By Cynthia Simunovich Are you worried about choosing curriculum? A little panicky about the oodles of options? You are not alone!   The most common question from a new homeschool parent is “How do I choose curriculum?!” With so many online courses, pre-packaged curriculum, unit studies, and dozens of different books just for pre-reading skills ..read more

By Mary Leppert In Western medicine, the approach to healthcare typically involves isolating and treating individual organs or systems within the body. This reductionist perspective focuses on specific symptoms or ailments, without considering the interconnectedness of the body as a whole – and the negative affects of how treatment of one independent system can harm ..read more

https://www.calendarfundraising.com/ (714) 928-3894 2041 N Main St. Ste G Santa Ana, CA 92706 by Michael Leppert If you have a child (or yourself) involved in any group effort, be it a sports team, an orchestra, dance ensemble, choir, etc., you know that fundraising is a traditional and important part of the group’s activities. Typical fundraising ..read more

By Greg Kulander, owner of 4 Huntington Learning Centers in CA, UT and OR Huntington is the nation’s leading tutor and test prep provider. Over the past four plus decades, Huntington Learning Center has helped over a million students see positive academic results. Our mission is to give every student the best education possible! We do this through individualized high-dosage tutoring, the gold standard for achieving strong academic gains. Huntington Learning Center is known nationwide as a vital resource for students who need extra study time and attention. Huntington is the only fully accredit ..read more

By Eileen Healy, MA, LMFT “I know I need to teach my child English, math, history, spelling, and the other core subjects but why do I need to worry about teaching him/her about social emotional intelligence?” Social emotional intelligence has been proven to be more important to teach our children than any of the core subjects. Why is that? Our children will need a certain proficiency in their core subjects but need to relate and adapt to the rest of the world outside the home. Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand one’s own emotions and the emotions of others and to respond to th ..read more

Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding (BFSU)By Bernard J. Nebel, Ph.D. Age Range: Grades K-8 and older Topic: Science: 3-book printed text series, 2 grades per book, developing core ideas and conceptual understanding. They enable the teacher/parent to learn science along with the student. Price: Vols I & II $29.95 (cover K-Gr 5) Vol III$34.95 (Gr6-8+) www.pressforlearning.com and BFSUcommunity.com for study enhancements Dr. Nebel, the author of Press for Learning, is an experienced college professor and has authored an early environmental science text published by Prentice-Hall ..read more

By Vicki Watson My daughter and I sat watching the Extreme Cowboy Race at Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio. The participants competed, one by one, in a timed obstacle course. Each began by mounting her horse and running one lap at high speed around the coliseum. A young woman and her Appaloosa, Stormy, were up next. Twenty-year-old Beka Setzer started her first lap, but rather than running, the gelding cantered leisurely around the ring. Inwardly, I was thinking Stormy had no business being in the competition. I was eager to see more action. “Why are they going so slow?” A woman behind me hear ..read more

By Janet Esposito Introduction The 21 missions that comprise California’s Historic Mission Trail along the coastline are a physical timeline of the growth and development of what would later become the state of California. It’s difficult to overstate the influence these missions had on California – not just historically but an influence that continues to reverberate today. In a matter of 54 years, Franciscan missionaries, colonists, and Spanish troops had spread from San Diego to Sonoma to create thriving agricultural communities which would become the largest cities in the state, including Lo ..read more

By Diane Flynn Keith, https://www.homefires.com/ At this stage of my life, I don’t have much respect for schooling – especially high school.  I surprise myself sometimes with my irreverence.   I just think there’s a whole lot more that young adult people are capable of doing than sitting at a desk all day regurgitating facts and figures from standardized textbooks. In my role as a homeschool coach and mentor, I’m seeing more parents and teens themselves who are fed up with high school. They’re leaving “Lord of the Flies High” to seek sanctuary from the physical, intellectual, an ..read more

By Jennifer Nairne Autism Spectrum Disorders is a phrase used to describe a range of complex developmental disabilities, usually “classic” autism, Asperger syndrome, and “atypical autism”. Although different people may exhibit symptoms with similar features, for reasons not yet understood, the degree of severity can vary drastically. Behavioral problems and repetitive actions are typical to many, but challenges in communicating in socializing are shared by nearly every individual “on the spectrum”. About 1 in every 88 American children is on the autism spectrum, according to the U.S. Centers f ..read more