Home Schooling
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* Education Otherwise {UK}
* Homeschooling{USA}
*Great ideas on working out your home school schedule
Some sites that we use for worksheets, lesson ideas, etc.
* Studyladder – an on line Maths and English programme (they also have some geography/music/language/art activities too) my kiddos LOVE this site – it’s laid out in school years, with a tonne of educational games to do. They are always asking to go on here :)
*Lesson Pathways – an American site, so for us, some of the content is not applicable (ie. history) but this site offers a free K-5 curriculum. It has some fantastic ideas and resources on their – we use it tonnes for science, history and geography work
*Home School Maths – great free printable maths worksheets
* Muddle Puddle – some great resources, printables and worksheets.
*Activity Village – a wealth of ideas, printables, worksheets, activities, etc
*A-Z Worksheets – more great worksheets
*Owl and Mouse – free games, software and educational activities
* The Lyons Den – educational resources mainly aimed at Kindergarten level
These are just a few of the hundreds out there – trail and error has shown that these are the ones we use mostly. The Lesson Pathways site is one of my very favourites – I use it weekly to plan our science and project work – it links to so many other great sites, full of everything you need to teach your kiddos :)
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pixiepolly
November 29, 2011 at 20:24Great post, Polly! I had no idea you homeschooled your kids. I was actually homeschooled through high school, along with my seven siblings. I love it that now you have the option of doing online high school from home through regular academies + this makes it so much easier to go to the college of your choice once graduating. My favorite thing about the experience was that it allowed me to work at my own rate.
pixiepolly
November 29, 2011 at 20:55I love homeschooling! For all the reasons listed in that cartoon and so much more.
pixiepolly
November 30, 2011 at 16:49Thank you for posting this!
pixiepolly
December 4, 2011 at 21:27Thank so much for writing this Polly. I am thinking my Phoebe sounds a bit like your Lola. She is often asking “What’s next?” and “What can I do?” so I am thinking she needs me to give her more guidance and suggestions than I had thought would be necessary. I am fequently dreaming up ideas for crafts and games and things but now feel i need to be a bit more organised so i am not always putting myself on the spot. Thank you x
pixiepolly
December 4, 2011 at 21:50I’ve had to get my head around this, I think I had visions of everyone just getting on with their own thing… it wasn’t working out and life was getting very stressful! Since I’ve started planning a little and giving her specific tasks things are begining to get much easier :)