Recent Posts Tagged With 'education'

• SCHOOL USES VIDEO GAMES AS CURRICULUM...FINALLY!

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 13:10 in education, public education

  The New York Times just made my day! They've announced a school opening in New York that will teach students using mostly video games.Instead of chalk and talk, children learn by doing—and do so in a way that tears up the usual subject-based curr...

• Web Hosting for Homeschooled Children...A Huge Plus

  Posted on Thursday April 9th, 2009 at 11:02 in education

  Here is a service that looks like it could be very useful. This site has computer information articles and web hosting services.This Could be a great way to give our children hands-on experience making web pages, blogs and online retail sites. By us...

• SCARY HOMESCHOOLING QUOTES or ANOTHER REASON WHY WE HOMESCHOOL

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 16:06 in education, homeschooling

  On average, home school students in grades 1–4 perform one grade level higher than their public and private school counterparts. The achievement gap begins to widen in grade 5; by 8th grade the average home school student performs four grade level...

• SYLVAN: OUR NEW LANGUAGE CURRICULUM

  Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 09:04 in education, frugal homeshcooling

  There are times in our homeschooling journey when I feel the need to switch up our routine and give our boys a little boost in a certain area of their study. It is in those times that I try to find inexpensive educational materials that will be both...

• HOMESCHOOLING A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 11:28 in education, homeschooling

  I recently had the pleasure of finding Lori over at Special Connection Homeschool. She is a Christian mother who is home educating her daughter who has Down's Syndrome.Her blog highlights wonderfully imaginative lessons. They are direct, fun for th...

• WHY HOMESCHOOLING WORKS

  Posted on Sunday February 8th, 2009 at 21:33 in education, public education, homeschooling rocks

  The knowledge our children gain from using Computers, watching television, movies and clips online is more than most of us gained in all of our years of K-12 public schooling.This is the new age. This video explains why homeschooling, with multi-med...

• TODAY'S FRUGAL HOMESCHOOL TIP: NEW SYLVAN WORKBOOKS

  Posted on Thursday January 22nd, 2009 at 13:20 in education, blogging, frugal homeschooling

  There are times in our homeschooling journey when I feel the need to switch up our routine and give our boys a little boost in a certain area of their study. It is in those times that I try to find inexpensive educational materials that will be both...

• AIR SPACE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

  Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 12:39 in education, science

  TODAY'S EXPERIMENT COMING TO YOU FROM....The Happy Scientist BlogToday we will experiment with Air SpaceTo experiment with this, you will need:- a drinking glass- water- cotton ballsFill the glass all the way to the top with water. It should look as...