Homeschool
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Do your Kids need Help Focusing – Meet KazuTime
Giving my daughter help focusing has been a priority since we started homeschool because it’s heartbreaking to watch her struggle with an attention disorder. She is highly emotional, easily distracted, impulsive, and tremendously sensitive. She gets caught up in the moment and doesn’t always have the internal ability to rein herself back in without external support and discipline. While most children need help focusing at some point, teaching her how to monitor herself is a daily struggle in our home as her parents, but as her teacher, I’ve seen how being distracted has become a wrecking ball for her education. Difficulty with focus affects every aspect of her education. Learning…
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A Secret Gem in Learning Websites for Kids
Finding excellent learning websites for kids can be trial and error, so when I find a secret gem, wonderful and worth using, I want to share it! It’s back to school time and parents everywhere are hoping to empower their children to rock this school year. Whether your children do school at home or in a more formal setting, we all want our kids to learn and love to learn, but we don’t always feel qualified or capable to help. Even as a certified high school teacher, educating my own child can be a bit overwhelming. Did I cover all the skills she needs? What if I miss something? Did…
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My Best Lessons from our First Year Homeschooling
Homeschooling is more than just teaching school at home. Even after 17 years teaching public high school, I had so much to learn this first year of homeschooling. Last summer, we decided homeschooling was our best option and love the flexibility for scheduling and curriculum choices, and the joy of learning together. Homeschooling has brought our family much closer. I knew homeschooling would be educational – I didn’t realize all I would learn as the teacher. 1. The most important lessons aren’t always in the curriculum. I learned that teaching one child I love is very different from teaching a beloved subject to 100 children. Structuring lessons around her meals,…
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Can the KidloLand App Benefit your Kid?
Looking for great preschool content for your little ones? The award-winning KidloLand app has 245+ nursery rhymes &100 +educational songs and activities, covering so many subjects it’s perfect to supplement your child’s learning. Most mamas are intentional about screen time for our children, wanting only the best for our babies. The KidloLand App was recently awarded the Spring 2016 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Choice award so moms and experts agree, we can feel good about letting our littles use this app. When my daughter was little, I found that the right apps and programs could do more than keep her entertained, they could help her learn through catchy songs and…
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How to Make Math Fun
Make math FUN – Doesn’t that sound hopeful? If your kid is anything like mine, math is usually closer to pulling teeth, certainly the hardest part of homeschool. Math is problem solving and puzzles. It should be fun. Who doesn’t like puzzles? (this site uses Affiliate links-purchases support our ministry through a small referral fee that never affects your cost.) But somewhere in my life math stopped being fun. My teachers made me copy my addition, subtraction, and multiplication tables over and over. Not much fun, but I learned them really well. Why? Repetition is part of what makes new ideas and concepts permanent. Sure – but does it have…
