by Donna | Nov 16, 2016
Welcome to another Wondering Wednesday blog post! I was recently asked to share my top scheduling and organizing tips with a group of homeschooling moms. I tried to be clever and create 32 Tips From 32 Years of Homeschooling….and it quickly turned into like fifty. And I, of course, did not have time for fifty (or even thirty-two!).
![[Video] 32 Organizing and Scheduling Tips From 32 Years of Homeschooling](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5723/22835522108_38ba8dc894_z.jpg "[Video] 32 Organizing and Scheduling Tips From 32 Years of Homeschooling")
But here it is….let me know what homeschooling, parenting, language arts, writing, Plexus, and marriage questions you have….I’ll make you a *short* Wondering Wednesday video or podcast. 🙂
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by Donna | Sep 28, 2016
Welcome to another Wondering Wednesday video episode!
This is a special episode as the question came from a young mama who was a student of mine several years ago in language arts and writing classes. When I get a parenting or homeschooling question from a former student, I run, not walk, to get it answered for them. It brings me such joy to have helped these students with language arts, writing, speech, or debate—and now to help them with parenting.
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by Donna | Sep 8, 2016
Welcome to another episode of Wondering Wednesday, a video or audio post in which I answer questions submitted to me by readers!
![[Video] Wondering Wednesday: Scheduling Q&A](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8090/29515353956_3ebd8f6ddf_z.jpg "[Video] Wondering Wednesday: Scheduling Q&A")
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by Donna | Aug 20, 2016
In this Wondering Wednesday video, Donna Reish, author of seventy curriculum books totaling over forty thousand pages, answers a mom’s questions about helping her son who is struggling with reading. Donna talks about readiness, creating a learning environment, combining language arts/grammar studies with reading studies, the importance of immersion in the reading process, using learning styles in teaching reading, and much more. Donna’s reading blog posts can be found here. Donna’s Wondering Wednesday podcasts and videos can be found here. Donna’s downloadable Letters and Sounds phonics programs can be found here.
![[Video] Helping Your Child With Reading Difficulties](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8542/29087567836_ebb0605741_z.jpg "[Video] Helping Your Child With Reading Difficulties")
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by Donna | Jul 20, 2016
In this Wondering Wednesday video episode, Donna Reish (author of seventy language arts, writing, and reading curriculum books) gives tips on Helping Littles Love Learning. Donna discusses the importance of simplicity, reading together, creating a literacy-enriched environment, playing, working, and growing together. Donna gives specific tips on book baskets, activity tubs, reducing technology (and using it well), and more.
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by Donna | Jul 6, 2016
![[Video] How To Use the Checklist Challenge](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/27519363264_a5d55fd633_z.jpg "[Video] How To Use the Checklist Challenge")
This week’s Wondering Wednesday is a video in which I teach how to use my Checklist Challenge. Whether you are a CI curriculum user (Character Quality Language Arts, Meaningful Composition, or Write On!) or not, if you are a teacher who longs to merge grammar with writing (as it should be!), this video will give you tips and ideas that you can begin incorporating immediately.
The store description of the Checklist Challenge Packet is given below. This text will give you some ideas on what you can expect to learn in this week’s Wondering Wednesday!
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