RightStart and Manipulatives
By Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D. Are manipulatives necessary for teaching math? What is their purpose? Are some manipulatives better than others? These are important questions to consider when teaching math to a child. A concrete manipulative is a physical object that a child handles in order to learn mathematics. Some math programs use no concrete manipulatives. Others use them only as a last resort when a child has difficulty understanding...
Bad Wolf Press – Musical Theatre Curriculum K-9+
http://www.badwolfpress.com/ Phone: 888-827-8661 Fax: 650-285-6291 Email: [email protected] 216 Mt Hermon Road Ste E372 Scotts Valley, California 95066 by Emerson Sandow Bad Wolf Press has created a series of clever musical plays that teach basic concepts in an imaginative and fun-inspiring way. Not only is academic information delivered via the plays, but the cast members practice important social skills, such as camaraderie,...
Homeschool Students Outperform School Counterparts on the SAT — Again
by Joseph Grayhaim Once again, homeschoolers in America have scored decisively better — by 126 points — on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) than their age-peers in institutional public and private schools. A recent study included the results of 13,549 homeschool seniors who took the SAT in 2014 and compared their results with approximately 1.7 million high school seniors and juniors in the United States who also took...
Homeschooling Grew by 61.8 Percent from 2003 to 2012 (1,773,000)
http://www.cnsnews.com This article by Terence P. Jeffrey | was posted May 19, 2015 on CNSNews.com. “(CNSNews.com) – In the ten-year period from 2003 to 2012, the number of American children 5 through 17 years old who were being homeschooled by their parents climbed by 61.8 percent, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Education. At the same time, the percentage of all U.S. students in the...
Homeschooling in Washington State Increases
www.homeschoolmagazine.com According to the Washington State Superintendent of Public Schools, there has been a 6% increase in the number of children who are now homeschooled. Why is this? There are many speculations. Many parents now realize that “one-size fits all education” is not working for their family. As hard as public teachers may try to differentiate instruction, many are still falling short in the area, especially in...
How To Stop Bullying: Boundaries For Bullies
By Nicholeen Peck, https://teachingselfgovernment.com/ Question: How do you help children respond appropriately to unkind behavior and bullying, especially at school? Answer: Bullying is on the rise in our society. Many factors may contribute to this trend, including the increased usage of violent video games and movies, and the decrease in social refinement instruction. Whatever the root causes, incidents of bullying are increasing...
