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May 31, 2018

Ignite Your Passion: How Homeschooling is Helping Children Pursue Piano

The learning period for the musical brain opens up at a very early age. Putting a child into musical lessons while they’re young can give them a head start in their overall education and ability to learn. When students find a passion in musi...

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April 27, 2018

Lighting A Fire: Passion-Based Learning

“Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” —W.B. Yeats

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March 29, 2018

Personalized Learning Plan: See How Students are Learning Literature at Excel Academy

For many students, a love of learning originates from a love of literature. It’s a subject that might be overlooked but has a reach that goes beyond building up a student’s library. For one thing, literature—which is noted for the excellence and e...

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March 12, 2018

A Day in the Life: The Box Family

Excel mom, Angela Box, has been homeschooling for sixteen years. She has four children and is currently homeschooling her two youngest, Chloe (5th grade) and Christian (4th grade). Angela chose to homeschool so she could customize her children's e...

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