Tagged with school

We're fast approaching our new "school" "year". Sorry for all the quotes, but what we do isn't exactly school, and we don't go by years. But in any case, we're planning the next year of education. ...

There's a bit of misunderstanding or denial about ADD/ADHD. The opinions I see online range from "It doesn't exist: the kids are just daydreaming and need to be spanked more", to "It doesn't exist: the kids are just acting normally and need to be taught differently". Though my sympathies lean toward the second, I propose a third opinion: "It does exist, and the kids need to be taught differently." ...

I had a discussion the other day with another homeschooling parent about how much of the 3 'R's we should be teaching. While the 3 'R's are important, my list is a little longer… ...

I just finished up a few new math worksheet generators:

Printable greater than, less than, equal to worksheets

Printable "plus what?" worksheets

Printable place value / unit blocks worksheets.

Printable "complete the pattern" worksheets.

And of course: All games and worksheets ...

Hi. I made a generator for secret code worksheets. Enjoy! ...

Lately I made the mistake of commenting on a few negative articles about homeschooling. It's always a mistake. I'm not going to change anyone's mind; I'm just going to raise my blood pressure after beating my head against the same tired and refuted arguments. The commenters asserting negative ideas about homeschooling are not interested in counter opinions from people who actually know more than one homeschooling family. They have an anecdote about "this one kid in college" who blah blah blah. ...

One of the cool homeschooling parents in our group puts on a chemistry class for young kids. I'm the first to admit that teaching chemistry to 5- and 7-year-olds is probably not really "teaching them chemistry" as most people think about it. You can explain atoms, electron shells, covalent bonds, and chemical reactions all you want, but it will not really "stick". But that's not really the point. ...

I had big plans for the homeschool today… ...

Just a quick little note. The young one and I were playing Dino Store for a bit this morning and I could see it was winding down. So I came up with what I thought might be a quick little one-off activity/game involving coins. I laid out pairs of groups of coins side by side, and the goal was for her to figure out which group had more money. … ...

So I'm just your normal, every day, non-religious homeschooling parent. I'm a bit liberal in areas, a bit libertarian in others, and maybe a bit conservative in a few fiscal areas. Then I come across this: ...