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By Mimi Rothschild

It is crucial that homeschooling children perceive and understand what they read, no matter if they’re in first grade or twelfth grade.  The ability to comprehend text is an absolute necessity for students in the current fast-paced competitive digital world.  One way homeschoolers can improve their reading comprehension is by visualizing.  Read all about visualizing below in this great article I recently discovered.

What Is It?

Visualizing refers to our ability to create pictures in our heads based on text we read or words we hear. It is one of many skills that makes reading comprehension possible.

Why Is It Important?

Visualizing strengthens reading comprehension skills as students gain a more thorough understanding of the text they are reading by consciously using the words to create mental images. As students gain more deliberate practice with this skill, the act of visualizing text becomes automatic. Students who visualize as they read not only have a richer reading experience but can recall what they have read for longer periods of time. (Harvey & Goudvis 2000)

Visualizing text as it is being read or heard also creates personal links between the readers/listeners and text. Readers who can imagine the characters they read about, for instance, may become more involved with what they are reading. This makes for a more meaningful reading experience and promotes continued reading.

How Can You Make It Happen?

Visualizing is a skill that can be helpful in many domains, and while it is often associated with teaching early readers, even experienced readers can benefit from practice with this skill. When selecting a text for a visualizing activity, start with a piece that contains descriptive language and strong verbs and that lends itself to conjuring vivid images. It is not necessary to start with an entire book-even a well-crafted sentence or short paragraph can provide a rich springboard for a visualizing lesson.

Starting Small

To begin a series of lessons that will focus on improving visualizing skills, you might choose to start with a short passage taken from a text or of your own creation. For instance, the following sentences could be used to spark discussions:

Joan could barely believe her eyes. All these gifts were for her! She had never seen so many packages, not even on all her birthdays combined!

After listening to or reading the sentences once or twice, students can discuss the mental images created by the sentences. Students will likely differ in their descriptions of the scene. For instance, some may picture a small child surrounded by stacks of gifts. Others may imagine an older girl in front of a table piled with presents. There is no single correct answer, and those three simple sentences, though not particularly rich in detail, do offer enough information for the reader or listener to begin to form a mental picture.

Group Activities

Students can work on their visualizing skills as a whole class or in small groups. One way to challenge young students to improve their visualizing is to read a picture book aloud, sharing only portions of the illustrations. Then ask students to create their own illustrations based on the text they heard. More advanced readers might listen to a selection from a novel that the class has been reading and create a picture or written description of a character or setting based on the information in the text.

Independent Reading

Students can also practice their visualization skills as a follow up to independent reading. Ask young students who keep track of their reading in reading logs or journals to respond to prompts regarding the images created by the text they have read: “Does the main character remind you of anyone you know?” “Have you ever been to or seen any place that is like the setting of your book?” Very young students can also draw images in their journals, recording their mental pictures in response to their reading. You can discuss these drawings during one-on-one reading conferences.

Older students who are reading novels can think about questions such as, “If you were going to make a movie based on your book, who would you want to play the main characters?” “What would the scenery look like?” and “Where would you want to do the filming?” These questions get at the imagery created in the mind of the readers and encourage those readers to share their mental pictures in their responses.

By Mimi Rothschild 

Math and science are not always the easiest subjects to learn, I wish they were because there are so many fascinating lessons to be learned in both subjects.  While surfing the web I found this excellent list of strategies that will help your student improve in the areas of math and science.  Each strategy includes articles or lesson plans so homeschooling parents can better understand how to apply them into their child’s homeschool curriculum. Below are the different methods scholars use to better understand math and science. 

By Mimi Rothschild

The MorningStar Academy is proud to announce that graduating senior Melissa Pettignano’s first book, entitled “Suzanne Lantana” is now available to the public. “Suzanne Lantana” “is about a young, full of life girl that has gone through many things a pre-teen would go through all the way up to being a teen. The biggest one is loosing her aunt Arlene T. Babakitis on Sept 11th 2001 in The World Trade Center. This book is a collection of short stories. Stories that have meanings and teachings for young girls who can relate. If not relate can understand.”

Melissa exemplifies the home school education to the fullest. Home schooling allows students to pursue their interests and encourages a love of learning. Melissa pursued her passion for writing and telling stories. Home schooling also allows parents to customize and tailor their children’s education to meet their learning styles. These are only two home schooling benefits, but they show why home schooling is statistically proven to provide a better education than public schooling.

Melissa is currently writing her second book and will be on a book tour this summer.

To find out more about Melissa Pettignano’s “Suzanne Lantana” or to buy it click here.

By Mimi Rothschild

What are your homeschoolers doing this summer? Going back in time? Sailing on the high seas? Hanging out with the three little pigs? Summer is the perfect time for homeschoolers to improve their readings skills and have a blast while doing it. We’ve compiled a comprehensive summer reading list for each Grace Academy grade so that your homeschoolers can improve their reading skills over the summer and have fun reading a variety of amazing stories. Encourage your homeschooler to read everyday and see their reading skills improve dramatically over the summer!

Homeschool parents should also check out our homeschool summer school program. Our summer school program helps homeschoolers grow their minds, gain credit toward a high school diploma, and surge ahead academically instead of developing lazy habits. Have a great summer!!!

