7 Strategies to Keep The Boring Out and Get Kids Interested in Learning

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Exploring Intelligence — Memory

Why is the human brain faster at solving problems than a computer? Why can we engage in simple tasks…

Exploring Intelligence — Creative Minds

Which Part of Our Mind is Not Creative?

Exploring Intelligence — The Neocortex

Get out a deck of playing cards. Take six cards and stack them on top of each other. (Go…

Why Boring Education Hurts Children

You may want your child to do all 100 math problems, even though she did the same kind of…

What is the Matter with Memory?

There has been a movement in modern education against memory. An idea that memorizing facts is entirely…

Turning on the Attention Switch

In the lower back of your brain there is a little system, about the size of your pinky, called the…

Help! I’m Homeschooling High School — A Weapon to Keep Panic at Bay

Three words — Know Your Vision

10 THINGS I’VE LEARNED IN 10 YEARS OF HOME EDUCATION

1. The most important ingredient to a successful homeschool is a…