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Keeping Your Family Safe Online: Gryphon Update on Kickstarter
Do you remember a couple of weeks ago I shared with you the Easy to Use Parental Control Tool for Online Safety, Gryphon? I wanted to share with you a Gryphon update and let you know how their kickstarter campaign is going. It looks like the campaign is going very well, so far. This is a sponsored post about a product which I believe will be beneficial to homeschooling families. All opinions expressed are my own and are honest. I have been fairly compensated for my time in writing this post. In just 2 weeks, Gryphon is more than 75% to the funding goal on Kickstarter and has been featured in…
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10 Online Coding Resources for Kids to Learn Computer Code
The digital age is here and we need to be preparing our kids to speak the language of computing, coding. Most likely, whether we’ve taught it to them or not, they have a decent understanding of it all by just being around computers their entire lives. Looking forward to their adulthood we must recognize that computers, and coding of computers will play a very important role in their ability to hold and keep a job. With computers being used from everything from point of sale, to scheduling apps, personal files, photo storage, to automotive computerized systems. The reality is that regardless of what profession someone may intend to go into, computers…
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Ideas for Teaching STEM utilizing a 3d Pen in Homeschool
My son is fascinated by all things STEM, throw in art and he’s over the moon excited. Which is why I’ve been working to figure out how to utilize a 3D pen in homeschool to encourage his active mind to explore STEM in many aspects. No doubt my son is fascinated by engineering, which means that science, technology and math are at the forefront of his mind throughout the day. Oh, he’s not specifically separating out those various fields in his mind, to him, all are necessary when engineering anything. Take Da Vinci for example. His notebooks contain hundreds of sketches that encompass science, technology, engineering and math in all of…
