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Able to Teach - 2025


Description
Developed by two experienced homeschooling moms and certified teachers, “Able to Teach”, an invaluably informative course on effective home education, provides a smorgasbord of teaching strategies and resources to pick from and try.

Through the “Able to Teach” course, parents can learn how to individualize home instruction to meet their child’s unique needs. The end of each session in the work text provides additional spiritual development ideas as well.

As an enrolled student to Able to Teach, please email the Family Academy Office so that we might mail you your Worktext that you will need for this course. Include mailing address, email, phone number. Send it to officemanager@familyacademy.org.

We would like to get to know you: https://familyacademy.org/able-to-teach-questionnaire-for-1-parent-registration/

This course is copyrighted and content may not be sold, distributed, copied or given away without the expressed written permission of Diana McAlister and Family Academy.
Content
  • Information about this Course
  • Able to Teach Trailer
  • Meet Your Instructor - Diana McAlister
  • Contact for Help
  • Tips in Navigating this Course
  • Pre-Course Reflection Activity sample
  • Introduce Yourself and Respond to Another Student
  • Chapter 1- Law & Other Necessities
  • Law & Other Necessities - Prep
  • Law & Other Necessities - References & Resources
  • Chapter 1 of Able to Teach.pdf
  • Lecture 1 - Homeschool Law and Necessities
  • Answers for pages 16,17 and 20
  • Foundational Question - Lecture 1
  • Session 2 - Parent Model
  • Parent Model - Prep
  • Parent Model - References & Resources
  • Able to Teach - Chapter 2.pdf
  • Parent Model - Lecture 2
  • Parent Model - Book Reviews
  • Parent Model - List of Best Resources
  • Chapter 3 - Keeping Your Balance
  • Keeping Your Balance
  • Keeping Your Balance - References & Resources
  • Able to Teach - Chapter 3.pdf
  • Keeping Your Balance - Lecture 3
  • Foundational Questions - Lecture 3
  • Session 4 - Questions, Questions, God Questions!
  • Questions, Questions, God Questions! - Prep
  • Questions, Questions, God Questions! - Lecture 4
  • Questions, Questions, God Questions! - Climbing the Thinking Ladder
  • Chapter 5 - Unlocking Learning Through Learning Styles
  • Unlocking Learning Through Learning Styles - Prep
  • References & Resources
  • Unlocking Learning Through Learning Styles - Lecture 5.1
  • Unlocking Learning Through Learning Styles - Lecture 5.2
  • Unlocking Learning Through Learning Styles - Lecture 5.3
  • Foundational Questions - Lecture 5
  • Session 6 - Nurturing Creativity
  • Nurturing Creativity - Prep
  • Nurturing Creativity - References & Resources
  • Creativity - Lecture 6
  • Nurturing Creativity - Assignment
  • Chapter 7 - Child Development and Learning Math
  • Child Development and Learning Math - Prep
  • Child Development and Learning Math - References & Resources
  • Child Development and Learning Math - Lecture 8
  • Child Development and Math
  • Chapter 8 - From Knowledge to Wisdom
  • Curriculum 101: From Knowledge to Wisdom - Prep
  • Curriculum 101: From Knowledge to Wisdom - References & Resources
  • Curriculum 101: From Knowledge to Wisdom - Lecture 9
  • Curriculum 101 Assignment
  • Answers to Questions p. 128.docx
  • Chapter 9 - Home and Homeschool: Family Management
  • Home and Homeschool: Family Management - Prep
  • Home and Homeschool: Family Management - References & Resources
  • Home and Homeschool: Family Management - Lecture 10 (mislabeled 9 on video)
  • Answers to Questions p. 137.docx
  • Answers to Questions - p. 150.docx
  • Answers to Questions - p. 151
  • Foundational Question - Lecture 10
  • Chapter 10 - Final Thoughts and Information
  • Parent Model - Book Review
  • Final Reflection on Able to Teach
  • Free 30 Wrap Up Call with Online Instructor
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed