Homeschoolers

Mimi Rothschild Asks: How to Teach Preschoolers to Memorize the Ten Commandments

Posted by Mimi Rothschild on April 13, 2010 at 2:20 pm

How to Teach Preschoolers to Memorize the Ten Commandments by Denise Oliveri Children need to learn the Ten Commandments. It says in Deuteronomy 6:7 “And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children and shalt talk of them.” Preschoolers are very visual. They learn better by seeing things as well as being told. If you [...]

Mimi Rothschild’s Free Online Homeschooling Christian Resources

Posted by Mimi Rothschild on April 10, 2010 at 10:24 pm

As a celebration of our 10th year of providing online homeschooling programs, we are giving away a whole bunch of FREE birthday presents to you! Radio Grace located at www.RadioGrace.org is a Christian radio station that streams Worship, Christian Rock, Contemporary Christian Music and Gospel 24/7/365. The Narnia Academy at www.TheNarniaAcademy.org gives a free series [...]

Mimi Rothschild’s Video Choices for CS Lewis

Posted by Mimi Rothschild on April 9, 2010 at 3:26 pm

C.S Lewis’s surviving BBC radio address C.S. Lewis explains Narnia C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien on the path to religion C.S. Lewis Lectures on the Novels of Charles Williams Mimi Rothschild

Handwriting? Or Calligraphy?

Posted by Mimi Rothschild on June 2, 2009 at 10:58 am

Should your students learn handwriting? There are those who say that there is no longer any point to learning to write beautifully. Our children, like the others of their generation…

Teaching Your Children to be Workers

Posted by Mimi Rothschild on March 23, 2009 at 11:02 am

-by Mimi Rothschild Whether you’re brand new to home schooling, or you’re a veteran, you know how much work goes into each day. Between schoolwork, housework, and balancing the role of wife, mother and educator, it can be downright exhausting at times. So why not teach your children to be workers along with you? It [...]

Addressing People Who Are Anti-Home School

Posted by Mimi Rothschild on March 13, 2009 at 2:30 pm

-by Mimi Rothschild It is certain that at least once since making the decision to educate your children at home, you have been admonished by someone who does not agree with the concept of home schooling. Likely it has happened more than once. And the truth is, it will probably happen plenty more times before [...]

Memorization

Posted by hmandel on December 18, 2008 at 12:43 pm

-by Mimi Rothschild Is it better to memorize information, or to have lots of hands-on learning so the information is fully understood? The answer is a definite “It depends.” Human brains were designed by God to understand fully. We’re not as good at memorizing things as we are at learning them – that is, at [...]

Pine Cone Lessons

Posted by hmandel on December 10, 2008 at 9:18 am

-by Mimi Rothschild When you go to cut your Christmas tree, send the kids around to gather up a good sack of pine cones as well. Use them for some fun, hands-on lessons. Make a pine cone bird feeder.  This is a satisfyingly messy project. Before you begin, do some research with your students to [...]

What Grade Are You In?

Posted by hmandel on November 25, 2008 at 8:26 am

-by Mimi Rothschild When an adult meets a child, it is very likely that the first question asked will be, “What grade are you in?” For our homeschool students, the answer might be, “I’m in first grade reading, fourth grade math, and everything else is second grade” or “I get to go at my own [...]

Parent Learning: A Homeschool Side Benefit

Posted by hmandel on November 19, 2008 at 8:07 am

-by Mimi Rothschild When we think of homeschooling’s benefits, we usually think of the opportunity to provide a first-class education at much less than the cost of a typical private school, the chance each child has to work at his or her own pace and in the best way for that particular child, or the [...]