By Mimi Rothschild

The Deseret News has some good news. Colleges are becoming friendlier towards homeschoolers. In the past, college admissions departments raised an eyebrow at the applications of homeschoolers. As homeschooling grows in popularity, these institutions of higher learning have begun not only considering homeschooled applicants, but seeking them out.

And with good reason! Homeschoolers have now been shown to excel at the college level in an age where colleges are scrambling to maintain academic standards.

Under UC Riverside’s new policy, home schoolers can apply by submitting a lengthy portfolio detailing their studies and other educational experiences.

A portfolio is a great way to prove to college admissions counselors that you’ve completed a legitimate homeschool program. Students at The MorningStar Academy can receive portfolios detailing their yearly progress. These can come in very handy when hunting for colleges.

By Mimi Rothschild

There are some questions that homeschoolers can never seem to get away from. The main reason is that people have the temptation to devolve into an hour-long debate rather than offering simple answers that cut to the quick. I’d like to share with you my personal fail-proof answers that will not only prevent drawn-out arguments of epic sociological import, but will help your detractors understand why you have chosen to homeschool. Here are the Big 3 questions I receive the most. I hope that you find the following information helpful.

Q. What about socialization?

A. Any readers of this blog should recognize this as a no-brainer. I think the best way to handle this one is to call attention to the fact that you don’t want your kids to be socialized to disobedience, rebellion, vulgarity, secular knowledge, and moral relativism. If that doesn’t work, try explaining that your kids get all the socialization they need in church groups, athletic organizations, and whatever activities in which your homeschoolers participate.

Q. What makes you think you can teach?

A. This question is somewhat understandable. After all, you don’t have a teaching degree. I’ve found that a good way to approach this question is by explaining that no one loves or cares for your child like you do. Sure, teachers are committed to their students, but they can’t meet every unique need of every child in the classroom. All kids have different learning styles and learning levels, how can we expect a mass-produced textbook education to triumph over a specialized home education? You can also point out the declining test scores of public school students, illustrating the widespread failure of well-educated teachers.

Q. Can a homeschooled child get into college?

A. Of course they can! Colleges are more accepting of homeschooled children than ever before. In fact, according to recent studies, colleges are actually beginning to seek out homeschoolers given their high performance on standardized tests and ability to learn autonomously. It’s just a different process.

by Mimi Rothschild

I came across an interesting article in the Indy Star this morning. The feature chronicles the daily routines of olympic hopefuls who have turned to homeschooling. Home education offers flexibility that is vital for young athletes who are always on the road and always training for the gold.

Obviously many of these kids are not going to compete for the rest of their lives. It’s important that they have an education to fall back on. And yet, most public schools cannot cater to the needs of kids who are attempting to compete in worldwide athleticism. The strict schedules, curriculum, and classroom environment are hard to keep up with for an up-and-coming athlete.

That’s where the benefits of homeschooling come in. A young athlete can practice for a few hours in the morning, do an hour of school work here and there throughout the day, and continue training in between study hours. It’s up to the student and parents to organize a curriculum and coursework schedule to uniquely fit each child’s needs.

Unfortunately, not all schools allow students to compete on sports teams. Some states are more progressive than others. Contact your school administration to find out if your child can compete with in school sporting events.

Homeschooled athletes are able to earn college scholarships. Homeschoolers must register with the NCAA initial eligibility clearinghouse. You’ll have to submit standardized test scores and a transcript.

By Mimi Rothschild

My eldest daughter doesn’t realize how blessed she is to be entering college in the twenty-first century. We have a pile of brochures and DVD’s from colleges that keeps growing, and the phone rings a few times a week. It’s not that my daughter is a brainiac, although she can hold her own in the classroom, it’s that she is a homeschooler.

Colleges are just beginning to comprehend the fact that homeschoolers are outstripping their peers on every academic level. Over the last few decades, we homeschoolers have come up against confrontation from the public school system. Colleges, however, have simply been a little wary. After all, each student is an investment. How can they ensure that their student body will be benefited by a homeschooled child? Homeschoolers were met with raised eyebrows and quizzical looks from all sides.

That’s all changing. A recent CBS News article confirms evidence that I’ve noticed over the last few years. Colleges are finally getting their act together regarding homeschoolers. When faced with an applicant pool full of apathetic public school grads who have no thirst for knowledge, homeschoolers with an innate desire to learn look very attractive. They are not just going to college because their parents are forcing them to do so. Rather, they have been prepared to excel in the college environment by years spent cultivating independent study habits.

As a result, colleges no longer see homeschoolers as a quirky anomalous question mark but as the cream of the crop.

A word of advice: take the time to prepare your children for SAT and ACT exams. Because colleges have no way of verifying the academic rigor of your child’s curriculum, grades mean very little to admissions departments. However, because these exams are standardized, the tests serve as a good metric to determine the capabilities of your child. In fact, it can be the defining factor in many cases. There are a variety of preparatory texts that parents can pick up in bookstores across the country. The MorningStar Academy offers an SAT prep course designed specifically for homeschoolers. You can learn more about it here.

Secondly, make sure your child schedules an interview with college admissions counselors. In an interview, your child can easily illustrate his or her experiences and abilities that are difficult to translate on paper applications. By clearly communicating, your child can also show admissions counselors that he or she is not a social misfit. Unfortunately, some still hold the inaccurate perception that homeschooled kids have trouble socializing. The interview can do a lot to put these concerns to rest.