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The Search for End-of-Semester Motivation

April 22, 2013 by Gwyn Ridenhour 4 Comments

We all get there. Here it is, April, and we can taste summer on our lips. Even in North Dakota where we’re still under about a foot of snow, we feel the promise of 50 degrees and sunshine next week, and we really do believe that sunny days and green grass are in store for… [Read More]

Filed Under: How to Homeschool Tagged With: motivation in school, Spring fever

A Plethora of Projects

October 24, 2011 by Gwyn Ridenhour 7 Comments

Well friends, this has been a very busy couple of weeks around the ‘ole Ridenhour household. In addition to a family vacation to Disney and Harry Potter World a week ago (thanks Mom and Dad!), we’ve each been up to our eyeballs in projects that are gaining momentum and garnering various degrees of success. We’ve… [Read More]

Filed Under: Computer Science, English, Entrepreneurship, How to Homeschool, Leadership/Public Speaking, Project-Based Learning, Robotics Tagged With: Animal Attack

Raising an Author

October 7, 2011 by Gwyn Ridenhour 9 Comments

Last week I talked about raising my rock star son and highlighted 5 informal goals that help me do it. This week I will plug my daughter’s studies into those points, primarily to illustrate that these goals are applicable to many interests and abilities. In general, when I’m creating our home education environment, I take… [Read More]

Filed Under: English, Entrepreneurship, How to Homeschool, Leadership/Public Speaking

Raising a Rock Star

September 30, 2011 by Gwyn Ridenhour 5 Comments

As many of you know, my son Ian (now 11) is a consummate musician. He’s been a dedicated rock star ever since the ripe old age of two. Although his main involvement in music is through his drum kit, he also sings, plays marimba, a bit of piano, and composes his own pieces. Keeping a… [Read More]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship, How to Homeschool, Mentorships, Music

Back to (Home) School

August 10, 2011 by Gwyn Ridenhour 8 Comments

This morning while I was drinking my morning cup of caffeine fabulousness, I spotted my first Canadian geese heading south for the winter. There were 7 of them. Since living in North Dakota, I have learned that the first goose migration sighting doesn’t mean that snow is on the horizon; in fact the geese will… [Read More]

Filed Under: Envisioning, Homeschool 101, How to Homeschool

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