Is your child a "good reader" who can't actually tell you what they just read? A distressed mama asked me in the comments how we handle struggling readers, so in Episode 165 I'm walking through the 3 things we do in our homeschool for reading comprehension:

1. Read-alouds — chosen by me, read purely for the joy of the story (no worksheets!)
2. Quiet Reading Time (QRT) — 30 minutes a day, at the level where your child can actually succeed, even if that means dropping back to Frog and Toad
3. The McGuffey Readers — the 190-year-old readers we use for oral reading, spelling, vocabulary, narration and comprehension questions in 10–15 minutes

I also share how my "best reader in the class" son broke down in tears over a chapter book, and what I learned about meeting kids where they are.

📚 Vintage curriculum (free downloads + McGuffey Reader links): CLICK HERE
✏️ Free copy of With Pencil and Pen (1906): https://schooltohomeschool.com/with-pencil-and-pen

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What happens when an instructional-science PhD decides grades and tests may be getting in the way of real learning?

Dr. Pablo Riboldi joins me to explain why he built a homeschool program without traditional grades or tests, why he returned to classical texts like Euclid's Elements, and why students should become responsible for their own education.

We talk about vintage textbooks, the flipped classroom, intellectual honesty, teaching children to think, and a radically different definition of what it means to be educated.

And if you've ever worried that you're not qualified to homeschool your children, stay until the end. His message to parents is one you need to hear.

https://loveoflearninginstitute.com/

Buy Euclid's Elements HERE: https://link.amazon/B04guqQKI

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Money, Greed, God: https://link.amazon/B0icCa9EY

Beautiful Girlhood:https:https://link.amazon/B0icCa9EY

Teen Guide to Homemaking by Jeanne Hayden Brinkley: Valerie M. Chamberlain & Frances:

https://archive.org/details/teenguidetohomem00barc

Passion and Purity: https://link.amazon/B0bfbYzwJ

Let Me Be a Woman: https://link.amazon/B061xMb4q

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