https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/home-learning-a-world-of-opportunities-to-think/ of Middle-Grade Authors Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/home-learning-a-world-of-opportunities-to-think/comment-page-1/#comment-301284 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:18:53 +0000 https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/?p=46008#comment-301284 WHAT A GREAT FIRST BLOG!VERY INFORMATIVE. THE WORLD WILL LOVE YOUR BOOKS.

]]> https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/home-learning-a-world-of-opportunities-to-think/comment-page-1/#comment-301264 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:11:53 +0000 https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/?p=46008#comment-301264 Your at home tips and book choices are excellent, Aixa. It seems to me that children who are out of school learners naturally gravitate toward independent reading. It’s part of the day. There’s too much homework and busywork in regular school and those students seem overwhelmed with less time for independent reading and thinking. Great article!

]]> https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/home-learning-a-world-of-opportunities-to-think/comment-page-1/#comment-301263 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:40:42 +0000 https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/?p=46008#comment-301263 Excellent tips. When my kids were young, I wanted to homschool them, but an early divorce prevented it. As a Miami Dade College English prof, I had a few home schooled students, and they were my best writers. I figured it is because they did a lot of independent reading. Books, both fiction and nonfiction, that interest different children are certainly the key.

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