Author Archives: Kimberly Garcia

Everyone needs an education.   The goal, however, isn’t just a good education, but an excellent education.  Whether an education is just good, or excellent, is entirely dependent upon whether the instruction is appropriate for the student.   Education is … Read More

Online Geography Games Geography games make learning geography fun. Geography should be fun! And easy!   Let’s be honest, most Americans aren’t very good at Geography.  And from what I understand neither are many Europeans when it comes to United … Read More

How to motivate students? Many, many teachers and many, many parents are asking themselves frequently: How do I motivate my students? Knowing how to motivate students is important because so many students have no drive. In fact, the older they … Read More

A few weeks ago, I was talking with some homeschooling moms (friends of mine), and I mentioned that I was a big advocate of failure. I realized when I said it that not everyone agrees with me. Since then, the … Read More

  Math is my first academic love. From second grade until high school, I wanted to be a mathematician. And I might have majored in math if I hadn’t received an engineering scholarship to attend college. So yes, I really … Read More

New Children’s Chapter Book Escape of the KILLER Noun (affiliate link) Escape of the KILLER Noun is the first of five books in the series. Starting Thursday the book will be available for free for a short time. If you … Read More

Have you ever encouraged your child to fail? If you haven’t before, you might consider doing so. It’s taken me a long time to get to the point where I actively encourage my children to fail. At first, I suspect, … Read More

How to be a better teacher is a thought that constantly plagues the back of my mind. See, for the past few years I’ve been teaching co-op classes. I’ve taught in various classes from preschool to grade 12. During that … Read More

Remember it’s all in the attitude! Today is going to be great!