By Rachel DeMille|May 28th, 2011|Basic TJEd, Blog, Youth|
Age: (Commonly) 7, 8 or 9ish to 12-13ish—boys often just a little later on both ends. The emphasis here is on Love above Learning. This distinction is only necessary because so many of us have a conveyor belt hangover, and we tend toward duplicating our [...]
By Rachel DeMille|November 29th, 2017|
Our society is currently having a crisis of culture, a crisis of leadership – a crisis of education. And the crux of it – indeed, the solution for it – is found in our youth. Hardly anyone truly does Scholar Phase in today’s educational [...]
By Rachel DeMille|June 22nd, 2011|Basic TJEd, Blog|
Some of the greatest researchers in childhood behavior (Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, and Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore) agree that children pushed academically at an early age tend to burn out early in adulthood, or long before. Young children do soak up learning like a [...]
By Rachel DeMille|June 9th, 2011|Basic TJEd, Blog|
Transition to Scholar is a sub-phase of Love of Learning that deserves special treatment. Pre-adolescents kind of have their foot in both Love and Learning and Scholar worlds, and need to be free to be either/both/neither as the day may be. Age: Transition to Scholar [...]
By Rachel DeMille|June 1st, 2011|Blog|
Age Range: commonly 12-14ish through 17-19ish, often later for boys than for girls Scholar Phase naturally follows for a healthy youth who has an active Core Phase and rich Love of Learning. This transformational time coincides with puberty, and the young person can now think [...]
By Rachel DeMille|January 5th, 2011|
Please click on a title to skip to the article you want; or, simply scroll down the page to view them all in order. Featured Article: Oliver & Rachel DeMille: “Love Changes Everything” Other Features: Resources to Leverage Your Success Love Changes Everything [...]
By Rachel DeMille|June 28th, 2023|Uncategorized|
“Oh my gosh! I’m loving the convention videos! Someone won’t be sleeping tonight…” ~C.D. See the "Description" section below for more testimonials from previous year's participants.
By Rachel DeMille|September 22nd, 2022|Basic TJEd, early childhood education, home school, homeschool, kidschool, mentoring, unschooling|
It's finally here! YSS is our answer for training parents to coach and mentor their kids combined with hands-on project-style content for Love of Learning and Transitioning to Scholar Phase! For years we've talked about what a perfect fit The Young Statesmen/Stateswomen Society [YSS] [...]
By Oliver DeMille|February 4th, 2019|Featured, mentoring, Newsletter, The Weekly Mentor, TJEd Smoothies, TJEd Smoothies, Weekly Mentor|
This post is an excerpt from our e-book, The 5 Habits of Highly Successful Homeschoolers >> Habit 2: Brainstorm a Blank Page “In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” —Albert Einstein Get Specific The First Habit is big, [...]
By Rachel DeMille|October 9th, 2017|Basic TJEd, Blog, event, mentoring, phases of learning, The Weekly Mentor, TJEd Smoothies, you not them|
The TJEd Online Convention is now available by monthly subscription! No deadline stress - just enroll and unsub at your own convenience. Stay for a few months at a time, or just enroll a month now, jump off, and a return some months later for [...]