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Educating Emerging Engineers

(above image via EiE.org – click here to order it as a poster) Children are […]

Made-to-Order: OTA Special Courses for homebound families around the globe

Sharing this for our friends in Israel, America, and anywhere else who are currently affected […]

Stuck at home? Our Spring 2020 courses may help get you through these tough times…

In the last several days, Eva and I have received a slew of emails asking […]

AP or Dual Enrollment?

Should my homeschooler take an AP course, or opt for dual enrollment? What is the […]

Learning From Our Past – Reasons For Studying Ancient History

Reading the buzz surrounding this latest discovery from Pompeii prompted me to ask the following […]

Improving the Homeschooling Experience for your Child

When a parent decides to homeschool their child, their education and academic growth is completely […]

Homeschooling with Multiple Intelligences in Mind

Professor Howard Gardner, of Harvard University. penned the theory back in the early-mid 1980’s that […]

Word Choices

Words. Words. Words. There are so many word choices. Quite frankly, often, to a “new […]

Spotlight on OTA!

OTA co-founder and instructor Jonathan Meola was a featured guest on Spotlight!, hosted by Sarah […]

Guest Blog: Digital Art

The following is a guest post by Sarah Snyder at www.onlineschoolmom.com: Two of Sarah’s children […]

Guest Blog: TED Talks

The following is a guest post by Sarah Snyder at www.onlineschoolmom.com. Two of Sarah’s children […]

Helping Your Online Homeschooling Child

Online opportunities are EXPLODING! You are excited. You think to yourself, if I outsource and […]

How to Homeschool Online

I have been in education for over 30 years. Over the last three decades, I […]

Top Five Holiday Gifts for Homeschoolers

It is that time of year again…. the holiday season! Your kids have so many […]

Teaching Historical Biography: I am Malala

I am in the middle of currently teaching one of my student’s favorite classes, which […]

Guest Post: How an OTA Personal Development Class Kick-Started Homeschooling Freshman Year

Guest post by Sarah Snyder, onlineschoolmom.com Frantically planning my son’s freshman year, I carefully selected […]

Yes, Homeschooled Students CAN have a Graduation!

Your child has worked hard over the years. YOU have worked hard over the years. […]

Homeschooling your High Schooler? OTA’s Checklist Can Help

When you begin homeschooling, it is hard to imagine continuing through high school or even […]

Dual Enrollment: Not Always a Good Thing

“Don’t be in such a hurry to grow up.” This saying is one we have […]

Why Should Teens Learn Geography?

There are dozens of reasons why an 8th, 9th or 10th grader should spend one […]

How to Homeschool Full-Time with OTA!

A Wide Variety of Interdisciplinary Courses One mom, Jane*, stumbled across OTA during her daughter’s […]

Assessment in the Online World

When I tell people that I am a teacher, one of their first questions is […]

Keeping the Flame Lit

Monday, April 22nd marked the 49th anniversary of Earth Day. What started as a small […]

Building Creative Confidence: The P.I.’s Eyes

Something amazing and magnificent happens when a child has confidence. In fact, I truly believe, […]

A Homeschooling Approach To Computer Science

It should come as no surprise to you as a homeschooling parent that computers have […]

I Am a Literature Teacher and I Am Here to Save the World

My passion for teaching literature originally came from the beauty of the words and the […]

Yes, Online Schooling CAN be Real Homeschooling

There is an argument I’ve often heard in the homeschool community that having your children […]

Yes! It can be done! How to Work and Homeschool

Yes, I was one of those homeschooling parents. We were a middle-class family with bills […]

Why ALL Middle School Students Should Take a FORMAL Writing Course

There are many different purposes for writing, both academic and creative. Students will find that […]

Self-Care Ideas for Busy Homeschooling Parents

A great time to begin new habits As homeschooling parents, we tend to care for […]

Five Ways to Simplify Your Homeschooling

Open Tent Academy will be going on its third year as an all-inclusive consortium offering […]

The Case for Cursive

Tonight, sitting at our dining room table, two friends were talking with Jonathan and I […]

Highly Selective College Admissions

Yale. Columbia. Princeton. Harvard. MIT. Stanford. The common bond between all six of these colleges […]

Homeschooling Life Skills

When it comes to providing our children with a well-rounded education, we tend to focus […]

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Creating a Great High School Transcript

One of the biggest fears that homeschooling parents have is creating a high school program […]

Playing Games: A HUGE Benefit of Homeschooling

While homeschooling my daughter, one of my favorite, FAVORITE perks of homeschooling was playing games. […]

How to Make Students Care About Writing

I want to share something important with everyone about writing. Are you listening? Are […]

Social Media for Homeschooling Parents

Social media is a huge topic – especially for parents. It’s a distraction: Put your […]

This past May she graduated with a dual major in Aerospace Engineering and Physics. This week she begins graduate school as a PhD candidate in Aerospace Engineering. During some of our conversations, I have to ask for further explanations, definitions and examples. How did this happen?

Navigating the High School Years

One of the most frequent questions parents ask us at OTA is about what classes your child should take during high school to be prepared and/or gain acceptance to college. Honestly, this is the hardest question to answer as every college expects different things and every state has different requirements.

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