Create-a-Story – a Creative Writing Board Game for All Ages
Published by: Create Press www.createpress.com P.O. Box 2785 Carlsbad, CA 92018-2785 760-730-9550 $44.95 plus S&H Online Teachers Manual available at website Ages 5-99 (adult assistance is required for younger children) Can be up to 6 individuals or up to 6 groups of 2-4 players =========== By Joseph Grayhaim Create Press has developed an ingenious approach to teaching creative writing and guiding students to work the imagination...
Cooking and Homeschool – the Perfect Unit Study for Boys & Girls
by Joseph Grayhaim Homeschooling affords some of the best real-life academic lessons one can imagine. One of the great benefits is that your child learns applications of concepts that would otherwise only be held in the pages of a book . . . where they have little meaning or significance. One of the best classrooms in your homeschool environment is the kitchen. Besides being significant as a means to adulthood self-reliance and...
Little House On the Prairie Books Rich Literature and Unit Study
Named in the Top 20 of all time Children’s Books by Readers for good reason www.walnutgrove.org By Emerson Sandow Ms. Charlotte Mason was a British teacher of the late 1800s who developed a complete instruction method named after her. Many homeschooling families adhere to some or all of Ms. Mason’s precepts in teaching their own children with her very solid and sound approach. Among the Charlotte Mason guidelines are to use living...
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...
Bite Size Math Success
by Jack Fretwell • President, Starboard Learning Systems, www.capjax.com The kids were popping in and out of our booth all day long. At the Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania (CHAP) convention in Harrisburg, we were showing a game-like program to build basic math skills. We had it running on two laptop computers. While their parents shopped for other learning materials, a lot of kids were roaming the show and had...
Ten Reasons To Homeschool Through High School
www.homeschoolnewslink.com by Cafi Cohen Yes, it sounds scary. Homeschool through high school. Nevertheless, more and more people take the plunge every year. At your next homeschool conference, check out the increasing number of vendors and workshops catering to families with teenagers. In the spring of 2000, thousands of teenagers graduated from home-based programs and applied to colleges nationwide. Leery about joining these folks?...
