Sample Homeschooling Week (Coronavirus Edition)
Mar23

Sample Homeschooling Week (Coronavirus Edition)

Hey everyone, I have been trying to post resources, but I have heard from a lot of parents that they aren’t sure what to do with some of them when to use them, how much do they do, etc, so I decided to post some of our current general weekly schedule (though it changes often), so people can see if that gives them any ideas of what might work for their own kids and lives. Every family has a way of doing this that is unique to...

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Online Science Lessons for Kids (Free and Low Cost)
Mar18

Online Science Lessons for Kids (Free and Low Cost)

Science is one of those topics that can be studied in so many different ways. Living Science is a rich smorgasbord of experiences, where kids can learn about their world and themselves by interacting with nature, their environment and by experimenting with different concepts, combinations, and materials. Then there is the worksheet version of science, which is about memorizing unreasonably long names and writing down definitions kids...

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Has Coronavirus turned you into a homeschooler?  Here is some advice for the first time homeschooler.
Mar17

Has Coronavirus turned you into a homeschooler? Here is some advice for the first time homeschooler.

Dear friends The threat of Coronavirus has caused many parents to pull their kids out of school, and now, with official school closings, many of you are faced with homeschooling for the first time. There are very many different ways to homeschool (though the one common thread is that we are rarely at home, ironically), which go from doing school at home to unschooling, with very many different approaches in between.  Because we are...

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Online Music Classes for Kids (Free and Low Cost)
Mar16

Online Music Classes for Kids (Free and Low Cost)

The effect of playing a musical instrument and listening to music can be mapped in the brain of children, but most importantly, music affects your soul. You can be taken to the world of Mozart’s surreal dream in the Magic Flute, feel Beethoven’s passion for revolution in Eroica, dance to Michael Jackson’s Thriller or dream of a better world with John Lennon’s Imagine. The question then becomes, how to foster a love of music, classic...

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