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Zeno math powered- Homeschooling math with a little help

Here’s a pretty neat site I found that empowers kids to see how important math is in their lives.  Here’s what the program is all about, according to their website:    Zeno is about the infinite...

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Internet Savvy Parenting: How to Protect Your Kids While They’re Online

The following is a post from contributing writer Annabelle: It is important to know who your children are spending time with, and what they are doing online. Without this knowledge, you will have a...

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Online Math Homeschool Curriculum- Uzinggo Product Review

Amazing that even though I’m not a math whiz, I can still find the resources I need to help my daughter with math. I was pretty blessed to stumble across this pretty nifty online math homeschool...

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6 Free Apps for Homeschool Moms

When I first began homeschooling, I was overwhelmed. Each morning I would look at the day’s schedule and yearn for a personal assistant to help guide me through my busy day.  I wasn’t sure how to...

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048-The Writing Process- Helping Your Reluctant Writers

This homeschool podcast episode is all about the writing process and helping reluctant writers. I go over alot of content – about the process of writing, what it’s all about, and ideas to get kids to...

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Top Reading Games to Play on Your iOS and Android Devices

The following is a guest post by contributing writer,  Kate Anderson The virtual world is replete with myriad reading games that are interactive and allow kids to learn the fun way! Check out these top...

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Choosing Online Homeschooling Options For Your Students- Pt. 1

I’d love for you to like my facebook page and join in this discussion. If you’re like some parents, online homeschooling is a reputable choice for many different reasons. maybe you like to be hands-off...

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5 Virtual Private Schools- Online Homeschooling Options- pt. 2

In my last post,  we began answering the question about choosing online homeschooling options for our students.   Join me on Facebook to continue this discussion. Meanwhile, today I want to highlight...

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30 Faith-Based Virtual Schools- Online Homeschooling Options- pt. 3

In my last post in this series, I shared five private virtual schools to consider with online homeschooling. These were all non-sectarian (or non-religious) schools.  In this post, however, I am...

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Charter Schools Online- Online Homeschooling Options- pt. 4

I’d like to finally end my series on cyberschooling with a review of some public charter schools.  In previous posts I talk about the pros and cons of online homeschooling, a list of 5 virtual private...

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085:Three Reasons To Create Makerspaces In Homeschooling

We began our journey into creating makerspaces because it makes a world of difference in the way we homeschool, giving us more freedom and flexibility to be creative.   I want to share with you some of...

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What is Project Based Learning (and does it work?)

“What is project based homeschooling?” you might ask.  That’s a loaded question with a variety of answers.  Simplified in my own terms:  Project Based Learning (or PBL) is combining academic subjects...

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Learning The Solar System With Power Point

NyGirl has really been interested in planets lately. We have a full unit covering the solar system in her Houghton Mifflin science book…but it is very limited when it comes to techie ideas (though the...

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Voicethread For Educators

Voicethread is an excellent tool I just found online, as I’ve stated in one of my last posts…I plan to use it for NyGirl’s study on the Solar System to help her present her work. Here’s a video on the...

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Learning The Planets With VoiceThread

Finally we have put together NyGirl’s power point presentation into our VoiceThread account. I will add, she did this project completely on her own (after a few lessons from me on how to create the...

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Surviving Online School in High School

If you’ve been thinking about enrolling your student in an online school, my daughter and I have some tips for you!  Nyomi was enrolled in Connections Academy for 7th grade and is currently finishing...

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An online safety homeschool presentation

You’d be surprised how many people blurt out their whereabouts on Facebook.  That’s what Bob Zinga, my husband, and our guest speaker at our homeschool co-op’s Web 2.0 class spoke about today during...

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Feedly for Homeschoolers

In our Web 2.0 class at our homeschool co-op a few years back, I taught the students to open an account with Google Reader and begin using it to research their own interests. Today Google Reader is no...

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