by Debbie Mason | Nov 14, 2022 | Fall 2022, GREENHOUSE
Fall2022/Dava Banner Time management: Is it a recipe for a perfect life? No, but it sure moves you closer. Time management requires some thinking ahead. Do you need to plan out your whole day, week, or month? Not necessarily, just watch for the areas you struggle with...
by Debbie Mason | Nov 7, 2022 | Fall 2022, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2022/Matthew McDill In another world, in the land of Skree, a boy struggles with his writing assignment. Janner sat on the front steps with his journal in his lap, staring out past the trees. Nia [his mother] had asked him to write a book report on In the Age of...
by Debbie Mason | Oct 31, 2022 | Fall 2022, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2022/Diane Helfrich I recently heard a talk with an analogy that caused me to pause and take note. What if you received a bicycle but weren’t allowed to ride it until you completed a course of instruction? You had to learn the history of bikes, the theory behind...
by Debbie Mason | Oct 23, 2022 | Fall 2022, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2022/Davis Carman The Slow and Steady Trend of Grade InflationI remember being a teacher’s assistant when I was in graduate school at Purdue University back in 1984. The professor listed all the students’ raw scores (based on a 100-point scale) as a histogram to...
by Debbie Mason | Oct 16, 2022 | Fall 2022, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2022/Laura Adams My mother began homeschooling me in 1999. Though I graduated in 2012, she is still homeschooling my youngest sibling. Now I homeschool my children. As a result of my background, I’ve known many homeschoolers. The best of them had a few key...
by Debbie Mason | Oct 10, 2022 | Fall 2022, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2022/Amy Sloan “How do we homeschool preschool?” One of the most common questions I see in the online homeschooling space comes from excited mamas eager to find the best curriculum for homeschooling their preschoolers. I remember well that eager feeling as a new...
