by Michelle Caskey | Homeschooling, Lessons
It can be discouraging for parents to develop a homeschool reading program for their sons. Boys are more likely than girls to say that they hate to read. Boys do get excited about reading, though, if it is approached in the right way and if they are given the right... 
by Michelle Caskey | Homeschooling, Lessons, Reviews
Reading great books is an excellent way for our kids to learn about history! And most homeschooling families read lots of books. We are the ones who max out our library cards from the time our children are toddlers. We read books aloud to our kids even after they are... 
by Michelle Caskey | Advice, Homeschooling, Lessons, Parenting
I’m sure we all would love our kids to enjoy reading. Some kids naturally take to reading and some of them don’t. Quite often, when boys claim that they don’t like to read it’s actually because they aren’t enjoying the specific books that... 
by Michelle Caskey | Homeschooling, Lessons
For the past several years, I have read aloud books to my boys at the beginning of each school day. I’ve been doing this ever since I was encouraged to do so by hearing talks by Andrew Pudewa of Institute for Excellence in Writing and Sally Clarkson of Whole... 
by Michelle Caskey | Homeschooling, Lessons, Reviews
When my boys were younger, they enjoyed math. They liked using M&Ms as counters (and being able to eat them afterward.) They enjoyed skip counting while they jumped on our trampoline. And they had a blast playing all sorts of fun math games. Teaching math to... 
by Michelle Caskey | Homeschooling, Lessons, Reviews
Science is one of those homeschool subjects that comes alive when we add in experiments and other hands-on science projects. But sometimes it’s just easier to skip over the experiments and keep on moving through the book. After all, it takes a lot of time to... 
