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5 Tips for Teaching Financial Education at Home
In today’s age it is more important that ever that homeschooled teenagers receive a practical financial education. Many experts agree that social security and pensions will not be around when your teenager retires so you must prepare them to be financially responsible at a young age. In this article, you’ll discover the five simple steps to raising a financially responsible teenager.
The Seven Liberal Arts of the Trivium and Quadrivium
What are the 3 components of the Trivium? Grammar, Dialectic (also known as Logic), and Rhetoric. What are the 4 components of the Quadrivium? Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, Astronomy.
Review of “Fun with Math” Learning Software from Rising Star Learning
I was sent a special learning software program to review for Homeschool Fever - and I must say I had a blast. If you follow my personal blog over at Little Jack’s Corner, you already know I’m a bit kooky and a huge kid at heart, so is it any wonder that the bright colors, [...]
Free Math Manipulatives (Rainbow)
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A manipulative is any physical object (eg blocks, toothpicks, coins) used to represent or model a idea in order to develop a mathematical concept. These rainbow math manipulatives from Homeschool Fever can be cut out, laminated, torn up, played with, destroyed, and printed out time and time again.
Why waste money buying expensive rods [...]
Tips on Using Free Google Books for Homeschooling
For this week’s Work’s for Me Wednesday (Hosted by Rocks in my Dryer) , I did a tutorial of Google books.
Being an avid reader (and lifelong book lover), I LOVE google books and use it all the time. I get quite giddy even thinking of all the books at my instant disposal. Many people haven’t yet [...]
Free Math Times Table Chart - 1 through 10’s Family
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In mathematics, a multiplication table is a mathematical table used to define a multiplication operation for an algebraic system. The decimal multiplication table was traditionally taught as an essential part of elementary arithmetic around the world, as it lays the foundation for arithmetic operations with our base-ten numbers. It is necessary to memorize [...]
Teaching Numbers 1-10 (Free Flashcards)
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Teach number recognition 1-10 with these red dot flashcards.
Flashcards feature brilliant red circles, numeral, and number name.
What is Unschooling?
Unschooling was made popular by John Holt’s theories on learning developed during 1950s-70s.
This method of teaching a child at home revolves around child-directed learning, meaning that parents are more of a “coach” and not a traditional teacher. The parents ensure that the child is exposed to a wide variety of experiences and books, but no [...]
