This year, the state of South Dakota is considering a new requirement for students to pass a citizenship test to be eligible to graduate from high school. If they add the requirement, they will join 17 other states, including Arizona and North Dakota which became the first states to adopt the policy Read More

The conversation about growth mindset versus fixed mindset is an important one for anyone involved in homeschooling a child. These concepts have become more well-known thanks to the research of Dr. Carol Dweck and her colleagues. A world-renowned Stanford University psychologist, Dr. Dweck set out Read More

After the gloomy months of winter, many homeschool parents describe a period that some call the homeschool slump. The excitement of the holidays has long since fizzled out, and depending on where you live, the winter spent inside has possibly made you go a little stir crazy. No matter if you are Read More

We often hear this question from parents: how young is too young to start homeschooling? This is a valuable question to consider, but we first have to stop and reshape the expectations around this question. To set off on the journey of homeschooling means rethinking what it looks like to learn Read More

As more families transition away from traditional cable TV toward streaming options, Hulu holds its own despite being in Netflix’s giant shadow. Setting itself apart from Netflix and Amazon Prime, Hulu boasts the ability to play many current shows the morning after they air on TV, a huge draw to Read More

Many students learn early on about the forms of water (liquid, solid, gas), but the transition between them can remain a mystery. Turn a snow day into a science lesson with this easy experiment from Alpha Omega Publications that tracks the phase change between solid water in the form of snow to Read More