by Pennie Sempell

ADHD is the most common psychiatric childhood disorder in the USA and it is increasing globally, with use of stimulants drugs on the rise since the early 1990s.

 “I CAN’T CONTROL MY KID!!” - Part II
by Steven David Horwich

This is an extension of the fifth article in a series answering hard questions dealing with homeschooling.   We’re dealing with this question:

- Some children may be a handful for the family to “handle”.

by Josh Rappaport

Everyone who teaches math knows it’s easy for students to make mistakes. After all, there’s often just one way to get a math problem right, but many ways to get it wrong.

And in addition, the more steps a problem has, the greater the chances for making a mistake. When you consider all of this, doesn’t it seem miraculous that anyone ever gets a math problem right?!

by Ms.Tirtza Koren Gal

As homeschooling parents, we focus most of our attention on keeping our homeschool curricula interesting and engaging for our homeschool students. Many of us, however, forget that we are also a critical element, and that our enjoyment and engagement in the process directly affects the learning experience of our young charges.

by Jean Burk

Years ago, deciding whether to take the SAT or ACT wasn’t even an issue. Back then, the ACT was traditionally required by colleges in the Midwest, and the SAT was the test of choice for the South and both east and west coasts. Now the majority of universities in the United States widely accept both SAT and ACT results.  Even if a school prefers one over the other, admissions officers will usually convert the scores interchangeably.

by Sarah Major, M.Ed

As is often the case when we discuss people in terms of classification, we tend to over generalize and label people. This is certainly the case when discussing right- or left-brain dominance. I would love to have a dime for every time I’ve heard someone say, “I’m right brained” or “I’m left brained.” A picture flashes into my head of a hemisphere in the brain running around on little legs and bare feet.

by Barbara Frank
(excerpted from Thriving in the 21st Century: Preparing Our Children for the New Economic Reality)
 
Ultimately, schools have enough on their plates teaching children the three R’s; adding a requirement for insuring that children become computer-literate can often overwhelm even the best schools. So if children don’t learn to use computers in school, where can they learn this vital skill?

by Mike Overly  

Simply stated, music is heard as sound and seen as symbol. The symbols are given names which may create confusion because sometimes a different name is given to the same symbol.

by Pennie Sempell

Are you worried about your child spending too many hours in front of electronic media and the TV?  There is a price to be paid for being glued-to-the-tube (or its modern equivalents). If California is any measure of what is going on in other states, and I suspect that it is, the price is too little time getting the exercise and overall fitness that playing outdoors and doing sports provides. Diet plays a major role as well.

“I CAN’T CONTROL MY KID!!” (Part I)
by Steven David Horwich

This is the fifth article in a series answering hard questions dealing with homeschooling. In article one, we made a brief list of major concerns and objections one might encounter to homeschooling.  Let’s take up the fifth point on that list now.

- Some children may be a handful for the family to “handle”.