Let your preschooler experience hands-on activities at the fair
Preschoolers are perhaps most impacted by hands-on experiences. Just how something looks, feels, tastes, or smells certainly leaves an impression with this age group. A great opportunity for children to get their hands on some things they don’t see every day is going on now through Monday, September 6 at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe.
A bonus is that most of the attractions that young children will be interested in are free with fair admission. Strolling through the livestock barns presents the opportunity to get up close and personal with pigs, goats, cattle, chickens,...
Free online GED and college prep course is one learning option for Austin area homeschoolers
Promoting itself as free, but not a "stroll in the park", Free-Ed.net offers GED preparation that has teeth!
Enrollment is easy, requiring only membership in a Google group determined by the students' start date.
Purporting to be be thorough in content, this program is designed to last about 2 years. If a homeschooler finds they have gaps in their education or have gotten behind and are feeling discouraged, this project may be just the remedy.
On the home page is a video entitled "GED to PhD?" Students who are unwilling or unable to follow a...
Reading part three: set up to succeed with phonics, and only phonics, first
Now is the time for education consumers to grab the reins of “local control “and get on the right path first, with phonics.
Brain imaging confirms reading English fluently is a left-brain activity. When reading is effectively taught, areas on the left side of the brain operate separately but cooperate to convert letters into sounds, and the sounds into words. Accurate sounding-out creates the firm brain links necessary for fluent reading. The neural model of the word that is built specifies pronunciation, spelling and meaning. Practice makes permanent. Some children need more...
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