This article is in collaboration with Essentials in Writing. Essentials in Writing is a complete language arts curriculum with a primary focus on composition. It was founded and created by Matthew Stephens, a former middle school English teacher. Students will learn to become confident, effective writers by watching Mr. Stephens present brief lessons in a step-by-step … Read more
Today is day 3 of the Teaching Creatively Blog Hop! I hope you have been enjoying reading about our first 2 topics, Delight-Directed Teaching and Schooling in the Kitchen! This week, 80+ members of the Schoolhouse Review Crew are sharing their tips, ideas, and inspiration for bringing more creativity to homeschooling. Today, we are sharing … Read more
Welcome back to our Teaching Creatively Blog Hop. This week, 80+ members of the Schoolhouse Review Crew are sharing their tips, ideas, and inspiration for bringing more creativity to homeschooling. Today, the focus is on Schooling in the Kitchen. You may be imagining a family doing copywork and math worksheets sitting at the kitchen … Read more
TouchMath is a multisensory program that was born from one educator’s experience in the classroom with kids struggling to connect the concrete (3 of an object in front of them) to the abstract (the written number 3.) She created numerals that have counting points (“TouchPoints”) on them corresponding with the number being learned, so the … Read more
Welcome to the first day of our Teaching Creatively Blog Hop. For the next 5 days, 80+ members of the Schoolhouse Review Crew will be sharing their tips, ideas, and inspiration for bringing more creativity to homeschooling. Today, the focus is on teaching to the passions and interests of your children with Delight-Directed Teaching. … Read more