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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Are you the mother of pre-schoolers? Are you homeschooling your elementary aged children? Does the combination make homeschooling a daily challenge?
Here are some tips for making the homeschooling process run more smoothly–
Nap time is a GREAT time to focus on your older children. Adjust the school schedule to take advantage of nap time.
Set aside ...
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Monday, August 30, 2010
What are some of the most confused words in the English language? Do your kids know when to use each of the words below?
Their–There
Our–Are
Loose–Lose
Accept–Except
Compliment–Complement
Adverse–Averse
Your–You’re
It’s–Its
Affect–Effect
Lay–Lie
Allusion–Illusion
Me–I
Assure–Insure
Than–Then
Who’s–Whose
If your kids know how to use all the above words–congrats to you–you’re a very good teacher!
Remember, fun learning is forever learning.
Ann Simpson
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Babies are born ready to learn. Think how much a child learns in his/her first year of life. Think how much your child learns by age five.
From the moment a child is born, family plays a crucial role in the child’s learning and how the child sees him/herself as a learner. Parents can start their ...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Have you checked out the educational opportunities at your local zoo lately?
Many zoos have special field trips for homeschoolers, on-line courses, on-site classes, Zoomobile Outreach opportunities, Borrow a Zoobox programs, Self-Guided Safaris, Night Safaris, Feast with the Beasts events , day and week camps and even overnight camping opportunities.
Almost every zoo website that I visited ...
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Would you like a little more help from your mate when it comes to homeschooling your children? Here are some ideas on how to get Dad more involved–
Sit down together and choose educational goals for the upcoming year–do this together as parents. Dad might have different views/goals. His input is valuable. Maybe he’d like your ...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Our friends at Homeschool Buyers Co-op report that homeschoolers have only 11 more days to purchase the immensely popular Thinkwell curriculum at deep discount (45% off!). After that, Thinkwell will require all resellers to offer Thinkwell courses at the list price ($120 and up).
Great teaching begins with great teachers, but unfortunately, not everyone has access ...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
It’s important for our children to understand the rules of paragraphs and topic sentences. Someone that writes well tends to do well in educational endeavors. Later in life, someone that writes well has many career options. Writing well–writing in an organized manner, matters.
A well-organized paragraph supports/develops a single controlling ...
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Our world is getting smaller. People travel across continents and interact with one another as they have never done before. Because of this, it’s beneficial for our children to speak more than one language.
What additional language should your child speak? That might depend on where you live, the languages that are spoken in your family ...
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
How do you make hearts and other cool symbols show up when you clearly don’t have these keys on your computer? There is a way!
If you have Windows, put your keyboard on NumLock, hold down the ALT key and enter the numbers below on the numeric keypad–
for–a happy face–1
for–a heart (my favorite)– 3
for–a diamond– 4
for–a ...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
We teach our children how to read, how to drive a car, how to get a job. But do we teach our children about money management? Do they know how to balance a checking account, the pitfalls of consumer credit, or the importance of savings, compound interest and investment?
Money ToolKits teaches children and young adults ...
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Monday, August 09, 2010
Study skills are skills that students can LEARN! Even kids that get distracted, can do better if they follow these simple study guidelines:
Plan specific times for studying. Stick to your schedule. Studying before everyone else gets out of school may allow you more time with your friends.
Be well rested and well fed before you ...
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Friday, August 06, 2010
Do I really have to change my oil every 3K miles? What if I don’t? Why is it so important?
Automotive oil is important as it lubricates your engine’s moving parts and minimizes the friction and heat within the engine. Automobile oil also improves viscosity and fights corrosion and rust.
If you don’t change your oil in ...
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010
An adage is a saying that has been quoted so often that it has gained a reputation for truth. Adages tend to be pearls of wisdom and many apply to homeschooling. For example–
Practice make perfect (think Math).
Where there is a will there is a way (kids can and do overcome learning disabilities)
Time flies when you’re ...
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Monday, August 02, 2010
Microsoft contacted Homeschool.com to tell us about a nifty free add-on for Powerpoint that can help you in your homeschooling endeavors.
If you have a PC that is running Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or 2010, you can use Mouse Mischief to create a PowerPoint presentation. Both the parent and the child can work with Mouse Mischief.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Lightning bugs….furry caterpillars…banana slugs…..potato bugs….kids love bugs!
How can you take this innate interest that almost all kids have and turn it into a fun science lesson?
Maybe you can make a bug habitat from recycled containers? Or make your own ant farm?
http://www.ehow.com/how_5115290_make-habitat-recycled-produce-containers.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_2088812_make-ant-farm.html
How can you incorporate this interest in bugs into an art lesson? The possibilities are ...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Our friends at the Homeschool Buyers Co-op report that homeschoolers have only ten more days to purchase the award-winning Rusty & Rosy Learn With Me curriculum at a deep discount (50% off!). After that, the publisher is going to break it into separate products and sell them direct at prices substantially higher, in aggregate, than ...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Why do kites fly?
http://www.gombergkites.com/nkm/why.html
How can my kids make their own kites?
http://www.howtomakeandflykites.com/
Can I make this a fun homeschool lesson–absolutely!
In fact, kite flying can be turned into several lessons!
So go ahead–fly a kite!
Because fun learning is forever learning.
Ann Simpson
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Every once in a while, we all need to be inspired!
Below, are some quotes that might be inspirational to your homeschooling efforts–
A teacher affects eternity:
he (she) can never tell where his (her) influence stops.
Henry Adams
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state
than that of the man (woman) who instructs the rising generation.
Marcus Tullius ...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Oral hygiene is important. I don’t think anyone would argue that statement. So what are some guidelines we as parents should follow? The University of Southern California (USC) Dental School and Colgate suggest the following–
Your child should see a dentist upon eruption of the first tooth–or no later than age one.
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Summer seems to be the time for bubbles! They are fun for kids of all ages.
Not only are bubbles FUN–they are a science lesson!
For information regarding the science of bubbles–
http://chemistry.about.com/od/bubbles/a/bubblescience.htm
www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/bubbles/bubbles.html
So blow a few hundred and have a blast!
Because fun learning is forever learning.
Ann Simpson
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