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Why Test? 5 Reasons to Test & How to Choose the Right Ones
Words by Kristin Lehman of Hewitt Learning, who is graciously sponsoring this post. Testing is like a trip to the dentist — necessary but painful and unwanted for many learners. Subject and unit tests are bad enough, but standardized testing (and its high-stake, lifetime ramifications) can take this angst to a whole new level. Standardized […]
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7 Reasons Decolonizing Education is Essential for 21st-Century Learners
Words by Omnis Education, who is graciously sponsoring this post The hardest sell to most (white) folks is why and how their kids benefit from decolonizing education and being anti-racist – the age-old focus on “what’s in it for me?”. After more than two years of working with hundreds of families, we stand firmly behind […]
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6 Ways To Help Your Kids Become Independent In The Kitchen
Words by Kathy Oaks of Homeschoolers Are Not Hermits, who is graciously sponsoring this post. With our oldest off to college in the fall, teaching life skills has been on my mind a lot. Fortunately, I don’t worry about his being able to do his laundry, clean a toilet, or cook some basic (and even […]
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Winds of Change | How One Mom Is Bridging the Representation Gap Through Play
Words by Miral, owner of Kheloney playroom and shop, who is graciously sponsoring this post. I told my husband that for my son’s fifth birthday, I would like to take him skiing. He looked incredulous. “We do not ski,” he said. “We can learn to ski alongside him,” I answered. I continued to explain my […]
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5 Reasons to Use Games to Help Children Learn
Sponsored by Night Zookeeper Whether you call it gameschooling, gamified learning, or gamification, it’s clear that using games to teach children different subjects can be a… *ahem* game-changer. But what exactly is gamification? Gamification adds games or gamelike elements to something (such as a task) to encourage participation to enhance the learning process, creating a […]
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4 Benefits of Choosing a Literature-Based Homeschool Curriculum
Words by: Jimmie Quick for BookShark, who is graciously sponsoring this post. Because my daughter is moving to another state for her first after-college job, I’ve been decluttering and purging. As I was going through the few leftover homeschool items on the shelf, it was easy to toss the subtraction flashcards, the dogeared handwriting paper, […]
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