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homeschool wrote a new blog post: Climate Day 2010 1 day, 3 hours ago · View
The following education event is sponsored by the NASA JPL Earth Public Engagement Team. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pasadena, Calif., is co-sponsoring Climate Day 2010. This two-day event will feature lectures and demonstrations by scientists, a Climate Jeopardy competition, career information and educator resources. The event will take place March 26-27, 2010, at the Pasadena Convention Center. [...]
homeschool wrote a new blog post: How to Prepare Children for a Nursing Degree 1 day, 4 hours ago · View
Since you are the parent of a homeschooled child, you care deeply for the materials that your student studies. Most parents do not make the decision to homeschool lightly. For this reason, you are very involved in the curriculum you choose for your child and in the goals you have for your child as well as [...]
time4learningcurriculumblogger wrote a new blog post: Keyboarding Games 1 day, 18 hours ago · View
I am frequently asked why T4L.com does not teach typing. I think it’s a great question. I think we should. In the meantime, I’m collecting info on alternatives. Here are some great typing and keyboarding games for students. Keyboarding Skills Are Vital Learning typing is the focus of these keyboarding games. Learning keyboarding skills is vital for today’s learners [...]
globalvillageschool wrote a new blog post: ‘Academic bulimia’ and the test game 2 days, 21 hours ago · View
by Richard D. Erlich I became aware of the problem early in my teaching career, in 1967 or so. We were doing a standard-definition exercise in a composition class, and a student was reading aloud her brief definition piece that began, “In the United States treason is” — and then merrily gave her own definition. “Whoa!” [...]
wood wrote a new blog post: My little adventure 4 days, 18 hours ago · View
So, I had a little adventure today. My boys were very excited. Both my boys have Big Brothers. So every other week, at 1pm – their Big Brothers show up to take them out. They were both planning tosee the new “Alice in Wonderland”. So they both left excited and ready to see the new [...]
Patti Gill wrote a new blog post: How to get your children writing! 1 week ago · View
Writing has always been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember. Even when I was very young, I would write poems about my life experiences at that time and about my awesome family members. Putting my thoughts into writing is something that comes easy to me, especially when Iam connected to [...]
homeschool wrote a new blog post: Obituary for Shirley Peterson, My Mother 1 week, 1 day ago · View
Shirley Pollard Peterson May 1, 1921 – January 20, 2010 Died in Colorado Springs, CO. Formerly of Walnut Creek, Oakland and Piedmont, CA. Shirley was born in Oakland, California to Frank and Sadie Pollard. She graduated from Piedmont High School (1939) and the University of California, Berkeley (1943). While at Cal she majored in Public Speaking and was [...]
candy4wayphonics wrote a new blog post: Preschool Phonics Should Include Everything that gives K3 and K4 Children Phonemic Awareness Skills and The Ability to Read Three-letter, Short-vowel, CVC Words! 1 week, 2 days ago · View
Free Phonics Resources are not the only thing you’ll find at our site. At Candy 4WAY Phonics , we believe that the purpose for an AFFORDABLE – just $7.97 – Preschool Phonics Program should be to build into children all the skills necessary for them to be sounding out and authentically reading three-letter words by the time they begin kindergarten. We do NOT believe that [...]
Patti Gill wrote a new blog post: Using “Bookmarks” as a comprehension strategy 1 week, 2 days ago · View
I love using bookmarks with children….of all ages! If your child is of elementary or high school age, this simple, yet effective strategy will help them to organize and comprehend what they are reading. Bookmarks are extremely versatile and can be used with any text for any purpose. Let me explain a few ways that you [...]
globalvillageschool wrote a new blog post: Playing to Learn 1 week, 4 days ago · View
THE Obama administration is planning some big changes to how we measure the success or failure of schools and how we apportion federal money based on those assessments. It’s great that the administration is trying to undertake reforms, but if we want to make sure all children learn, we will need to overhaul the curriculum [...]
