-
Turn Drawing on its Side with 3d Pen Technology
When you have a child who goes through reams of paper drawing structures like buildings, maps, villages, and cities and also has a strong desire to be an architect when he grows up. Yes, I mean ream after ream after ream of paper is used in our home to draw these things. Then the idea of being able to create actual 3 dimensional items by drawing them with a 3d pen is cool. But, who can afford a 3d printer? I received the AtmosFlare 3d Drawing Pen Kit for free in exchange for this review, I am receiving paid compensation for my time, all opinions expressed are my own and I am not…
-
10 Homeschooling Words You Need to Understand
Get to Know these Homeschooling Words Perhaps you are beginning the research of looking into homeschool for your family as an alternative option to public education. But as you research you keep reading about methods, and styles and unschooling and deschooling and you are entirely confused. What do those words even mean and how do they relate to educating a child? That’s why I’m defining 10 homeschooling words you need to understand. This post may contain affiliate ad links to 3rd party external sites. Have you looked around and realized that homeschooling is becoming mainstream? It seems each year more and more families are choosing to homeschool their kids in…
-
Determining How to Plan Time for Homeschooling
Life is learning and learning is life. I say this time and again. If we live that way in our homeschools then planning specific time for homeschooling can look a bit chaotic to those on the outside looking in. State Requirements for Time for Homeschooling If you, like I, live in a state that has a listing of requirements that you are to meet then most likely the state government has set a minimum standard for the number of hours you are to educate your children. In my previous state of Ohio, those hours were a minimum of 900 hours while in Missouri they are 1000 hours with the majority…
-
A Visual Exploration for How to Memorize the Periodic Table
I can remember back to junior high school when I took earth science from Mrs. Garrett. One of the lessons we worked through was an introduction to the periodic table of elements. Mrs. Garrett diligently divided the table into their appropriate categories and assigned us memorization work for each segment. It was hard. Now, don’t get me wrong. Mrs. Garrett was a good teacher and I remember her fondly throughout my schooling years, as she was the homeroom teacher for my class and in our small rural area our school was a combined junior and senior high school. So I had her for several classes. She was a good teacher who…
-
How To Choose Between Homeschool Co-ops and Support Groups
Homeschooling gets a bad rap about socialization, that's why I'm sharing Homeschool co-ops in Ohio. To help you find a place to "socialize" your children.
-
Finally an Online Course that Challenges a Math Mind
To say that it’s difficult to challenge my math gifted son would be an understatement. From a very early age he has progressed through math as if he has some hidden foreknowledge of how it’s all supposed to work. For him, it just clicks. Over the years I’ve tried various challenge math options, bought published printed materials for gifted children as well as tried a variety of online math programs that I had hoped would allow him to explore math in a way that challenged his mind. Typically, he will figure out those programs or lessons quickly, progress rapidly and then get bored and will not want to continue. Disclosure:…
-
10 Middle School Periodicals every Kid will Love
Have you considered that old fashioned snail mail can inspire your kids to read? And, it can prompt them to write as well. Magazines for Kids can help your kids to read for fun. But I wanted to offer you additional options because kids interests vary. Utilizing mail is a great way to encourage reading in an exciting way and there is no better way to do so with pre-teen kids than with middle school periodicals. That’s why today I am sharing with you 10 resources for finding magazine subscriptions for your children. Most of these periodical options are for upper elementary through middle school because that is the age range…
-
How to Inspire Reading with a Magazine for Kids
When I was a little girl I lived in a very small town, tiny by most people’s standards, one of my favorite things was going to the post office with mom and daddy to get the mail. It was about 1/2 mile from our house, sometimes we walked and other times we would ride our bikes, our motorcycle, or ride in the car. We would go maybe 3 or 4 times a week to check the mail. There was no greater thrill than when mom would say “You’ve got mail” to one of us kids (there were 4 of us). You would have thought I had just won a million…
