Author: LMHawkes

The Forgetting Curve Is Real: Why Your Child Forgets History-and What to Do About It “How do I know if my child…

Forget the Grade: How to Build a History Portfolio That Actually Shows What Your Child Knows “How do I know if my…

The Conversation That Does Double Duty: Assessing History Through Discussion “How do I know if my child is actually retaining what they’ve…

The Science Behind Narration: Why Asking Your Child to “Tell It Back” Is the Best Assessment You Have “How do I know…

What Does History Retention Actually Look Like? “How do I know if my child is actually retaining what they’ve learned in history?”…

Your Child Hasn’t Forgotten – You’re Just Asking the Wrong Questions This article explores the foundation of the larger retention question: what…

If History Isn’t About Memorizing Dates, Then What Is It For? Many homeschooling parents eventually ask some version of this question: Are…

Countries That Stopped Teaching History as Dates – What Happened Next Many homeschooling parents eventually ask some version of this question: Are…

The History Curriculum Wars Many homeschooling parents eventually ask some version of this question: “Are we doing too much memorization of dates…

Why Fourth-Grade History Disappears So Quickly Many homeschooling parents eventually ask some version of this question: “Are we doing too much memorization…