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New! Personalized Summer Learning for Math
The summer months are an ideal time to help your children get ahead in math! Whether you're at home or on the road this summer, ALEKS is an flexible, online math program for grades 3-12 that can be used to provide each child with a personalized learning path tailored to his or her individual needs. 
 
Save 50% On Time4Learning In April
For only $9.98 per child for the first month, you'll get full access to an entire year's worth of curriculum, which includes 1000+ multimedia lessons, parent tools, teaching resources & more -- all provided within an automated learning system that grades lessons, tracks progress and keeps reports. You can use the program however you see fit, begin at any point in the year and cancel anytime. Time4Learning requires no contracts and includes a 14-day money back guarantee. Try their curriculum demos to see how it works!
 
Experience Personalized Math Instruction for Each Child
A math curriculum that works for the whole family can be hard to find, especially when each of your children learns differently. With ALEKS, it’s easy to provide each child with a personalized math instruction to meet their individual needs. 
 
Special offer from Time4Learning - Get a Free Gift
For only $19.95/month for one child (and $14.95 for each additional), you'll get 24/7 access to a whole year's worth of materials. You can begin at any point in the year and use the program however you see fit. Membership includes 1000+ multimedia lessons, parent tools, teaching resources & more -- all provided within an automated system that grades lessons, tracks progress and keeps reports for portfolio use.
 
One Month Trial--More Than 60 Courses!
Does your student need a class in Middle School Physical Science, Organic Chemistry, English Grammar, AP Statistics, Music Theory, or perhaps SAT test prep? Perhaps you're interested in Wordpress or Adobe Illustrator? Educator.com classes are ideal for both teens and parents! 
 
2-for-1 Special Offer for Math!
Are you looking for a math curriculum to use with your children during the new year? For a limited time, purchase an ALEKS subscription and get a second subscription of the same length at no additional cost!
 
Gift Certificates Now Available for Time4Learning!
Give the gift of education this holiday season with Time4Learning gift certificates! In just three short steps, you can buy, customize and send the gift of learning to anyone!
 
FlashKids -- Activities Kids Love
Flash Kids offers serious learning tools with a lively, lighthearted feel. Developed in accordance to educational standards, the flashcards and workbooks cover essential math, reading, and language arts skills in a way that makes learning easy. Clear directions, charming art, and comprehensive answer keys allow children to work independently and with confidence.
 
Back to School Savings from Dover: Save 25%
While you are probably well into the new school year, you still might be looking for books for your core curriculum and supplementary materials for lesson plans. For quality and selection at the lowest prices on the market, turn to Dover Publications -- they've been proudly serving the homeschooling community for over 70 years. 
 
Affordable Ivy League Tutors - Just a Click Away
Allow your child to explore new, challenging subjects in a safe, one-on-one tutoring environment with InstaEDU. Whether your student wants to learn more about statistics or dive into computer programming, InstaEDU's tutors can help him or her learn and understand complex subjects in a fun, social way (and you won't have to teach yourself to code). 
 
Discover the Math Genius in Every Child
"It's OK you're not good at math," friends say, "I'm the same way". Children overhearing this grow up believing that they need a "math gene" to do well. In reality, math is a subject that everyone, even young children, can easily succeed in. And success in math develops the self-confidence, and cognitive and executive skills children need to do well academically and socially. 
 
Help Your Child Achieve Math Success This School Year
The new school year is here and now is the perfect time to see how ALEKS can help your child succeed in math! Using artificial intelligence and adaptive, open-response questioning, ALEKS quickly and accurately determines what a student knows and is most ready to learn. 
 
Boost Your Child's Success and Confidence in Math
Are you looking for a personalized curriculum solution that will help your child succeed in math this school year? Using a unique combination of learning and assessment, ALEKS quickly and accurately determines precisely what a student knows, doesn't know, and what she is most ready to learn. This innovative approach to math instruction allows students to work at their own pace, while increasing student success and confidence. 
 
Engaging and Affordable Homeschool Curriculum
We may be in the heart of summer, but quality, affordable curriculum is always in season. With Pearson homeschool bundles, you get student and parent teaching materials at a price that fits your budget. Your child will have fun learning with Reading, Math, Social Studies, and Science programs from Pearson -- proven effective, and designed to keep them engaged and motivated to learn.
 
Special Summer Offer
Time4Learning.com is pleased to present new families with half price savings on their first month when they register for Time4Learning before June 30th. Prevent brain drain, try a new curriculum and keep learning momentum going all summer! 
 
Achieve More This Summer
Studies show students experience significant learning loss when they do not participate in educational activities during the summer months. With Pearson's homeschool products, it's easy to set aside time each day to keep your kids mentally active and engaged this summer. In just 30-60 minutes per day you can incorporate learning into your summer fun with these engaging programs from Pearson. 
 
Two--Three Years' Growth in as Little as 6-8 Weeks
Many children and adults struggle with problems related to reading, spelling, and language comprehension. Factor in diagnoses like dyslexia, attention deficit disorder, auditory processing disorder, hyperlexia, and autism, and it can be difficult to know where to turn for the right educational assistance. Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes provides effective, results based assistance individuals need. 
 
Individualized Summer Learning for Math
The summer months are an ideal time to help your child get ahead in math! Whether you're at home or on the road this summer, ALEKS can be used to provide each child with a personalized learning path tailored to his or her individual needs.
 
Curriculum To Inspire Your Child
Choose Pearson Homeschool for curriculum that is not only affordable, but comprehensive, fun and engaging! Pearson Homeschool offers a full line of curriculum that's flexible to fit you and your child. 
 
