In the final analysis, the right reason for learning Shakespeare is to learn the right reason that Shakespeare teaches! 

Registration is open. Click here: Homeschool Connections Registration (Click on the semester and Writing, then click on Search.) Should high school student continue with punctuation and grammar studies? Yes! Too often, we consider such studies to be too basic for older students. However, punctuation and grammar is taught at a completely different level in the upper grades […]

If you haven't considered creative writing for high school, or if you have dismissed it outright, I challenge you to reconsider. Please hear me out as I make my case that creative writing is one of the most important studies your high school student could undertake:

  1. It is a beautiful language. There is more to American Sign Language than simply memorizing signs for words. It has it’s own set of grammatical rules and structures. If you’ve watched an interpreter at a concert or a church, remember how you were intrigued by the hand and body movements to communicate without […]

    Top 10 reasons why you should learn physics. 10.   Physics Makes You a Problem Solver – When faced with a particular problem, students are taught to systematically identify all factors contributing to the problem and work out how those factors interact in order to solve the problem. 9.     Physics Teaches You to Think Outside the Box […]

The Catholic homeschooling book Why Should I Learn This is available for purchase as a print book from Behold Publications (click to order) or as an eBook from Amazon (click to purchase).   Why Should I Learn Latin? by Emily Henry What would you do if your Latin instructor said that she would personally  beat […]