Inside: Eclectic homeschool curriculum focused on bringing out the best in children, maximizing their strengths, and giving them confidence that they can always learn what they need to be successful in life. “All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.” — Sir Walter Scott …
Category: Mind Tools
Navy Seals, Homemade Peanut Butter, and the Power of Play: A Brief History of Our Homeschooling
Inside: Our philosophy of homeschooling and how we make homeschooling work for us. “Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students?” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I never dreamed I would be a homeschooling mom. The idea was preposterous to me. But then I…
5 Secrets to Doing More Activities with Your Kids
Inside: Learn five secrets to doing more activities with your children, including how your kid’s mind works and why it’s important. You know that doing activities with your children is important for bonding and fun. To that end, you search Pinterest for slime recipes and Google “best kids’ activities” during the few spare…
This is why your kids are out of sorts, science-backed
Inside: Your kids are out of sorts and you don’t understand why? Look at what science has to say about the real reason so many kids are out of sorts today. It should have been easy. A simple request from me, “Don’t give your booger to a baby. She will eat it.” (When you…
How to Be a More Present Mom (in 15 Minutes a Day)
Inside: Three simple strategies to be a better mom in 15 minutes a day. It will help you slow down and just be there with your kids without doing anything or thinking of things on your to-do list. When I first became a mom, I spent hours sitting on the floor watching my children play.…
How to praise kids better
Inside: this previously members-only resource will help you give up your “good job” habit and teach you how to praise kids better. A 19-page pdf “101 alternatives to inspire kids’ minds” is available as printable. You want to say something nice about the picture your child has just made. Your child’s eager eyes are looking…
This powerful mind-shift will make you a better parent
Inside: If you’ve been wondering how to reinforce certain behaviors in your kids (i.e. putting the toys away, doing the dishes, …) without nagging and coming off as a bad guy, here is a powerful mind shift that will take you there. It will make you a better parent. The “bra-ta-tat, bra-ta-tat” sound of a…
The Alchemy of Learning: Five Secret Ingredients and Five Things to Stop Doing Today to Unleash True Learning
Nothing has been taught unless it has been learned. Real learning is a transformative process. It’s a magic combination of motivation, inspiration, understanding, and assimilating. I link it to alchemy, the medieval forerunner of chemistry based on the idea of transformation, change so dramatic that the final product is something entirely different from the…
Which Alligator is the Closest (a Technique for Busy Moms)
In the last five minutes, my kids have made their way from the back door to the bathroom and back again leaving fat muddy imprints of their bare feet all over the floor. Twice! The baby is eating lunch. Her idea of eating is to grab food in her chubby fist and smear it…
