When educating at home, don’t move the traditional classroom into your living room.
Education
Educational Children’s Books: Art History
Art History. Boring, right? No! It doesn’t have to be. Forget about all you didn’t learn in your art history course and take a look at some of these books. Your students will love them.
Educational Children’s Books: Geography
Going somewhere? If you are, you need to know where you are going. Knowing the name is not enough. Geography is, among other things, about the “where” of places and there are dozens and dozens of great geography books for your students that will both educate and entertain. Let’s go!
Educational Children’s Books: Grammar
Let’s eat, Grandma! Commas do matter. Don’t ever forget it! There are lots of fun and entertaining books out there to help your students get a grasp on grammar.
Educational Children’s Books: History
Ready for some horrible histories? Or maybe you’d like to know exactly who you wouldn’t want to be from the past. Or perhaps you’d like to sit by the fire and read a fictional diary based on a historical time period. It’s all out there and your students will love it!
Educational Children’s Books: Literature
Your children can start reading great literature at a very young age. With the help of abridgments and adaptations your youngest students can jump in with The Odyssey, Hamlet and many others.
Educational Children’s Books: Science
Science is fun. There are hundreds of entertaining and educational science books and DVDs out there. Your students will be building their own flux capacitors in no time!
Educational Children’s Books: Math
How about some math? Maybe you already know Sir Cumference? He’s got some things to say about math. I wonder if he knows Penrose the mathematical cat? It’s possible! Just don’t forget, mathematicians are people too! That’s important.
Educational Children’s Books
It’s never too early to start educating your children. Whether we intend it or not our children are being educated from day one. Sights, sounds, smells, tastes and things to touch are all around them and their magnificent brains are processing it all.
An Interview with Miss Lucy
Miss Lucy, as her students call her, has been teaching Art History to homeschooled students for the last few years. She uses ARTK12’s curriculum to teach all her classes. Find out why.
How to Escape Education’s Death Valley
Lucy introduced me to Ken Robinson this week (alas, not personally, but through a Youtube video). According to Wikipedia: “Sir Kenneth Robinson (born 4 March 1950) is an English author, speaker, and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education, and arts bodies. He was Director of The Arts in Schools Project…