Math in 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.
Gardens are a great way for parents to enhance their children's math skills. Growing plants can serve as a foundation for many areas in math, such as measuring, graphing and counting as well as understanding fractions and percentages. Begin by following a few simple rules when working with children.
Advantages of Online Learning
One of the ironies of homeschooling is that students struggling in school and falling behind often find themselves trapped in a formal, structured setting yet are worried about moving to homeschooling without a structured environment.
By using a flexible, individualized curriculum that allows students (and families) to have some structure and support combined with the ability to customize the materials to meet the needs of the student is a great way to break out of the dilemma; and online learning is about as structured, yet flexible, as it gets.
Financial Help for Homeschooling Support Groups
Ed Anywhere has a Fundraising Program for Homeschooling Support Groups and ED Anywhere is an alternative education program for middle and high school students specializing in:
- remediation skill building,
- credit recovery programs,
- summer school options, and
- standardized test preparations for both traditional schools and homeschoolers.
Homeschool Curriculum Review: Time4Learning Broadens the Possibilities
One of the challenges of homeschooling is selecting curriculum that meets the needs of each child. Many families find that what fits one child, may not fit another. Or that what worked well one semester, may feel stale and stop working the next. In some cases, what works for one child in one subject, does not work for the same child in another subject.