorporate Poetry

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Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Creating

boy writing

Writing Helps

girl looking down road

Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Evaluating

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Activity: Make A Matchbox Advent Calendar

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Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Analyzing

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Activity: Copying

boy knight

Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Applying

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Activity: Napkin Folding

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Activity: Balancing a Checkbook

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Activity: Tracing

two children telling time

Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Understanding

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Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Remembering

blooming apple tree

Incorporating Bloom’s Taxonomy & Critical Thinking

girl blowing dandelion

Creating an Educational Bucket List

young girl painting

10 Things to Do With Your Child’s Artwork

ABC blocks

Activity: Make Your Own ABC Book

boy reading map

Activity: Following Directions

chalk writing on board

4 Levels of Creativity in Writing

cookie cutters

Cookie-Cutter Nouns

boy looking out car window

10 Ways to Learn During “Car Time”

cover how to read a book

7 Ways to Mark a Book

shells on beach

10 Favorite How-Tos (2011-2012)

sandles and starfish on beach

9 Things for Mom to Do This Summer

bucket shovel and shell on beach

Summer: 30 Ways to Keep ‘em Learning!

chalkboard w/ addition problem

“Taking the Frustration Out of Math”

pencils

Writing Ideas: 5 Ways to Use Writing Prompts

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Writing Ideas: Complete the Story

young man writing

14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: The Short Story

young man writing

14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Outlines

young boy writing

8 Writing Activities for the Younger Student

young child happily reading

16 Prewriting Activities

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6 Ways to Incorporate Geography

young boy concentrating

15 Ideas to Improve Concentration

pen writing

5 Traits of a Good Writer

young girl watching fishbowl

4 Favorite Science Suppliers

young cooks

14 Ways to Plan Studies Around An Interest

young boy writing abcs

10 Steps to Build a Better Speller

young boy sitting on top of books

7 Places to Find Children’s Books in the Public Domain

sunflowers

8 Ways to Incorporate Art Appreciation

addition problem

Keeping Math Real

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Just Getting Started?

bags of money

6 Ways to Cut Homeschooling Expenses

tiger drawing

5 Helps for Drawing Realistic Animals

chess board

12 Helps to Develop a Better Thinker

stack of books

7 Ways to Develop an Independent Researcher

butterfly

10 Helps for Nature Study

genesis

5 Tips for Memorizing Scripture

boy writing

12 Ways to Build a Better Writer

harmonica

Learn How to Play the Harmonica (Part 3)

garden tools

Instructions for Starting a Pizza Garden

harmonica

Learn How to Play the Harmonica (Part 2)

harmonica

Learn How to Play the Harmonica (Part 1)

travel boy taking picture

10 Evaluation Interview Questions

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6 Ways to Evaluate Progress

glasses on open book

6 Ways to Get the Most from Your Literature-Based Studies

light bulb

5 Ways to Develop a Better Thinker

electric circuit

5 Ways to Develop an Electronic Interest

dictionary page

5 Ways Toward a Richer Vocabulary

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