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Beginning Homeschooling Again

Many people are deciding to homeschool this year after taking a hiatus and having homeschooling in the past and then putting their kids in school. They may have homeschooled two years ago. They may have homeschooled six years ago. Regardless of past experience, they may have questions as to where to start. This uncertainty is for a good reason. Homeschooling is growing at such and incredible rate that a great many things change from year to year. Each year there are new curriculums, there are new approaches, and there is new technology that a homeschooler can use, so starting again … Continue reading →

Math Resource Review: National Library of Virtual Manipulatives and Aleks.com

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives is a National Science Foundation supported website that provides, as the name appropriately implies, online manipulatives. The site is a subscription site but you can download a free trial to see how it might work out for you. What I like about this site is that it has things for grades PK all the way through Grade 12. I often find that high school is missing from things for homeschoolers. . .but this site is extremely comprehensive and does it all. What I wouldn’t like is the fact that … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Week in Review July 9 – July 14, 2007

This was a busy week, in my personal life anyway. However, in spite of a big, big, family wedding, I still managed to provide nine blog posts for you. Subjects ranged from my continued listing of distance learning programs homeschoolers could use to problems homeschoolers might encounter like teaching subjects kids do not want to learn and divorce. Here is the families.com homeschooling week in review for July 9, July 14. 09 Jul 2007 Homeschooling Week in Review July 1 – July 8, 2007 by Andrea Hermitt This list of last week’s blogs begins with a review of the previous … Continue reading →

New Math Curriculum iLearn Offers Free Home Trials

A new math curriculum called iLearn had launched a pilot program to homeshcoolers where homescholers can use the program free of charge for the upcoming year in exchange for monthly feedback. The iLearn math program is geared to 4th through 8th graders, which are the grades when math problems begin. The automated program will determine your childs level and needs, and instruct that child according to the findings. iPASS, which is part of the iLearn program, “uses a unique instructional style, including an engaging multimedia format with graphics, animation and narration” to teach students. Is it a good or even … Continue reading →