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How to Organize (and survive) Your Homeschool

How to Organize (and survive) Your Homeschool

Did your morning start off with an organized and tidy little cubby and a stack of neat papers and then a few hours later, your house looks like a tornado came through it? How to organize: the essentials How do you begin to organize your homeschool? The way you organize your school for homeschooling is solely up to you and your individual family needs. Here are some ways we have organized our schooling areas over the years that have helped…

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How to Handle ENTJ/INTJ Children:

How to Handle ENTJ/INTJ Children:

Dealing with an INTJ Child (Introverted/Intuitive/Thinker/Judger) (Extroverted/Intuitive/Thinker/Judger) MBTI Website: https://www.16personalities.com/intj-personality Do you find your INTJ/ENTJ child asking or saying… “What is the plan for tomorrow?” “If I do that, then this will happen.” “That is inefficient.” “When I’m an adult, I plan on…” – Our 10 year old Our INTJ Academic Monster… …sometimes drives us crazy. Some days we aren’t sure we can keep up. He struggles to tie his shoes but he can complete algebra questions. He saved up…

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How to Help Your ADHD Child Learn

How to Help Your ADHD Child Learn

The frustrated parent and relearning what “learning” is for the ADHD child: The way your ADHD child learns is different, not wrong… I was casually sitting on the couch one afternoon on a day off from work when I looked up from my book and saw two feet bicycling in the air in front of me behind our large red foot rest. There was a steady and peppy whistling accompanying the feet riding round and round. I proceeded to peer…

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How to Survive a Voracious Reader

How to Survive a Voracious Reader

Help! My child reads everything… ….Your advanced reader who just can’t. stop. devouring. books…. an advanced reader – A child who reads will be an adult who thinks…. For years, our now ten-year-old son (MBTI – INTJ) who is an advanced reader went to the library with us and got the same side-glances from so many onlookers and librarians, “you read what and you are how old?” This began our tireless quest for just one more book and one more…

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