We combined two of our favorite learning techniques together to create a really fun mini unit study. First, we chose our topic – dinosaurs. Then, we challenged our homeschooler to create a short video that teaches something about dinosaurs. The project involved research, writing, narration, music performance and original art work. We practiced using lots [...]
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Project-Based Learning Meets ‘Student Becomes Teacher’
Posted by ginac on September 29th, 2009
Posted in Art, Eclectic Homeschooling, Interdisciplinary, Language Arts, Library, Music, Writing 
Comments OffHomeschool Learning Strategy: Learn by Helping Others Learn
Posted by ginac on September 9th, 2009
Sometimes the best way to learn about something is to try to explain it to others. A very successful strategy for us is to have our homeschooler learn about something and then help others learn about it, too. We don’t worry about every detail, the idea is to get him thinking about what the important [...]
Young Homeschooler Hate to Write? Try Teaching Cursive
Posted by ginac on December 17th, 2008
I recently discovered an interesting solution to a youngster who hated to write. Our son really wanted to learn to write cursive, which we really weren’t planning to teach. His printing was so awful, we wanted to focus on improving it a bit first. However, we finally relented and were amazed at how he now [...]
How to get your homeschooler to enjoy writing
Posted by ginac on June 2nd, 2008
Getting children to condense their thoughts into a written format is so important that any amount of work you have to do to get kids to enjoy the process is worth the effort. The alternative is that those brilliant ideas and amazing thoughts and insights kids have are lost forever! Make it fun! Fun works [...]
Homeschoolers can publish their own book
Posted by ginac on January 23rd, 2008
A fantastic way to showcase a student’s collection of works is to publish them in a book. Self-publishing is an inexpensive and innovative way to reward a budding author or artist. We found lulu.com to be a very inexpensive way to publish a small collection of poems and related art work done by our homeschooler. [...]
Posted in Books, Eclectic Homeschooling, Gifted, Interdisciplinary, Writing 
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