I thought we had moved passed the stage of direct instruction in reading, but as we approach high school, I have come to realize that direct reading instruction should be revisited in middle school.

For the first time in our homeschool career, my daughters will take a standardized test. 

Today was our first day back to school, and I wanted to start off on the right foot. I am not an advance planner; as the first day was quickly approaching I was still pondering how would I make today spectacular. 

My daughters have been on the road to independent learning since their younger days when they first expressed their independence by selecting which clothes and shoes they would wear.