As the summer ramps up and the fall year approaches, many parents are wondering how to best prepare their children for going back to school during this still uncertain time. The deadly pandemic and a year-and-a-half of virtual classes has taken its toll on a lot of students, and returning to in-person classes may reawaken …
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In January, we surveyed 1,020 independent tutors on Wyzant about the effects of the pandemic on student learning.
Homeschooling your kids may seem like the perfect solution at first, until you realize it’s not that easy to engage a bunch of 6-year-olds for longer than 5 minutes at a stretch. So you might be in search of creative homeschool ideas to make homeschooling fun and boost their engagement. Even with older kids, creating …
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When it comes to homeschooling, there are no lack of options, opinions, and misconceptions. Homeschooling has changed over the past few years, that much is true. Long considered a radical alternative to traditional public schooling, homeschooling is fast becoming introduced to many families in the US. There are already many students — around 2 million …
If you’re new to the world of homeschooling, you’ll have to adjust your daily routines to make room for learning. Time management is the ability to use your time (in this case, your whole family’s) effectively. For homeschooling, managing everything that needs to be done in a day calls for good organization and prep, a …
If you’re anything like many parents struggling with education at home, your day may look like this: your 3rd grade daughter is having problems with multiplication; your 5th grade son is wondering how ½ is bigger than ¼ when 4 is bigger than 2; and you’ve forgotten most of what you learned about those topics …
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Now that the fall back-to-school season has officially arrived, parents are feeling the need to find the right ways to educate their kids while ensuring their safety. Even if schools reopen, sending kids back might not be the best solution as it puts them at risk even with proper safety measures in place. A lot …
Heading into the 2020-21 school year, the term that keeps popping up is uncertainty. At a time when everyone usually settles back into a familiar routine, students, parents, teachers, and administrators alike are now unsure of themselves. Confused or conflicted about how to manage the time needed for homeschool, school districts can’t seem to figure …
On July 30th, 2020, Wyzant hosted a free live Q&A with professional homeschooling educators. Hosted by President Elaine Richards, our panel answered questions from the Wyzant community about a topic on the minds of many families in the US as the pandemic puts back-to-school plans in flux: how can you be sure homeschooling is right …
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You’re considering hiring a tutor because your child need some help with education at home. The purpose of a tutor is to give private, personalized instruction to accelerate learning, increase retention, and improve academic performance. But there’s more to consider about the power of tutoring for homeschooling families than that. For all the resources and …
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