Recent Homeschool Blog | Learning Styles PostsMatching Teaching and Learning Stylesby Andrea Hermitt09 Jul 2009 06:03 AMIn any classroom, there will be students who easily understand and comprehend everything a teacher is communicating. There are also students who struggle to follow the teacher's instructions. Bloom's Taxonomy for Homeschoolersby Valorie Delp25 Jan 2008 06:45 AMWhether you are a trained teacher or not, education is now your business. When I taught in school, I firmly believed that professional development was important for teachers. I firmly believe that the same is true for homeschoolers. What Is Your Teaching Style?by Valorie Delp10 Sep 2007 04:22 AMA few days ago, I talked about why I felt it was important to identify your teaching style. I think new homeschoolers should really spend some time thinking through their philosophy of education. Do You Know Your Teaching Style?by Valorie Delp08 Sep 2007 04:11 AMMy principal used to call me a controlled chaos teacher. That's not a technical term for a teaching style but he used it to describe the sense that my classroom was always noisy, always busy, students were always up sharpening pencils and talking. . .but everyone was on task. Homeschooling the Creative Child: Science and Social Studiesby Andrea Hermitt06 Jun 2007 08:02 AMIn my first post on Homeschooling the creative child I talked about how my high school chemistry teacher helped me tremendously by making Chemistry three dimensional for me and allowing me to draw pictures all over my test paper. Homeschooling the Creative Child: Language Artsby Andrea Hermitt05 Jun 2007 06:00 AMLanguage Arts can be a challenge for creative children. They could care less about nouns and verbs. Spelling and vocabulary can be boring. Writing a structured essay is incredibly painful. Here are some tools and techniques you can try to teach your creative homeschooler creative arts. Tips for Homeschooling the Creative Child: Mathby Andrea Hermitt04 Jun 2007 05:00 PMCreative Children usually start off having no problems with math. Counting is a simple concept and easy to understand. Adding and subtraction is a no-brainer, especially when they can see with pictures and manipulative how two plus two makes four. Homeschooling the Creative Child: Do You Have One?by Andrea Hermitt04 Jun 2007 12:00 PMAs an artistic person, I am especially interested in educating creative kids. While creative children may very well be able to have an interest in art, history, science, and English, many will find these subjects inane and boring without a bit of creativity on the part of the instructor. Recent Blog Comments Allinformation says... "I don't know if this would be helpful to you or not, but Bison Educational Systems is a website that has proficiency test questions and answers that allow you to pick and chose, then print for your child to take." Allinformation says... "This is a really great resource to use!" In Homeschooling Resource of the Day: HomeSchoolViewTube.com |
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