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More and more families are choosing to homeschool their children and they’re seeking curriculum specialists and teachers to support them. At My Learning Springboard, we’ve had the opportunity to work with families at the elementary, middle, and high school levels to design and implement customized programs. Each situation has been ... Read More

Having struggled through out high school in math classes, I often wondered when would the quadratic equation ever matter in real life? Outside of balancing my checkbook and building a budget—two things I still am not disciplined enough to do on a regular basis—math has not been my friend. I’ve ... Read More

As a teacher, what do you do when your students don't understand something? You explain it in a different way. When I realized several of my students were having trouble with math, I began looking for ways to explain things differently. My background is in Special Education, and one of ... Read More

Senior year….finally. Whether you’re excited or terrified about embarking on this new, post-high school chapter of your life, there is definitely still a lot going on during these last 2-3 months of your school year. Although your senioritis has surely kicked in to some degree, it’s important to remember not ... Read More

There was a time when handwriting was a major part of the elementary curriculum, and cursive handwriting was explicitly instructed. We still find some handwriting instruction, particularly in the primary grades, but cursive instruction is becoming more and more rare. Why? The resounding reason is that cursive handwriting is considered ... Read More