motivation Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/motivation/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:33:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 motivation Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/motivation/ 32 32 89931359 How to Wisely Praise Children https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-wisely-praise-children/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-wisely-praise-children/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2016 21:20:30 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2441 Praise has power. Well-earned and properly given praise has the power to motivate and build confidence, while improperly directed praise can create unhealthy attitudes, provide an inaccurate self-concept, and even make children unwilling to try new or hard things. What...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-wisely-praise-children/feed/ 1 2441 What Does the Common Core Mean for Homeschoolers? https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-does-the-common-core-mean-for-homeschoolers/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-does-the-common-core-mean-for-homeschoolers/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:24:25 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1102 Common Core Standards are a cause for concern. The CCS promise to nationalize mediocrity and increase control over every aspect of K-12 education, and ultimately over every citizen. Here are articles and resources to help you learn more, including an alphabetical list of state groups opposing CCS.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-does-the-common-core-mean-for-homeschoolers/feed/ 7 1102 Carnival of Homeschooling: The Beach Reading Edition https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-beach-reading-edition/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-beach-reading-edition/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:10:40 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=386 The Beach Reading Edition of Carnival of Homeschooling is up, and there are great posts on why to homeschool through high school, how to motivate your children, how to teach boys, and much, much more. Enjoy!

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/carnival-of-homeschooling-the-beach-reading-edition/feed/ 8 1832 Motivation: What Gets People Moving? https://doingwhatmatters.com/motivation-what-gets-people-moving/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/motivation-what-gets-people-moving/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:26:18 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=253 Before you start school this year, you may want to consider motivation. What is the most effective way to encourage your children to study and learn? Some of us (ahem–me, anyway) respond well to doing things I find intrinsically interesting,...

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