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Top 10 ideas for deschooling yourself in 2012

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If you had my experience of growing up in public school in the 70s and 80s, the focus was mostly on memorization and on your weak areas to top it off. My report cards had their satisfactory marks, but always…

Tagged with: deschooling, games for learning, goal-setting, interest-led, learning fun, unschooling
Posted in Communication, Customized Learning, Encouragement, Just for fun, Learning Styles, Teaching Techniques

Beginning to end: turning goals into done

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Every story has a Beginning, Middle and End. So why do we create so many beginnings every Jan. 1 and never finish that story? How many New Year’s Resolutions have you begun, but tossed aside by February or March? Well,…

Tagged with: designing, goal-setting, goals, hands-on, organizing, planning, project-based, projects, visual-picture, visual-print
Posted in Recommended Resources, Teaching Techniques

How to Motivate Your Child to Learn

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Motivation. It’s the sticking point when it comes to whether we find joy in homeschooling or not. Junior doesn’t seem motivated and you’ve switched curriculum five times in an attempt to find the one that works, the one Junior and…

Tagged with: college, goal-setting, goals, homeschooling, motivation, planning, success
Posted in Communication, Customized Learning, Encouragement, Teaching Techniques

Krista English

Certified LearningSuccess™ Coach

Blog Archives

Top 10 ideas for deschooling yourself in 2012

Beginning to end: turning goals into done

How to Motivate Your Child to Learn