Category Archives: Middle School

Jun. 4, 2024

The Top Summer Reading List For Middle Schoolers

By Shawna Wingert

This summer reading list for middle schoolers has everything you need for a wonderful summer of reading. Continue reading →

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Apr. 1, 2022

Practical Ways to Help Students Enjoy Poetry

By Rhonda Helmreich

Enjoy these practical ways to help your student (from preschool through high school!) enjoy poetry. Continue reading →

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Mar. 13, 2019

Build a Working Arm Muscle: A Science Activity Tutorial

By Gina Munsey

An observational approach is terrific for nature study, but doesn’t quite do the trick when it comes to anatomy, does it? It can be challenging to adequately teach about muscles and bones, when all the moving parts all hidden away … Continue reading →

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Dec. 3, 2018

Homeschooling Pre-teen Boys: 8 Guidelines That Bring Peace

By Heather Mills Schwarzen

It’s happening before my very eyes: my charming, compliant adolescent son is being replaced by a slightly less appealing version—a version that bristles at instruction and grits his teeth at disliked tasks. To be blunt, homeschooling my pre-teen boy is not … Continue reading →

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Oct. 3, 2018

Give Your Teen the Gift of Independent Learning by Homeschooling

By Heather Mills Schwarzen

Several years back, when one of my older daughters was wading into her first semester of college, she called and thanked me. Not for passing on great recipes, showing her how to wash her own clothes, or allowing her to … Continue reading →

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Mar. 23, 2016

What's New: Sonlight F (Eastern Hemisphere) now book-based, too

By Guest Post

As John and Sarita's daughter, I can say that Sonlight F – Eastern Hemisphere – most accurately shows the heart of my parents. They long for the Church to be a house of prayer for all nations. They long for … Continue reading →

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