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Parents, Teachers, Kids: Would you like to view over 2,200 10-12-minute digestible FREE videos designed to tutor kids and adults alike on different subjects such as K-12 math, biology, chemistry,...
View ArticleSuper Powerful Educational iPad Apps for Kids
Attention Home Scholars and Home Schooler! Attention astute Parents who subscribe to the philosophy "join them" rather than "fight them" when it comes to using technology to forge a child’s education...
View ArticleEducator Tool Review – The Way to Happiness Kit
About 8 months ago, I requested an Educator Kit from The Way to Happiness Foundation International for use at school. You can't help but support a group with this sort of Mission Statement: The mission...
View ArticleLesson Plan: Basic Spelling and English Terms for ESL or Beginning Readers
Understanding the very fundamentals behind speech is a step most forgotten. Yet, it is a basic building block when teaching any language to a child or adult alike. This is the first lesson I put...
View ArticleFun London Series Book Review
"I have always loved life and I find the people I meet to be of great interest. I believe in the basic goodness in all of us and in the joy of creating. I write to bring some of my joy to others....
View ArticleMedia Inspired Super Powers: Children’s Technology Review
Hello YouthMUSE Fans and Home Eductators! I have been out for most of the summer doing Educator training and working at my new digs The Delphian School in beautiful Sheridan, Oregon. I am back on-line...
View ArticleFinally! Super Power of Space Exploration from Home
"Terapixel gives you the ability to take a virtual tour of the cosmos from your living room." Dr. Brian McLean Observatory Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute Microsoft and NASA have teamed up...
View ArticleBook Review – The Thinking Book
The subject of Reason is not one taught in modern schools. It died out on the curriculum back in Socrates days. The almost unbearable course in Logic, sometimes found hidden under the Philosophy...
View ArticleKnowledge and Power Seekers Website – Videojug
Parents, Students, Home Schoolers and those just seeking knowledge! A website exists with over 60,000 FREE somewhat professionally-produced ‘HOW TO’ videos and guides. It claims to provide expert...
View ArticleGuest Blog – Science for Youth: What is Energy Flow
We welcome our Guest Blogger Ron Seagal, the President of “True Education Solutions.” Ron has a number of informative articles and services for Home Schoolers and Educators. Here is one of them:...
View Article“Quality” of You – a Telling Super Power
"By their works ye shall know them." This can be good or bad, but it's a truth. I gravitate towards people who are really good at what they do. What makes them really good is that they put their true...
View ArticleBrilliant New Game for Adults & Kids – Cut the Rope
Cut the Rope rivals Angry Birds, without the fanfare. This was a mind challenge for any age I put in front of it. It required Problem Solving skills and a utilization of basic physics. This is a great...
View ArticleThe Power of Fresh Books for the “Tired” Routine
Fresh words for an exhausting nightly activity; Kids aren't the only ones tired of these routines! My 7-year-old could fully relate as he laughed and smiled. The books are fun to read and emotionally...
View ArticleIs Homework Dangerous to Kid’s Minds?
There is no doubt that if every child went through school filled with wide-eyed wonder for the things he or she studies, we would have a world of geniuses. To determine whether a particular piece of...
View ArticleBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother – Book Review
For those unfamiliar with the highly publicized title and the wave of discontent it spawned among parents, journalists and bloggers virtually everywhere, Tiger Mom is a so-called memoir penned by a...
View ArticleWhy I Taught Four-Letter Words to My Children
“I know a lot of words,” she explained. “Would you like to hear about some others?” She listed several more four-letter words and offered to give the etymology of each one. I didn’t explain that...
View ArticleHints for Parenting a Precocious Child
I am going to confess 3 of my most unusual Parenting Techniques for helping the above average child. I want to confess these to you so that you can seriously think twice before falling into the same...
View ArticleBook Review: Oliver the Overachiever by Karin Mesa
In her magical children’s book Oliver the Overachiever, author and illustrator Karin Mesa does a spectacular job of introducing fun new vocabulary words. ...The message is clear – it is okay to let...
View ArticleBook Review: Miss Nelson is Missing – Insouciant and Entertaining
Every child can relate to the setting and characterization of the first line, “The kids in room 207 were misbehaving again.” School is the one thing in common with all First World children. You mix...
View Article“We Both Read” Series – Gives Kids Patience-Power for the “Slower” Words in...
The “We Both Read” series, featuring one page of simple vocabulary for the child to read and the next page with more difficult vocabulary (allowing parents to introduce new words) is frankly BRILLIANT....
View ArticleReview: “Who Was or Is …?” Book Series – The Inspirational Superpower of Real...
One challenge in a virtual school or home school scenario is having enough fun books that are truly a pleasure for a child to read while also being educational. Our family filled this need with the Who...
View ArticleThe Superpower and Art of Problem Solving – The Artistic Edge
Convincing people of the importance of an education in the arts can be a tough sell. In 2012, math and science are heralded above all else and the general public still tends to overlook the arts. When...
View ArticleIs Technology a Threat to Our Education?
Adaptive Tutor Software -- Personalized Learning -- Matrix Brains -- what does our future have in store for us? Watch this video...
View ArticleOnline Schools vs. Brick and Mortar: What Does the Future Hold?
I recently heard an excellent podcast (audio recording) "Getting an Education on the Internet," Sept 22, 2009 regarding online schools vs. traditional brick and mortar schools. Although the talk was...
View ArticleLearning Systems – They Come In All Colors and Styles For Your Child
Learning systems are tools that provide all sorts of lessons. They introduce a wide range of important concepts such as the value of perseverance, the difference between right and wrong, cause and...
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