In graphic design, there’s a term called “white space”. Good design leaves plenty of room for white space in the margins and throughout the piece - space where there is nothing but paper showing through. White space is restful to the reader’s eye and evokes a non-busy, non-overwhelming feel to the publication. White space is an important design element that invites the reader to keep reading.

We need white space in our lives too. Read the rest of this entry »

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Using movies for a highschool literature course can be fun! Kathryn Stout has put together a wonderful course doing just that with her Movies As Literature.

We have used several of Kathryn’s Design-A-Study products (Science Scope and History Guides Plus) and have found her products to be novel in approach, interesting and all around wonderful resources.

Movies As Literature is a complete one year English course for highschool students. The course contains a complete teacher’s manual (with answer key) and student workbook. The student workbook portion may be purchased individually or copies may be made for use by other students within the same family. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s not always easy to find a place online where you can actually encourage your highschool or middle school aged children to visit, but The Rebelution is a such a place!

The Rebelution won the “Best Teen Blog” two years in a row and well they should have. Their content is worthy and well-written.

On their “About Us” page they state:

The official definition of the ‘rebelution’ is “a teenage rebellion against the low expectations of an ungodly culture.”

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It doesn’t matter if you are home schooling a high schooler or have an eight year old enrolled in public or private school, you are responsible for your child’s education. You & I are responsible for what our children learn, whether at home or in an institutionalized setting. What’s more, the responsibility for education doesn’t stop when the clock hits a magic hour.

On the contrary, Read the rest of this entry »