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Plain-English writing on homeschooling K–5: scope and sequence, record keeping, what a lesson looks like, teaching in Spanish or Portuguese, and what it costs.
Ciencia en la mesa de la cocina, sin laboratorio
Ciencia en casa para niños sin comprar nada: la idea que sostiene todo K–5, ocho experimentos con cosas de la cocina y qué anotar.
· 9 min · Español
Ciências na mesa da cozinha, sem laboratório
Ciências em casa para crianças sem comprar nada: a ideia que sustenta todo o K–5, oito experimentos com coisas da cozinha e o que anotar.
· 9 min · Português
¿Cuánta práctica de matemáticas al día hace falta?
De kínder a 5.º grado: por qué los minutos son la medida equivocada, cuántos ejercicios al día son razonables y cuándo practicar más no sirve.
· 8 min · Español
Florida PEP Scholarship for Homeschool Curriculum
How Florida's PEP education savings account works, what counts as instructional materials, and how to keep receipts a reimbursement will survive.
· 7 min · English
Gramática que aparece de verdade na escrita
Seu estudante acha o substantivo e ainda escreve parágrafos sem ponto. Como ensinar gramática inglesa para que ela chegue até a escrita dele.
· 8 min · Português
Gramática que sí se aplica al escribir
Su estudiante identifica el sustantivo y aun así escribe párrafos sin punto final. Así se enseña gramática inglesa para que pase a la escritura.
· 8 min · Español
Grammar That Actually Shows Up in Their Writing
Your student can label a noun and still write a page of run-ons. Here is how to teach grammar so it transfers: sentence work, combining, and revision.
· 8 min · English
Homeschool em português para famílias brasileiras
Para brasileiros na Flórida e em Massachusetts: como manter seus estudantes alfabetizados em português enquanto estudam nos Estados Unidos.
· 8 min · Português
Homeschool Record Keeping Without the Dread
Attendance, portfolios and progress notes, explained simply. What high-regulation states tend to ask for, and a weekly habit that takes ten minutes.
· 8 min · English
Homeschooling in Spanish, or in Two Languages
What bilingual homeschool families actually struggle with — academic Spanish, literacy in both, mixed-level siblings — and how a parallel curriculum helps.
· 8 min · English
How Much Homeschooling Really Costs
An honest breakdown of homeschool costs, what we charge, and the cases where we are not the cheapest option and you should pick something else.
· 8 min · English
How Much Math Practice Does a Third Grader Need?
A practical answer for K-5: why minutes are the wrong unit, how many problems a day is reasonable per grade, and when more practice is the wrong fix.
· 8 min · English
Lê as palavras mas não compreende
Seu estudante lê bem mas não compreende. Por que decodificar e compreender são coisas diferentes, como saber o que falta e o que fazer toda semana.
· 8 min · Português
Lee las palabras pero no comprende
Su estudiante lee bien pero no comprende. Por qué decodificar y comprender son dos cosas distintas, cómo saber cuál falta y qué hacer cada semana.
· 8 min · Español
Quanta prática de matemática por dia é preciso?
Do K ao 5.º ano: por que minutos são a medida errada, quantos exercícios por dia fazem sentido e quando praticar mais não resolve nada.
· 8 min · Português
Reads the Words but Not the Meaning
Your student can read but doesn't comprehend. Why decoding and comprehension are different skills, how to tell which one is missing, and what to do weekly.
· 8 min · English
Science at the Kitchen Table, With Things You Own
Homeschool science without a lab: the one idea that carries K–5, eight experiments using household items, and what to write down.
· 9 min · English
Teaching Multiplication So It Sticks
Why times-table drilling fails, the order multiplication should actually be taught in, and the strategies that turn 100 facts into about a dozen to learn.
· 9 min · English
What a Homeschool Lesson Actually Looks Like
A walk through one real lesson, step by step: Quick Check, Learn It, We Do It Together, You Try, Show What You Know. Forty minutes, scripted.
· 8 min · English
What Is a Scope and Sequence? A Homeschool Guide
A scope and sequence is the list an evaluator asks for: what you taught, in what order, at what level. Here is what goes in one and how to write it.
· 7 min · English
Why We Teach Life Skills, Business and Psychology
Three subjects most K-5 curricula skip entirely. Here is the argument for teaching money, emotions and how the brain learns to young students.
· 8 min · English