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Top 10 Online LEGO Classes your Kids will Love
LEGO ® bricks continue to inspire curious and creative minds to build more, do more and learn more. With the recent addition of robotics to the LEGO ® bricks line-up of toys it’s truly amazing what our kids can learn to do. That’s why learning with LEGO bricks is a great way for kids to explore educational ideas from STEM to history, literature and more. The digital age continues to grow as a requirement in many career fields. As homeschooling parents we want to be sure we are staying ahead of the cutting edge curve and preparing our homeschool children to be able to compete in the job market in their future. By…
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Learning to Play Music in Homeschool
Music is amazing. It has the ability to change moods. But, think of how amazing it is when your child learns to play beautiful music. Whether it’s guitar or piano, violin or trumpet learning to play music not only teaches the art of music, it teaches math skills, performance, and discipline. This post contains affiliate advertisement links. Knowing that we were going to move to Missouri, I knew that my son was going to struggle with saying goodbye to his piano teacher. She’s an awesome teacher who is very gifted with both musical talent and the ability to teach. I too, was a bit sad to have to let her go knowing…
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How to Spark Creativity with Homeschool Art Lessons
I’ve known for a very long time that my son had a unique gift when it comes to artwork. He can just sort of see something in his mind, and before you know it he puts it to paper in amazing detail. He kind of sees things in 3 dimensions. I’ve wanted to provide him with homeschool art lessons for a long time. But, I didn’t think I could afford them. I love to watch him draw because it’s really unlike anything I’ve ever seen or imagined when it comes to art. If I were to sketch, or color, or paint an image, I’m quite methodical in my approach. He…
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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:…
