by CHEWV | Jan 7, 2019 | Articles, Early Education, Pre-school
Science: Daily “calendar” time with date, day of the week, weather, and season. Playground time – giving them active experiences with fulcrums: see saw lever arms: see saw centrifugal force: merry-go-round pendulum: swing inclined plane: sliding board Zoology at...
by CHEWV | Jan 7, 2019 | Articles, Early Education, Pre-school, Struggling Learners
…With Reading? Many parents find that their five or even six-year-old child experiences difficulty in learning to read. After exhausting multiple educational approaches and curricula without success, they may worry they aren’t capable of homeschooling...
by CHEWV | Mar 7, 2018 | Articles, Early Education, Pre-school
According to the Stanford News, 65 countries/economies were ranked in the Program for International Student Assessment in 2009. Finland ranked high: 6th in math, 2nd in science, and 3rd in reading. In the same year, U.S. students ranked 30th, 23rd, and 17th,...
by CHEWV | Sep 1, 2016 | Articles, Early Education, Pre-school, Struggling Learners
by Randi Horst, Speech Language Pathologist and Homeschool Mom Babble business is not just for babies! It takes two to communicate. How we react to our lil’ ones’ interests and babbling is the groundwork for brain growth and communication. A recent article describes...
by CHEWV | Feb 3, 2016 | Articles, Assessments, Blog, Early Education, Testing
Aha! Testing time! Moms may worry about how their littles are going to do and so may head over to Barnes and Noble for the Test Prep workbook, but there are actually many (and perhaps even better) ways to prepare. In the earliest grades, many of the questions are read...
by CHEWV | Sep 5, 2015 | Articles, Assessments, Early Education, Pre-school
Rethinking Preschool, Kindergarten & a Push for Homeschool Testing How wonderful – and overwhelming – it can be to figure out what’s best for our littles! We can lose sight (or want to lose sight) of the fact that parenting is a full-time endeavor....
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