If you haven’t yet stumbled over “Timez Attack” then you are in for a treat. This is an computer adventure game that you will be happy your children are playing. Instead of the normal obstacles that most adventure games offer, “Timez Attack” requires players to answer questions to multiplication problems.
The game itself [...]
It should be no surprise that the government in California has ruled that parents have no right to educate their own children. Instead, all children between 7 and 18 must be educated by a certified teacher.
It is also no surprise that the teacher’s unions were thrilled with the ruling.
There are plenty of teachers that [...]
Every child I have ever known loves to play in the dirt and it may be one of the best ways to engage your child in the educational process without him even knowing what hit him. Planting a garden gives a child a first hand knowledge of science, math, and geography. Gardening also gives a [...]
Playing games is good for kids. It increases their stamina. It increases their skills. Now some are saying that playing strategic games, like chess, will actually make kids smarter. The problem that many of the researchers run into is that the smart kids are the ones that enjoy playing chess. The question still seems to [...]
We are a home educating family. This means that instead of sending the children off to others for most of the day, I teach them at home. While waiting for them to get out of choir practice, one of the other mother’s in the group asked me how I could do it. During our following [...]
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Few people are born organizers. Most have been taught by a parent, or someone else close to them, how to keep a house clean (for good or bad). I was NOT taught how to clean. Suffice it to say that I was a pack rat with enough clutter in my room (and in my life) [...]
Homeschooling is something we have done since our children were just barely old enough to talk. As they got older, we were coming into our own in the school arena when I found out I was pregnant. That makes a seven year difference between the middle child and the new baby.
Now, school is even more [...]
It is never too early to learn about money. Unlike my parents, and probably their parents before them, my husband and I talk about finances in front of and with our children.
There is a time and place for these discussions. We don’t burden the children with the difficulties we have put ourselves in by borrowing [...]