Posts Tagged ‘Linda Dobson’
Potato Salad and Other Learning Lifestyle Teaching Aids
Potato Salad and Other Learning Lifestyle Teaching Aids By Linda Dobson When was the last time you made a list of all the things you do well? If you haven't done so since grade school, or have never done it at all, get out a pen and piece of paper. Include all of your skills, not just academically related ones. Be specific: Instead of writing [...]
Libraries Still Keep Homeschooling Affordable for Families
Libraries Still Keep Homeschooling Affordable for Families By Linda Dobson When I was homeschooling three kiddos, we loved our library in Saranac Lake, New York. I'd keep track of the grand total of books we checked out - only by number of books, not names. When it came time to return the books, it was almost routine to gather, say, 42 books, [...]
3 Secrets from the Homeschooling Lifestyle to Help Your Child Learn
3 Secrets from the Homeschooling Lifestyle to Help Your Child Learn By Linda Dobson Chances are you're reading this post to find out what you need to do to or for your child to improve his academic and/or homeschooling success. Are you ready for a big secret? The reality is that much of what is necessary for your child's betterment depends [...]
What’s So Good about Homeschooling and In-Depth Learning?
What's So Good about Homeschooling and In-Depth Learning? By Linda Dobson What is your child interested in? Legos, dinosaurs, fashion, cars, video games, electric guitar? It's hard to image a homeschooling child studying any of these topics as a condition of optimal learning, but then children are always full of surprises, aren't [...]
Help Your Child Find “Flow” In Homeschooling
Help Your Child Find "Flow" In Homeschooling By Linda Dobson During over thirty years of trying to answer the question, "What makes a life useful and worth living?" Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (no, I can't help you pronounce it!) has studied humans around the globe. His work is beneficial for homeschooling parents who see education's [...]
