Educational eBooks with spreadsheet formulas that help with school work #ePatterns & support for making spreadsheets to practice spelling or plan and track studies with a homework diary. Published as eBooks consisting of simple formulas to be copied into applications such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice Calc these practical ePatterns aim to encourage investigation of functions and formulas along with learning on how to customize them to your family’s own requirement...

Educational eBooks with spreadsheet formulas that help with school work#ePatterns & support for making spreadsheets to practice spelling or plan and track studies with a homework diary.Published as eBooks consisting of simple formulas to be copied into applications such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice Calc these practical ePatterns aim to encourage investigation of functions and formulas along with learning on how to customize them to your family’s own requirements and to ...

Project-based homeschooling combines children's interests with long-term, deep, complex learning. This is an essential experience for children: to spend time working on something that matters to them, with the support of a dedicated mentor. This book is an introduction and guide to creating the circumstances under which children can teach themselves. It gives parents concrete tips for helping children do challenging, meaningful, self-chosen work. From setting up a worksp...

The tools every parent needs to help their teenager find the career of their dreamsIn Ireland, one in six students drop out of their chosen college course feeling disillusioned about their career path and uncertain about their future. This can deal a major blow to their self-esteem, not to mention the financial blow to parents who are paying the tuition fees.So whether you are a parent of teenagers starting secondary school or preparing to leave, it makes sense to be informed about practic...

This is a do-it-yourself book for homeschooling parents who want to save money, customize their child's education, and create an optimal learning environment. By designing your own lessons, worksheets, projects, and assessment you will tailor your program to your child's needs. This book explains what homeschooling is, why you want to do it, and how to set up your own program. Get started today!

Is your child getting lost in the system, becoming bored, losing his or her natural eagerness to learn? If so, it may be time to take charge of your child’s education—by doing it yourself.The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school—one that will train him or her to read, to think, to understand, to be well-rounded and curious a...

A home education expert and mother of eight shares her experiences and insights into harnessing a child's natural desire to learn.Joanne Calderwood has been a popular magazine columnist for several years and has become a popular speaker at home-education conferences across the country. Her self-propelled philosophy of education has transformed lives across the nation and around the world. In The Self-Propelled Advantage, Calderwood shares her wisdom, exper...

Throughout his long and varied career as an educator, Steve Schmitz has been told one story, and asked one question, more than any other: "I know my child is in grade trouble at school, Dr. Schmitz, and it's making my life hellish at home. I've tried everything, and nothing works. What do I do now?"From three decades as a counselor, Schmitz knows that most parents deeply want to help their children at school. But he knows all too well how powerless most parents feel in turning their lackluste...

On Parent's Day, in 1952, B. F. Skinner visited his daughter's fourth grade math class. As he watched the lesson, he became increasingly uncomfortable. Almost every principle of effective teaching that he had studied for more than 20 years was being violated in that classroom. Yet it was a typical class. The teacher showed how to solve the day's problems, then gave the students a worksheet to do. Some children began to work readily while others shifted uncomfortably in their chairs, or rai...

User-Friendly Numbers in Math for Parents shares stories of students’ reasoning, thinking, and sometimes misunderstandings about numbers - stories that provide the opportunity to see math differently. Most of the students are visual-spatial, creative, daydreamers who may miss the details in math, a characteristic of visual-spatial learners. Through these stories, parents will see mathematics through their child’s eyes, both the clarity and the confusion. Armed with this new sight, and ther...

Relying on school to get your children to be successful shouldn’t be your only goal as a parent. Parents should consider engaging in their child’s wellbeing and improving their study habits. This book gives an overview of what to expect and what is needed to accomplish these goals. Their study habits should be taken seriously to increase their productivity. Read more on what to expect.

"Outstanding ... should be on every home educator's reference bookshelf." —Homeschooling TodayThis educational bestseller has dominated its field for the last decade, sparking a homeschooling movement that has only continued to grow. It will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school. Two veteran home educators outline the classical pattern of education—the trivium—which organiz...