Today, April 10, is Encourage a Young Writer Day. Take some time throughout the next week to celebrate and inspire your distance learning writer. Here are four fun ways to encourage your student to expand writing skills.
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Tips to Help Your Student Develop a Healthy Sleep Routine
Sleep can make or break a day for students, depending on how much rest they get at night. A recent study published in Medical Xpress found that homeschooled teens generally get more sleep than students who attend public or private high schools. If you plan your student's academic day reasonably around his or her sleep schedule, distance learning can have a similar impact on your child's sleep routine.
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New Facebook Group Connects ICA Parents and Teachers
This fall, we have had many requests for a place where parents can build relationships with teachers and other ICA parents. In response to this request, we have created the ICA Parent Teacher Partnership Facebook page. This is a closed group with a mission to partner with parents and build relationships between the home and school that ensure the education of the whole child via an academically excellent, Bible-based education.
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10 Common-Sense Ways to Prepare Your Student for College
Online school is a great way to prepare your student for college. Teaching self-discipline, motivation, and accountability, online school lays the groundwork for independent learning which is necessary to succeed in college. While picking colleges to apply to is the common first step, there are many ways to help your student prepare for this next chapter in his life. [Read more…]
10 Tips for Teaching Your Student Respect
Bullying is ugly. When a student stands by and let's another child be bullied, he is in fact condoning that behavior. Fear of becoming a fellow target or not knowing how to control the situation are several reasons students stay silent. (Warning signs of bullying to look for in your student.) [Read more…]
Tips for Healthy Eating during the Holidays (and Every Day)
Lessons aren't found just in a textbook; they are also real life experiences. Healthy living is subject better learned hands on. While knowing daily intake of calories and major food groups is helpful, it's the physical action of caring for the body with nutrition and exercise that matters in the end. [Read more…]
Websites for Teaching about Native American Month
Ah, November, the month of Thanksgiving, turkey dinners, and college football games. Yet centuries ago early American were establishing colonies, traveling over dangerous seas, and exploring the unknown. It's hard to think back a few hundred years and appreciate how our ancestors came to America and what they did to live in the New World.
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Student Writing Prompts by Grade Level
November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNo, its affectionately shortened name. Most students today would tell you they prefer texting and emailing to long form writing such as essays and research papers. [Read more…]
U.S. Military Website Resources for Students
Veteran's Day is next week. This year, the official observation of this federal holiday will be November 12, 2012. Last year, we looked at 4 ways to combine Veteran's Day and schoolwork. This year, we wanted to share helpful online resources for teaching your online learner about the U.S. military. [Read more…]
Fun Ideas for Teaching Government to Kids
You can definitely tell when it's a presidential election year in the U.S. This year is no exception. With all the debates, campaign ads, and riled up posts on social media, one can't help but be exposed to the democratic government force from all sides. The question is does your young student understand everything going on? [Read more…]
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