Nov 26, 2018 | Engaging Education, Jess Woods
Reading is imperative! Joseph Addison, a 17th century English poet and playwright, said that, “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” It is a truth that is universal, spanning time and space. Studying novels and longer pieces of work (like plays) is an...
Nov 12, 2018 | Becky Frank, Engaging Education
AS HOMESCHOOL PARENTS, WE HAVE A LOT OF DECISIONS TO MAKE REGARDING CURRICULUM AND CLASSES. Do I teach a subject myself, or do I outsource it? This a big question to answer. There are a number of subjects that many parents find difficult to teach. Math and science,...
Nov 5, 2018 | Diana Lamolinara, Engaging Education
Projects are one way to teach culture and language in the foreign language classroom. In my Spanish 1 class, students had to do a Spanish-speaking country wiki project, and one of the things they were asked to do was to find a few facts about the country they were...
Oct 29, 2018 | Engaging Education, Gina Duss
We all agree that one of the best ways to learn a foreign language is to completely immerse yourself in the country where that language is spoken, right? After all, the goal of an immersion program is that you eat, sleep, breath, and otherwise operate in the target...
Oct 24, 2018 | Engaging Education, Jenny Cutler
Imagine with me… You love literature. You have beautiful dreams of sharing read aloud books with your children and purchasing lovely editions of the classics that they gobble up as greedily as nachos on Friday night. You can’t wait to introduce them to all your...
