Election Day & Leadership
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 marks the historic day for the 58th quadrennial US Presidential Election. For many citizens in the United States (as well as around the world), it’s an exciting day for each...
View ArticleThoughts on Perfectionism
Recently, my Oak Meadow colleagues and I have received inquiries from home teachers regarding their child’s desire for perfectionism and the many frustrations that accompany this need. Working with...
View ArticleThe Thanksgiving Holiday
Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Native American saying For those of you who celebrate the upcoming holiday… Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a thumbprint in history which...
View ArticleWorld Read Aloud Day
The Commission on Reading stated in a report, Becoming a Nation of Readers, that “THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY for building knowledge for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to...
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Planning for Success: Using a Weekly Planner to Find the Rhythm in Your...
by DeeDee Hughes, Director of Curriculum Development at Oak Meadow How many times have you planned your day in your head, only to forget half of what you wanted to do? Or maybe, like me, you make...
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You’re the Expert!
Have you ever wondered how homeschooling works for ordinary parents? It’s true: Most of us do not have advanced degrees in education or child development. Most of us are just ordinary people who went...
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The Late-Awakened Heart
So I’m reading The Heart of Learning and love it, but I’m also left with a feeling of failure. I feel like I failed my 9 and 5 year olds. My 1.5 year old, too, but I still have time with her. Anyone...
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Where’d Ya See That?
Photo credit: Lucy Enge(Oak Meadow Archives) Recently one of my students found it interesting to support her ideas about music by submitting some examples in YouTube videos that she found on the...
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A Day to Remember: Memorial Day
Memorial Day, celebrated in the United States on the last Monday of May, is a day in which we honor those men and women (and service dogs) that died while serving the country in the United States armed...
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Stamp Collecting!
“The word ‘philatelist’ means a person who practices philately or stamp collecting. It comes from the French word ‘philatelie’, which was derived from the Greek words ‘philos’, meaning loving, and...
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