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It doesn't require a high level of creativity or skill to teach art at home. Learn how you can teach art to your children without a fine arts degree.

How Should I Teach Art?

About Jean Soyke

Jean Soyke is a certified elementary educator with specialties in math and curriculum development. She taught in both public and private schools before homeschooling her four children, grades K-12.

April 18, 2016

It doesn't require a high level of creativity or skill to teach art at home. Learn how you can teach art to your children without a fine arts … [Read more...] about How Should I Teach Art?

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A mother and her two daughters homeschool together.

How to Homeschool Multiple Children

About Gretchen Roe

Gretchen Roe educated her children at home for 21 years. With a degree in child development, she laughingly says it was not necessarily helpful for raising her own six children. She owned her own business for 15 years, as well as being involved in several nonprofit boards. She has spent the last 10 years in positions of homeschool advocacy and comes to Demme Learning as a Placement Specialist. She loves the outdoors, all things furry, and is in the process of learning farming and beekeeping skills.

April 15, 2016

Have any of you ever seen those booths where they turn on a high-powered fan and you try and catch the money that is swirling around you? That is … [Read more...] about How to Homeschool Multiple Children

Category iconHomeschooling

Conceptual understanding refers to the notion that a student is not just taught how to do math but also the why behind it.

Conceptual Understanding in Math

About Jean Soyke

Jean Soyke is a certified elementary educator with specialties in math and curriculum development. She taught in both public and private schools before homeschooling her four children, grades K-12.

April 8, 2016

Think back to when you were choosing your math program. As you conducted your research, you probably heard a math program refer to itself as a … [Read more...] about Conceptual Understanding in Math

Category iconMath-U-See

While the Math-U-See program is based on the involvement of an instructor, it can also be a valuable training ground that you can use to equip your student for independent learning.

Can Math-U-See Students Be Independent?

About Jean Soyke

Jean Soyke is a certified elementary educator with specialties in math and curriculum development. She taught in both public and private schools before homeschooling her four children, grades K-12.

April 1, 2016

Is it reasonable to expect a six-year-old to do anything independently? What about a middle-schooler? Can a high school student learn completely on … [Read more...] about Can Math-U-See Students Be Independent?

Category iconMath-U-See

Proponents of math mastery believe that math is learned best when learned incrementally, with one skill building on the next.

Math Mastery vs. Spiral Math

About Jean Soyke

Jean Soyke is a certified elementary educator with specialties in math and curriculum development. She taught in both public and private schools before homeschooling her four children, grades K-12.

March 24, 2016

If you like lively discussions, conduct an internet search for math mastery vs. spiral math. The intensity of the interest in this topic runs at … [Read more...] about Math Mastery vs. Spiral Math

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There are serious misconceptions about pi that really bug me as someone who works with numbers every day.

3.14ish Peeves about Pi

About Isaac Demme

March 14, 2016

As numbers go, π is something of a celebrity. This is especially true today, which has been celebrated since the late 1980s (and officially since … [Read more...] about 3.14ish Peeves about Pi

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We do not do our best by our children if we ignore or minimize art instruction in our homeschooling endeavors.

Why Teach Art at Home?

About Jean Soyke

Jean Soyke is a certified elementary educator with specialties in math and curriculum development. She taught in both public and private schools before homeschooling her four children, grades K-12.

February 26, 2016

Please indulge me for a moment. On a piece of paper (or in your mind), list all of the subjects you are teaching in your homeschool. Now number them … [Read more...] about Why Teach Art at Home?

Category iconArt,  Homeschooling

Spelling You See's five-pages-per-lesson format fits well into the typical school week.

Planning for a Week with Spelling You See

About Jean Soyke

Jean Soyke is a certified elementary educator with specialties in math and curriculum development. She taught in both public and private schools before homeschooling her four children, grades K-12.

February 12, 2016

While Spelling You See is a completely different program, based on research as to how children actually learn to spell, its five-pages-per-lesson … [Read more...] about Planning for a Week with Spelling You See

Category iconBack to School,  Spelling You See

Similar to Math-U-See, students move through the Spelling You See program based on their individual skill development, not by grade level.

Why Doesn’t Spelling You See Use Grade Levels?

About Demme Learning

Demme Learning is an independent family-owned and operated publishing company. Based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Demme Learning has been providing innovative learning solutions for homeschoolers, parents and small group learning environments since 1990.

January 15, 2016

If you’re looking at the Spelling You See curriculum for the first time, you’ll see that the levels are designated by letters. Some people immediately … [Read more...] about Why Doesn’t Spelling You See Use Grade Levels?

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