Dec 15, 2022 | Excelsior Classes Information, Online Homeschool, Shanais Strissel
Considering Murder on the Sabbath I doubt most people contemplate murder when they see their church leader out for a stroll on a Sunday afternoon–at least I hope not. Yet, that is exactly what happened to Jesus when walking through a grain field with his...
Dec 15, 2022 | Claire Patton, Excelsior Classes Information, Online Homeschool
While this may shock some people, Historians in academia don’t require students to memorize dates, and you shouldn’t either. This blog post discusses pedagogical reasons for freeing your students from the rote memorization of dates, allowing you to focus on the...
Dec 15, 2022 | Excelsior Classes Information, Kelli Mathews, Online Homeschool
Just like any spoken language, each language is tied to a country, a culture, a people group, a region, and oftentimes even sub-cultures within the same country or region. While no one would be surprised to learn that there are many spoken languages, some may be...
Dec 12, 2022 | Online Homeschool
Can parents work full-time and homeschool their children concurrently? There are many different ways to balance the demands of the workplace and homeschooled students’ educational development. Balancing Work and Homeschooling Whether parents are full-time or part-time...
Mar 9, 2022 | Danielle Guerra, Online Homeschool
Written language allows us to communicate with each other and document our thoughts and understandings for future generations, which is important in industry, academia, and personal life. While people may often associate writing with the creative sphere, writing is a...
Feb 11, 2021 | Elise Fair, Online Homeschool
As a teacher of both English and French over the years, I have often been reading a student’s writing and suddenly asked myself, “Does this sentence even go here?” And quite often, upon further inspection, the answer has been “no.” The truth is, this is a question...