Jill Evely

Paths to Learning: Welcome!

• To get to know me better ~"The Whistle" is a short article telling why we started homeschooling and it tells what our kids are doing today.I hope it will encourage you
• Homeschool 101--Homeschooling questions answered--Podcasts, videos, articles and more to help you with every aspect of homeschooling--from deciding if it is right for your family to preparing high school transcripts!

• The Right Tool for the Job--Why you don't need to re-invent the wheel when it comes to curriculum!

• Come listen to my one hour talk on How Living Books Teach [broken into 5 separate audio files]
• The Language Police--why it is so important to use real literature [rather than textbooks] to teach [A three part blog post]
•  Can I homeschool my child who has special needs/learning challenges?  [This link will take you to a recorded webinar. Encouraging.]

• How can I homeschool? I don't know enough
• My Favorite Homeschool Websites and Books
• When Family Disapprove of Homeschooling
• The Great Experiment [Homeschooling] Works!
• Homeschoolers are Changing History
• Recycled Educational Philosophies or What the professionals are finally learning!
• Never Tease a Weasel [Character Training]
• Has your Homeschool Dream turned into a Nightmare? [audio teleconference between me and two other homeschool moms]
• Help for those with wiggly learners
• Check out Sonlight's Podcast Library [great topics to help and encourage every homeschool parent]
• The Whingdingdilly [or getting back to the basics, like reading, writing and arithmetic]
•  Writing on the Walls [or ways to make learning more fun!]
• Socialization...should I be worried?
• Transitioning to College after Literature Based Learning
  

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• NEW! The Top Three Things You Need to Know if You Have a Pre-schooler
• Results of a Scientific study-Why you should keep your pre-schooler home
• Play is work-Is Preschool Necessary?
• Tools or Toys? A lesson from my Dad
• How to tame your toys--Some practical advice
• Ideas to Keep Preschoolers happily occupied

• How do I decide which level of readers and Language Arts to choose for my child?  

• NEW! An extensive list of books that used to be in Sonlight, but have been retired.  

• Sonlight Quest -Refer a New-To-Sonlight friend to Sonlight and earn a free book
• How can I teach two children together who are not the same academic level? [A discussion of Skill Based vs. Topic Based Education.]
• All About Spelling--Is it right for your family?
•  Come listen to Sarita Holzmann give you a glimpse into the heart of Sonlight-a video clip

• Stretching a Core to last 1.5 years
• ESL English as a Second Language Where to start?  
• A Novel Idea: Learning through Literature
• High School Credits for Sonlight Cores
• Ideas for supplementing Sonlight--extra books, movies, crafts
• Kinesthetic or Hands on Learners & teaching Wiggly Learners
•  Teaching Lots of Children with multiple Core Programs: Part 1 and Part 2 [Two recorded teleconferences between me and Donna P., a homeschool mom of 8 [soon to be 9] children. Between us we have homeschooled 13 children and these recordings summarize our tips, experience and wisdom. Each recording is about an hour long, but I think well worth your time]

• High School Planning: Here are some great brochures and charts you can print off [Developing a Plan, Recordkeeping, College Bound, Off to Work, Time Line-Keeping on Track and You can Homeschool Through High School.]

•  Narration for High School Students?
• Teaching a Teen to Drive? A time tested tip that might save a life!
• High School Credits for Sonlight Cores
• Grading High School Work-Contract for Grade
• High School Transcripts-What's a mom to do?
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•  All Chocolate Chip Cookies are not the same [Reading to your kids, learning through real books] and a recipe

•  Heroes [What happens when our children find their heroes are not what they thought they were? How do we respond?]
• Inverse Parenting or Parenting is not as easy as it looks
• Mom I'm bored - Ideas to break this common whine!
• Sailing by Ash Breeze- You can do it, but parenting is hard work!
• Shepherding your Flock-tips on parenting with Charlotte Mason ideas
• It is all about me! [Raising kids who are not narcissistic]
• Never Tease a Weasel [Character Training]
•  Come listen to my one hour talk on How Living Books Teach [broken into 5 separate audio files]
• I've been parenting for over 127 years!
• Conquering Clutter [A PDF brochure with an overview of how to conquer clutter using 5 boxes!]
  

• Paths to Learning...Taking the Road Less Traveled
• Why we started Homeschooling in 1990
•  Illegal Punctuation and a Haitian Refugee