By Alessa|2020-05-27T15:40:19-04:00May 25th, 2020|Categories: Reading|Tags: guided reading level, lexile|
Matching Book Levels to Reading Ability Finding appropriately challenging books for children to read can be, well, a challenge. Because reading levels are measured in different ways, you'll find that the same book may be classified for Read more...
By Alessa|2020-05-27T15:00:33-04:00May 25th, 2020|Categories: Reading, Special Education|Tags: comprehension, DRA reading level, fluency, guided reading level, iReady, lexile, reading level|
As children learn to read, it is important to provide them with optimally challenging reading material. Books that are too hard will cause a child to give up because they can't read the words or understand the sentences. Give Read more...
By Alessa|2020-05-21T15:33:43-04:00May 21st, 2020|Categories: Math, Starting, Testing|Tags: placement test|
Using free online math placement tests can help families pick the best grade level material for their child. [Jump below for a list of free math placement tests from some of the top homeschool math curriculum available.] Print-Out Read more...
By Alessa|2020-05-07T10:04:55-04:00April 21st, 2020|Categories: Starting|Tags: covid19|
Officially withdrawing your child from their brick and mortar school to homeschool for the duration of this pandemic is certainly an option you can consider - BUT parents are encouraged to consider a few points before filing their paperwork. Read more...
By Alessa|2021-09-29T14:57:19-04:00April 20th, 2020|Categories: About|
Alessa Giampaolo Keener homeschooled her two children from kindergarten into college. Throughout her years of homeschooling, she embraced a child-led learning approach, with an emphasis on social-emotional development and community-based learning. With a Masters in Education and a Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-20T13:41:30-04:00April 20th, 2020|Categories: Teaching|Tags: kindergarten, scope and sequence|
By Alessa|2020-05-07T10:06:36-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Psychology|Tags: teaching with movies|
Whether you want to bring your psychology curriculum alive with movies that explore essential concepts - OR - you just want to talk more deeply with your kids about the movies they love to watch, then we've got a Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-19T21:19:25-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Math, Special Education|Tags: algebra|
To teach Algebra 1 or not. It's been a long debate in the homeschool community about whether our kids must take Algebra at some point during their high school years. Parents can find ample advice online insisting that homeschoolers do not have to Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-19T19:38:30-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Gifted Education|Tags: acceleration, college, early college|
Sending your kid off to college has many a parent on edge. Will they eat nutritious meals? Will they remember how to do their laundry? But when your soon-to-be college freshman is under the age of 17, parents face an entirely Read more...
By Alessa|2020-04-19T19:33:55-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: High School|Tags: college, fafsa, financial aid|
If you know that you will qualify of need-based financial aid to pay for college - or hope that you will - you must fill out a FAFSA before you receive any federal grants or loans. The Free Application for Read more...
