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Education Vacation: The National World War II Museum

It’s the one place I wished my grandfather could have visited before he died. My grandpa was a member of the U.S. Army’s highly decorated 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry. It is the only remaining Infantry unit in the Army Reserve force structure. Many books have chronicled the heroic actions of the members of the 100th Battalion and 442nd Infantry. Many note that none have shed their blood more valiantly for America than the Japanese Americans who served in these units while fighting enemy forces in Europe during World War II. My grandfather was a proud member of this elite group … Continue reading →

Education A to Z: E for Early Childhood Education

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If you have been following my blog series Education A to Z, you will know that I am writing about topics that relate to education, going right down the alphabet. I have discussed attendance, behavior, cooperation and discipline. Today I want to discuss another education topic, early childhood education. Early childhood education is a real issue for educators and parents alike. Many parents struggle with whether or not preschool is important, and ultimately it comes down to what the parent wants for his child. Not every child goes to preschool and that is fine. What is important is, if you … Continue reading →

Education A to Z: D for Discipline

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I have discussed in some previous blogs: attendance, behavior and cooperation. Today I want to discuss another important topic when it comes to education: discipline. Maybe because most of my days spent teaching dealt with discipline and behaviors, after all, I was a teacher of behavior disordered students for the majority of my career, but discipline policies are near and dear to my heart. Discipline was important throughout the day and just a plain old fact of life in my teaching. Discipline is so essential for running a school smoothly. Without discipline or a discipline policy in place, a school … Continue reading →

Education A to Z: C for Cooperation

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If you have been reading my previous blogs about education, you will know that I am writing 26 blogs about education with each new blog starting with a letter of the alphabet on a word that relates to education. Today I want to focus on the letter C, more importantly the word Cooperation and how it relates to education. How, might you ask, does cooperation relate to education? Simple, without cooperation, educating young people would be extremely hard to do. In order to give a child the proper education he deserves, teachers must cooperate with each other. They must bounce … Continue reading →

Preschool Game: Lost Puppies

I have had the pleasure of being introduced to Peaceable Kingdom with Hoot Owl Hoot, a cooperative game for young children. Since I have played Count your Chickens and was likewise impressed with the fun and learning the game provided. You can imagine the anticipation to play Lost Puppies! Lost Puppies is another cooperative game made by Peaceable Kingdom. Cooperative games are a wonderful way to teach your children to work together as a family or friends. Cooperation and teamwork are important to teach at a young age. Since young children need tangible ways to learn such concepts a cooperative … Continue reading →

Kids Teaching Kids

Little kids love to emulate their older siblings. It’s just a fact of nature that when a little person sees a big person do something, they want to do it too. They pick up on mannerisms and vocabulary words from their older siblings, they learn how to perform certain basic skills by watching and observing, and this natural tendency to copy-cat can come in handy in your homeschool. When two-year-old Timmy sees eight-year-old Jimmy reading, he’ll want to do it too. He’ll want to write his name, he’ll want to learn to count, and as he gets older, Jimmy will … Continue reading →

We Teach: Online Community for Educators

We Teach is a forum for “anyone and everyone who teaches–no matter the classroom”. The We Teach group bursts with tools, resources and ideas from parents, teachers, homeschoolers, or anyone who is interested in providing quality education to children. As of this month the site has been live for one full year. Happy Anniversary to We Teach! It has been a successful year so far with over 1000 members and growing daily. We Teach was founded by the original Teach Mama, Amy. She has worked hard to create a forum centered entirely on sharing educational ideas to strengthen all members … Continue reading →

Latest Homeschool Battle Takes Aim on Religion

In what appeared to be a case of a divorced family fighting over homeschooling, the judge has ordered the child into school because she held to strongly to her own religious beliefs. The judgment stated that the girl lacked “some youthful characteristics”, and “appeared to reflect her mother’s rigidity on questions of faith”. The child has been ordered to attend a public school where she “must begin to critically evaluate multiple systems of belief and behavior and cooperation in order to select, as a young adult, which of those systems will best suit her own needs.” (South Dakota Voice) Had … Continue reading →

Homeschool Questions: Keeping Preschool Fun

“Q: A lot of people are anti – schooling for preschool age, but by 4yr. old is asking to play school, and wants to do “home work” like his cousins. A friend was generous enough to give me a preschool activity book. I’ve tried to stay away from “instructing” him by counting cars and sorting colors of marbles, but when he’s playing, he gets frustrated with me when I suggest counting or sorting in the situation. But then later he’ll say, “I want to have school” and pull out that activity book and work/play in it for quite a while. … Continue reading →

Confessions of a Supermom: Fun Things We Do to Blow Off a School Day

Gasp! We do on occasion–ditch the school day. After all, it does not take 6 hours a day, 180 days to accomplish even half of what is accomplished in public school. We don’t waste any time getting in line, waiting for everyone to have paper and pencil, etc. So you have to figure all those minutes that would otherwise be wasted were my children to be in school. . .can accumulate into a free day for my kids. Or at least that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it. 1. Go to the mall or a giant toy store. I … Continue reading →