By Emma|April 18th, 2017|Blog, Book Review, classics, Classics, early childhood education, family, home school, homeschool, kidschool, Language, Leadership, Literature, mentoring, not them, phases of learning, reading, you, you not them|
Giving Your Kids a Head Start by Emma DeMille Cox Listen While You Play A few weeks ago, Ian and I traveled down to my parents' house with our little boys, to do the month's MIC recording on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". We spent several [...]
By Oliver DeMille|October 17th, 2016|Blog, burnout, Burnout, classics, Classics, early childhood education, History of Education, home school, homeschool, kidschool, Leadership, math, mentoring, not them, phases of learning, reading, science, The Weekly Mentor, Weekly Mentor, you not them|
Trapped Sometimes reading a certain article, book, blog, tweet or other idea just … sticks. It resonates. It’s memorable. It makes you think. Or laugh. Maybe it causes you to frown. Or shake your head in surprise. For example, I recently read an article published [...]
By Rachel DeMille|August 3rd, 2016|Blog, burnout, Burnout, classics, Classics, early childhood education, family, Freedom, home school, homeschool, kidschool, Leadership, marriage, mentoring, not them, phases of learning, reading, science, The Weekly Mentor, unschooling, Weekly Mentor, you, you not them|
Living Inspiration The word “inspire” is one of the most powerful in the English language. It contemplates major improvement, massive personal change, and real societal progress—because when a person is inspired, he does things at a whole new level, frequently in entirely new ways. If [...]
By Rachel DeMille|July 31st, 2016|
INTRODUCTION TO TJED RECOGNITIONS WHAT IS TJED? [...]
By Rachel DeMille|June 16th, 2016|Basic TJEd, Blog, burnout, family, mentoring, phases of learning, The Weekly Mentor, TJEd Smoothies|
One of the more common (and most urgent) questions I hear is "How do I start from scratch with an older child?" This is indeed an urgent question; the clock is ticking LOUDLY. We look at the lack of preparation for adult-level experiences such as [...]
By Rachel DeMille|January 7th, 2016|Basic TJEd, Blog|
Leadership Education is not for everyone. And it might not be for you. So be forewarned - there are several reasons why you shouldn't do TJEd.... 1) The TJEd learning model is chaotic and unregimented. TJEd expects too little from the smallest children. It promotes [...]
By Rachel DeMille|August 29th, 2015|
What is the Young Stateswomen/Statesmen Society? (YSS) COMING FALL 2022! Full coaching and curriculum support for YSS families and clubs! To be notified of launch details, complete the form below: First Name * Last Name * Email * Keep Me Posted I. YSS is a [...]
By Rachel DeMille|August 19th, 2015|Blog, early childhood education, family, Leadership, marriage, mentoring, phases of learning, The Weekly Mentor, Weekly Mentor|
by Oliver DeMille Introduction: There were several questions in response to my recent article about using Weekly Interviews with your kids and students in Love of Learning Phase. In fact, these were really good questions, and I think they’ll be helpful for everyone. Here they [...]
By Rachel DeMille|May 19th, 2015|Blog, Freedom, history, History of Education, Leadership, mentoring, phases of learning, reading, The Weekly Mentor, Weekly Mentor, you not them|
by Oliver DeMille The Divide A college-level education is increasingly important in the new economy. Higher education has long created a significant divide between the “haves” and “have nots,” and by all indications this trend will intensify for the next three decades. The gap between [...]
By Rachel DeMille|March 20th, 2015|Blog, classics, Classics, early childhood education, family, Freedom, History of Education, home school, homeschool, kidschool, Language, Leadership, math, mentoring, phases of learning, reading, science, The Weekly Mentor, unschooling, Weekly Mentor|
When we are talking about children we need something much more accurate. We need to help each one of them get a superb education, and that means that one size doesn’t fit everyone.