by Oliver DeMille
“Dad, can you read to me more?” Meri asked me.
Surprised, I looked up from my book and responded, “Oh, sure.”
I took the book she was reading and read a chapter aloud to her. When I finished, I handed her [...]
Here are some ideas for summer reading!Check these titles out at the library or on amazon.*
Be your own judge and check out others’ comments about a title to see if it might be a fit for you and your kids! Links are provided to help you “Look Inside,” [...]
By Oliver DeMille
“Why don’t you ever tell stories about me in your books and blogs, Dad?”
“What do you mean?” I asked. “I tell stories about all the kids.”
“Not me,” Sara said. “At least not very much. You tell only a few minor things [...]
By Oliver DeMille
“Wow!”
“Excellent!”
“So true!”
“Right on!”
Sometimes you experience something so excellent you just have to share it.
For this week’s issue of The Weekly Mentor, I want to share a TED speech by Ken Robinson.
You just have to see this. Take a few minutes and [...]
By Oliver DeMille
“Wow!”
“Excellent!”
“So true!”
“Right on!”
Sometimes you experience something so excellent you just have to share it.
For this week’s issue of The Weekly Mentor, I want to share a TED speech by Ken Robinson.
You just have to see this. Take a few minutes and [...]
Dear TJEd Friends,
We normally reserve the use of this forum for our blogs, and for announcements of services and offerings that relate especially to education in homes, families and forward-thinking schools. Please indulge us a slight expansion on that purpose today, in order to make you aware of a [...]
By Oliver DeMille
At the beginning of the year I wrote two articles suggesting that the most important thing parents can do during the winter months to help their kids’ education was to read important books as a family in the evenings (or in classrooms, during the afternoons).
For [...]
I thought this article was so good that I’m posting it as this week’s Weekly Mentor!
“Have American Parents Got It All Backwards?” by Christine Gross-Loh>>
And, here’s an additional article, by my wife Rachel:
The Scripps National Spelling [...]
We are living through
a LeaderShift, and parents are at the very center of this major change.
This is true of all parents, and it is espeically true of those who homeschool or want to help their kids get a leadership education.
But just what is a LeaderShift?
As Orrin [...]
By Oliver DeMille
Once again in 2013 we have a new focus in feminism.
Years ago, feminism stood for the rights of women, and later an emphasis on women being treated the same as men.
Then came the time when feminism was all about career options for women, and finally [...]
