how to Archives

How to Successfully Deschool Your Child With Dyslexia

by Marianne | Teaching Tips, Uncategorized

If you are just beginning to homeschool a dyslexic child who has been in a public or private school for some time, you may be interested in knowing how to successfully deschool your child. What do I mean by ‘deschool’? Deschooling is stepping away from...

How to Choose the Best Homeschool Curriculum for the Student With Dyslexia

by Marianne | Resources

If you’ve landed here on the Choosing Curriculum post without first reading How Dyslexics Learn, take a few minutes to read this post and increase your understanding of the best methods for teaching dyslexic kids. This is important because there will be a...

Back-to-Homeschool Survival Tips

by Marianne | Teaching Tips

The public schools in our area are heading back to school this week. We’re heading to the beach since there is a heat wave here in Southern California. This is definitely one of the perks of choosing to homeschool – sweet freedom! I encourage moms to...

5 Things to Ask Yourself When Your Homeschool Curriculum Isn’t Working

by Marianne | Resources

After mentoring a homeschool mom who was concerned because her homeschool curriculum isn’t working, I came up with the following guidelines for when you get stuck with a curriculum that doesn’t seem to be ‘working’. The solution may not be what...

Tips for Encouraging the Struggling Learner

by Marianne | Teaching Tips

Through the years of raising struggling learners, I have learned a few things about nurturing the hearts of these wonderful and talented kids. Homeschooling the struggling learner comes with challenges. We want to encourage our kids. Here are some things that you can...