A Personalized Math Tutor for Each Child
Math tutors can be expensive, especially when each of your children needs individual instruction. With ALEKS, it's easy to provide each child with a personalized math tutor to meet their individual needs. Students who use ALEKS are given access to highly-targeted instruction based on the topics they are exactly ready to learn. With an open-response environment, ALEKS does not rely on multiple choice questions and ensures students have truly demonstrated mastery on the topics they have completed. This unique approach to learning and assessment makes ALEKS a dynamic curriculum solution for math. 
 
Summer Break or Summer Study? Get Both!
As the school year ends, parents often have conflicting feelings about education and summer vacation. Studies show that kids who don't exercise their minds during the summer tend to backslide. Give your kids a fun AND productive summer with the help of Time4Learning. 
 
Does Your Math Curriculum Take a Personalized Approach to Learning?
Many homeschooling families are looking for a math curriculum to use with all of their children, but struggle to find a program that meets each child's individual learning style. With ALEKS, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to mathematics instruction. Students are given access to a full course library and provided with a personalized learning path tailored to their individual needs. Using a unique combination of learning and assessment, ALEKS quickly and accurately determines what a student knows and is most ready to learn within a course. 
 
I Play Math Games
I Play Math Games is a family owned company that strives to help students have a positive relationship with math by utilizing game play to build and reinforce math skills. IPMG games are designed to meet the standards set by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), have been developed by math teachers, and have been tested in classrooms for over 20 years. IPMG offers FREE and for purchase math game worksheets, math game workbooks and interactive math games both by age/grade level and by skill level.
 
Teaching Math to your Child? Remember that Practice Makes Perfect, and to KEEP IT FUN!
Although many students are leery when it comes to math, they can become engaged when learning is made fun through games and interactive activities. One such site that offers this is LiveMathBowl.com, a math site with over 750 learning activities and trusted and used by more than 5000 schools and over 1,000,000 children worldwide, and best of all, LiveMathBowl is a great tool for homeschoolers.
 
Homeschooling the Child Who Hates Math
Your child breezes through spelling, social studies, and art, but when it comes to math, your child's attitude quickly sours. This can result in anxiety, acting out, struggles and outright refusal to do a lesson, a situation we have all been in. Here are some tips that will help your child grow to enjoy math, regardless of their initial level of interest!
 
The Most Dreaded Subject for Homeschool Parents
What is probably the most dreaded subject for homeschool parents? Yes, you're right--M-A-T-H!!!!!!! We might be confident teaching history or spelling or literature.....but math just scares us! Perhaps we ourselves weren't Mathematicians in our younger years.....or we were adequate.....but it's been sooooo long! Maybe we're afraid that things have actually changed (they haven't)! In this case, what do we do?
 
Cows are too big to put in your pocket! Learning the Real Value of Money
Money originally came into being when people started living in farming communities and started specializing in what they did for a living. They became efficient at what they did and produced enough surplus product to trade with their neighbors. Money was invented because basically cows are too big to put in your pocket to do trade. Money is simply a convenient tool.
 
How to Motivate Your Student to Study Math
"Math," (Yikes!)... For some of us, this simple word sends a shiver up our spine as those long ago tormented years in math classes come back in a wave of consciousness so strong we can still smell the musty text books and # 2 pencils. As parents, we desire to help our children learn and understand how they will one-day come to use math in their everyday lives. How then, do we get past our nightmarish math memories to the point where, while educating our children, we too can overcome the hesitations and learn to enjoy math?
 
10 Things to Know When Choosing a Math Curriculum For Your Homeschooled Student
M-A-T-H! I don't know about you, but that simple word sends a shiver up my spine as memories of past math classes come back to me, filled with reminders of musty textbooks and #2 pencils. As parents, we strive to help our children learn and understand how they will one day use math in their daily lives. But how in the world am I going teach math to my child when I am not confident in my own math skills? How do we educate our children while also overcoming our hesitations and learning to enjoy math? Many homeschooling parents struggle with these same questions while trying to select the right math curriculum for their child. Here is a list of the top 10 things to remember when choosing a math curriculum for your child.
 
A Homeschooler's Guide: the Development of Mathematical Thinking from Ages 4-8
The more parents know about what to expect at each stage of their child's growth, the better equipped they are with appropriate activities that will further their child's learning and development. DreamBox Learning supports homeschooling parents in their commitment to an excellent, individualized math education.
 
Hands-On Equations
To start your child with Hands-On Equations, you can obtain one set of the Hands-On Equations Learning System for $34.95 plus $4.50 S&H. You will receive the instructional booklets, one set of worksheets (260 equations in total!) and one set of student game pieces. A full Home Packet, which includes a DVD instructional manual and a verbal problems book, is available for $125." Click here for a video demo of an 8 year-old solving: 4x + 5 = 2x + 13.
 
Math is a Spider Web
"Math," (Yikes!)... For some of us, this simple word sends a shiver up our spine as those long ago tormented years in math classes come back in a wave of consciousness so strong we can still smell the musty text books and # 2 pencils. As parents, we desire to help our children learn and understand how they will one-day come to use math in their everyday lives. How then, do we get past our nightmarish math memories to the point where, while educating our children, we too can overcome the hesitations and learn to enjoy math?
 
Kids Gardens Growing Lessons in Math
To learn more about math today, kids don't have to board a bus to school or look at a chalkboard filled with numbers. Instead, they can venture outside to start a garden.
 

 

 

 


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