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Lee Binz

Thursday, 18 October 2012

SAT Entirely in Aramaic?

High School Tests

High school testing is a subject that interests many of my clients. There is something about seeing an acronym of letters that makes homeschooling parents nervous. Never fear! Prepping for and taking the SAT is not a scary thing. Today Jennifer Karan, Executive Director of the SAT Program at CollegeBoard.com shares more reasons why we should lower our misconceptions of the SAT. Three Misconceptions about the SATBy: Jennifer Karan, Executive Director of SAT Program at the College Board®Though...

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How Do I Avoid Homeschool Burnout?

Sage Advice Uncategorized

I was talking with a homeschool mom at the pool - "talking" is the very loosest sense of the word. I had just swam 20 minutes of crawl stroke, and I was incredibly short of breath. The other mom said that she avoids such fatigue by alternating crawl stroke and breast stroke. What a genius! Now to be truthful, the real reason I was short of breath is because I'm out of shape. But let's put...

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High School Subjects That Just Don't Work

High School HS Electives

My kids love to read, and many times I was able to change a "most hated" subject into something they would tolerate – like art! We managed to survive art class by reading about art.My strategy didn't always work, however. I had two stabs at state history, and neither attempt was successful. We tried reading literature about our state, Washington. Perhaps I just never found quality literature about my state. For some reason, books about state...

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Christmas School!

Sage Advice

When our kids were in high school, we cut WAY back during December. We just did the very CORE subjects, doing just the things that needed to be done in order to make progress during the year. That means we worked on math and foreign language every day, mostly. They loved reading, so nothing I could do would make them stop reading their beloved books. It was fun for them.The entire month of December we did...

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This Is My Guinea Pig...

College Admission College Prep Grades & Credits Recommendations Younger Students

Becky asked me to look over her high school plan for 9th grade, as she is trying to prepare her son for college, adding "This is my guinea pig...my first of 4 to go this far so I'd appreciate advice from those who have been here. "Dear Becky,Be brave! Your plan sounds wonderful to me, but you know best - you really do! Sonlight 100 is great, Apologia Biology is wonderful. Reading and writing is critical,...