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Reading Should Count as Schoolwork

Tuesday, 14 August 2018 by TOSBlog

“Reading through the Lord of the Rings should count as schoolwork,” or so said my 13-year-old son just now. Although I don’t plan on letting him follow Frodo and Pippin’s adventures to the exclusion of all else, he does have a point. Long ago, about the time I first devoured the Lord of the

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How to Teach Accountability

Monday, 13 August 2018 by TOSBlog

How do you teach a child to be accountable for their own actions and embrace personal responsibility? Starting young is ideal, but even teens who have been coddled for far too long can learn to be held accountable. 1. Lead by example. It has been said that, when it comes to children, “Much more

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Summer School Days

Friday, 10 August 2018 by TOSBlog

My daughter, Clarissa, has been asking me to teach her to read, off and on, since before she was potty-trained. She constantly asked to start kindergarten this spring, so I spent May planning what I wanted our year together to look like. In June, we officially started kindergarten. I knew that I wanted to

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10 Ways to Learn at the Beach

Thursday, 09 August 2018 by TOSBlog

The beach is a great place to explore. You and your children can have all kinds of learning adventures along the shore, in the tide pools, and climbing the sand dunes. Here are some great ways to learn at the beach: Engineer a Castle that withstands the Waves Here’s a great STEM project: construct