Have you every looked at pictures of other people’s perfectly organized school rooms and had to wipe the drool off your keyboard? There are some people who have amazing school rooms with custom designed desks for each student, wall-to-wall book shelves, special computer areas, and you name it, someone has probably built it. I’ve even …
I loved math as a child. I especially enjoyed all the higher maths including Calculus. I think that one of the reasons that I enjoyed math, was that I understood it. I remember thinking how odd some of my friends’ math study methods were. They spent a lot of time trying to memorize how to …
One of the on-going projects in Apologia Elementary Zoology 3 is to make a notebook of animal tracks. In addition, the lesson that we just finished has a project to try to collect animal tracks in your backyard using wet cement in a pan and food for bait. Hopefully, an animal will walk through the …
Five in a Row (FIAR) is a unit study curriculum created by Jane Claire Lambert for students ages 4-8. The unit studies are based on children’s literature. Each day for five days, the same book is read aloud to the child. After reading the book, there are suggested activities to complete. Each day a different …
As a child, I loved Little House on the Prairie. I loved the books. I loved the television show. In addition, I read a biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder. I even used the atlas that was in the last volume of my Britannica Junior Encyclopedias to locate all the towns where she had lived. (Yes, …
Heads Up! is a company designed to provide expert information and products for special needs children. Our items have been selected to accommodate various learning styles and strengths, regardless of curriculum used. These special needs products have been found to be especially helpful for children who are distractible or hyperactive. (Taken from the Heads Up! …
"Math Tutor DVD offers Math Help via DVD video tutorial content." The instructor, Jason Gibson, holds Master’s degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Physics. I received 2 courses from the Math Tutor DVD to review. The first course is Basic Math Word Problems. There are 8 hours of video covering the following topics. Disc 1 …
I am one of those people who find spelling and grammar errors in other people’s writing. I try not to be too critical of other people’s writing. I know it’s easy to have typos and sometimes when people are just typing a quick note, they don’t feel the need to edit for proper word usage. …
Do you have a homeschool mentor? Is there someone who helped you to get started with homeschooling? I was curious about other people’s experiences with beginning homeschooling, so I asked this question on an informal survey on my blog. (Link to post) . The results of the limited sampling of homeschoolers who responded were: Yes …
I am in the process of reviewing an on-line course to teach new homeschoolers how to homeschool. This has me wondering how many people who start homeschooling have someone experienced to get advice from. I knew several homeschoolers before I began to homeschool and I went to one friend’s home and she showed me what …
