Today’s installment is about Richelle Spargur, the wonderful co-creator and owner of Virginia Soaps and Scents. I’m a raving fan of theirs (you can read my review by clicking here) and once you try their products you will be too! As you know, I like to introduce other homeschoolers who enjoy working from home while…
Jimmie has received the title of “Queen of All Minibooks” because of her educational creations. I’ve decided to feature other homeschoolers who have found or created work from home positions to help inspire others to create a Financial Plan B for themselves. Since I’ve developed a love affair with lapbooks I thought it was appropriate…
Lapbooking is a fun way to teach and teach and reinforce every subject. It’s also something that all members of the family can do regardless of age. Basically a lapbook is a collection of minibooks and/or facts about a subject. These minibooks are placed inside of ordinary file folders that refolded to create a master…
Wizz-e is a magical place where books come to life. They move, they shimmer, they speak and even give quizzes. The magic has touched the classics such as “The Three Little Pigs.” The magic has affected new books, such as “Hoop-La the Hippo.” Some books count and some books rhyme. But whatever else they do…
Do public schools offer a college preparatory curriculum or just private schools? Looking at schools for my 1st grader and would like to know the difference. Thanks. Both public and private schools offer college-prep curricula. In some public schools, students have to have high enough grades and test scores to be allowed to take the…
Technology is a powerful tool that can help and enhance learning. Everyday we see technology used as a tool outside of formal schooling for communication, collaboration, understanding, and accessing knowledge. It is our goal in developing an integrated curriculum to ensure that the way students learn with technology agrees with the way they live with…
Algodoo is a 2D physics simulation environment for creating interactive scenes in a playful, cartoony manner. Algodoo is designed to encourage young peoples own creativity, ability and motivation to construct knowledge. The synergy of science and art makes Algodoo as educational as it is entertaining. Algodoo is based on Phun 2D Physics Sandbox, developed by…
Who would have thought that an innocent looking little package would cause such an uproar in my household? I opened it up and was immediately enchanted by this simple, yet elegant solution for my many book reading endeavors. But then I went and got the children’s opinions — boy was that a mistake! —————————– At…
Web design is one of the skills that I want my children to learn. Not only is it a great creative outlet for writing and drawing (my daughters love the Paint feature on the computer), but it will probably be a standard skill requirement as they enter the job market. Although I’ve been working on…
I am no neophyte to math software. Long before I became a mother I have been using math software to help my myriads of nieces and nephews. One of my favorite math software providers was Davidson and their really cool “Math Blaster” program back in the 1990s. But that was then and this is now….