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Online Resources for Homeschoolers

The internet is a valuable tool for today’s homeschoolers. A child can visit China, research the Civil War, and get tutored in math, without ever leaving her computer chair. The internet has opened up the world for the homeschooling family offering everything from support to online curricula. With so much at your fingertips, it is easy to get overwhelmed and spend more time than intended pounding the keyboard. So, here is a short list of some of my favorite places online as a homeschooling mom. I hope you find these sites beneficial in your journey as well. Please share any … Continue reading →

Carnival of Educators -Drama Club Edition

Welcome to the November 17, 2009 edition of carnival of educators. This is the fourth edition of the Carnival of Educators. For those new to carnivals, they are basically blog or column posts that include links to tidbits from dozens of other carnivals. Each week the carnival is hosted at a different blog to spread the wealth and the work around. This weeks edition is the Drama Club edition. In the past two weeks, I have been to numerous homeschool and school productions, and my own kids are in the middle of Tech week for a play scheduled for five … Continue reading →

Video Based Instruction Ideas

My 13 year old has decided that if the curriculum is not video based she does not want to be bothered with it. Over the years I guess I have spoiled her with internet based animation type curriculum like that at Time4learning, and Brainpop cartoons, and math programs like Khan Academy, but her decision to forgo all other forms of curriculum to just watch videos caught me off guard. It’s not that she doesn’t like to read. She reads at least 100 pages a day and carries a book with her where ever she goes. When we were enjoying California … Continue reading →

Michael Jackson’s Kids will Continue to Homeschool

The latest news from the Jackson clan is that Micheal Jackson’s kids will continue to homeschool. Based on words by Joe Jackson shortly after Micheal’s death, I was concerned that the kids would be thrown unprepared into yet another new environment, a public school. He said the children needed to have “normal lives” and be with other children and would be enrolled in schools. Micheal Jackson’s mother, however, in her wisdom has decided that the children will continue to homeschool with the help of the private tutors they have always had. Thank goodness for some level of consistency in their … Continue reading →

How to use learner.org as a homeschool curriculum

I recently mentioned learner.org amongst my best free homeschool programs online for 2009. I have been using learner.org extensively since then, and realized that new users to the site might need a bit of a tutorial. Learner.org, also called Annenberg Media is a collection of curriculum videos organized into full courses. The Annenberg Foundation is a family foundation dedicated to funding programs that improve education, youth development, arts, and other community bases initiatives. To use learner.org as a homeschool curriculum, you would first log in to learner.com. The first thing you will see is a menu full of tabs. The … Continue reading →

Best free homeschool programs online for 2009

Sometime back (December 2006) I gave the gift of five free homeschool resources that you can use. That was a long time ago. While these programs are still great for the homeschooler, and four out of five are still active, in the past few months, I have come across some homeschool programs that have literally blown my mind. For that reason I present to you the best new free homeschool programs online for 2009. MEP math: If you wanted your child to get the kind of math education as children do in countries that lap us in rankings you will … Continue reading →