Tag: Learning

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Computer Programming for Kids

 Ann Zeise  August 14, 2024

What are the best ways to dip into learning how to program? Kids and teens can start in the same places, and grow from there….

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John Taylor Gatto

 Ann Zeise  July 20, 2024

Parents tend to think that schools exist to help their children reach their highest intellectual ability. However, that is not the political goal of the…

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Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits

 Ann Zeise  May 28, 2024

By Ann Zeise An interesting article appeared in this morning’s New York Times (September 7, 2010). It debunks much of what educators have been saying…

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Determine Your Children’s Learning Styles

 Ann Zeise  May 28, 2024

Identify how your children are each intelligent in their own way through these free online inventories of learning styles. Parts is Parts – Intelligence Revisited…

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Car Games On Long Trips with Kids

 Ann Zeise  July 4, 2023

Road Trip Car Games For Kids By Ann Zeise Playing car games with kids can make a long road trip both pleasant and educational. Print this…

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Handwriting – Teaching Cursive and Manuscript Writing

 Ann Zeise  July 3, 2023

Handwriting for kids and adults. Free cursive handwriting and manuscript worksheets and fonts useful for homeschool children’s practice or teaching the D’Nealian alphabet and other handwriting styles. Great resources for improving cursive writing and…

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Murphy’s Laws of Homeschooling

 Ann Zeise  May 2, 2023

Murphy’s First Law of Homeschooling: What you know everything about, your children will refuse to be taught. And the corollary: What you know nothing about,…

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What do my Kiddos Really Need to Learn?

 Ann Zeise  May 2, 2023

So there’s no real hard hitting guidelines as to what my kiddos NEED to learn ? Well, they need to learn to read and new…

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Do you have a Standard Child?

 Ann Zeise  May 2, 2023

If you have standard children, then the State Content Standards will do. But I’ve never had any parent admit that they had a standard, average…

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