homeschool | Enriched Education

Jul 20, 20224 min read

Ways to Build Character in Kids

Unless you are raising your kids in a bubble, they are learning from outside influences. Are you paying attention to those influences?

Being Intentional About Building Character in Kids

Heather Hiple

Jul 13, 20225 min read

Being Intentional About Building Character in Kids

Character, simply put, is integrity - doing the right thing when no one is looking. People with integrity are kind, giving, and...

Heather Hiple

Jul 6, 20223 min read

Are Worksheets a Thing of the Past?

Worksheets in and of themselves aren’t necessarily the problem - how educators are using them can be, however.

How is Your Homeschooled Child Progressing?

Heather Hiple

Jun 22, 20223 min read

How is Your Homeschooled Child Progressing?

There are some homeschool camps that feel that grade levels are arbitrary and don’t matter - and I guess they really don't...until they do.

Blast Off! A Complete Literacy Curriculum for Pre-Readers

Heather Hiple

Jun 15, 20222 min read

Blast Off! A Complete Literacy Curriculum for Pre-Readers

We've just released our year-long literacy curriculum for pre-readers! Blast off to Reading!

High-Interest, Easy to Read Books for Your Pre-Reader

Heather Hiple

Jun 1, 20221 min read

High-Interest, Easy to Read Books for Your Pre-Reader

The number one way to improve reading and reading comprehension is through reading. It's an inexpensive and simple way to help your young...

Heather Hiple

Mar 22, 20223 min read

Celebrating Small Wins

In the primary grades, we are growing young learners. We want to grow students that love learning!

Homeschooling - I Have No Idea Where to Start

Heather Hiple

Nov 30, 20212 min read

Homeschooling - I Have No Idea Where to Start

Thinking about homeschooling and have no clue where to start?

Taking Homeschool to the Next Level - Developing Higher Level Thinking Skills in Our Children

Heather Hiple

Nov 16, 20212 min read

Taking Homeschool to the Next Level - Developing Higher Level Thinking Skills in Our Children

How do we develop higher-level thinking skills in our children?

Heather Hiple

Nov 2, 20212 min read

Tips for Teaching Fractions

"You are Cheating Your Child by Homeschooling."

Heather Hiple

Oct 19, 20214 min read

"You are Cheating Your Child by Homeschooling."

What do we do when that unsolicited advice is about our personal choice to homeschool our children?

Heather Hiple

Oct 5, 20212 min read

How Long Should Our Homeschool Day Be?

How long should your homeschool day be?

How Do I Get My Pokey Kid to Pick Up the Pace?

Heather Hiple

Sep 14, 20212 min read

How Do I Get My Pokey Kid to Pick Up the Pace?

Ugh..the “dreaded” pokey kid! I feel like I am a bit more sensitive to this personality type because I am anything but pokey. I speed...

Do Brick and Mortar Schools Do Anything Right?

Heather Hiple

Jul 27, 20212 min read

Do Brick and Mortar Schools Do Anything Right?

How Standards Can be Helpful to the Home Educator

Heather Hiple

Jul 20, 20212 min read

How Standards Can be Helpful to the Home Educator

How standards can be helpful to the home educator.

Heather Hiple

Jul 8, 20212 min read

Are Grade Levels Arbitrary?

Are grade levels arbitrary?

Heather Hiple

Jun 24, 20212 min read

A Standards Based Homeschool?

Are state standards irrelevant?

Heather Hiple

Jun 29, 20205 min read

Effective Discipline Strategies

Disciplining kids when they do something they shouldn’t have done is never easy, and sometimes it does hurt. But if we are to raise kids to

Heather Hiple

Jun 22, 20204 min read

The Value of Routine

Daily routines may even set us up for success in other parts of our day. They can help save our emotional energy for things to come that may

Heather Hiple

Jun 15, 20205 min read

Are You an Encourager?

Navigating behavior and shaping our children to be leaders, givers, and problem solvers is not always an easy task for parents or educators.