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Why I'm Teaching Literature in My Pajamas (And Why You Should Too)
Everything I Knew About Education Changed When I Started Teaching My Own Daughter at Home
Sep 16, 2025
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Writers, We Need to Talk About The Artist's Way
Your Morning Pages Aren't Making You a Better Writer
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Why You Should Teach a Novella Next
How to Build Novel-Reading Skills One Step at a Time
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Reluctant Hero Writing
When Your Child is a Writing Hero in Disguise
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A Changing Landscape
Some schedule shifts for The Narrative Nest
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Homemaking
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Handing Down a Priceless Legacy
How I Kept Gratitude Journals From Becoming Just Another Task on the To-Do List
Nov 26, 2025
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The Cost of Homemaking
How Assigning Your Value Can Help You Advocate for Yourself
Nov 19, 2025
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The Radical Architecture of Home
How You Can Make Motherhood Your Most Revolutionary Act
Nov 12, 2025
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Picking at Wounds and Healing Our Homes
How Do We Confront Our Trauma When We Decide to Homeschool?
Nov 5, 2025
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Literary Lessons
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Why You Should Teach a Novella Next
How to Build Novel-Reading Skills One Step at a Time
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Standing on the Threshold
How Myths Help Children Cross Through Lives' Doorways
Dec 30, 2025
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Why Santa Matters
Using Mythology and Neuroscience to Help Our Children Find Hope in the Darkness
Dec 23, 2025
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Fear Not: Encountering Tricksters and Monsters
The Two Faces of Chaos Children Must Meet
Dec 17, 2025
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If the Shoe Fits: Finding Our Cinderella Stories
How the Feminine Inner Work Emerges as a Guide for Us All
Dec 10, 2025
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Short Stories
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Teach Your Child the Secrets of the Universe through Short Stories, Part 5
The Art of Introducing Symbolism
Oct 17, 2025
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Teach Your Child the Secrets of the Universe through Short Stories, Part 4
The Magic of Approaching Allegory
Oct 16, 2025
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Teach Your Child the Secrets of the Universe through Short Stories, Part 3
Don't Fight It—How to Introduce Conflict as a Literary Device
Oct 15, 2025
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Teach Your Child the Secrets of the Universe through Short Stories, Part 2
How To Introduce The Literary Plotline
Oct 14, 2025
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Teach Your Child the Secrets of the Universe through Short Stories, Part 1
Why October is the Perfect Month to Start a Short Story Unit
Oct 13, 2025
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The Science of Reading
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Going Beyond the 5 Pillars of Reading Instruction, Part 2: Upper Elementary
Suggestions for the Additional Areas of English Language Arts in Grades 3-5
Oct 8, 2025
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Going Beyond the 5 Pillars of Reading Instruction, Part 1: Early Elementary
Addressing Additional Areas of English Language Arts in the Early Years
Sep 24, 2025
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Putting the 5 Pillars of Reading Instruction to Work
How to Get Started Teaching Your Child to Read + Free Curriculum Cheat Sheet
Sep 17, 2025
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The Simple View of Reading Isn't So Simple, But You Can Learn It
Your First Steps Towards Teaching Early Literacy
Sep 10, 2025
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"You're Not Qualified to Teach Your Own Children"
How Early Literacy in Public Schools Drove Me to Homeschool
Sep 3, 2025
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