Free Homeschooling Resources to Help Parents Raise Lifelong Learners
I've written before about why I believe number bonds are a far superior way to teach basic math facts, and I still stand by that claim. All my children have learned their math facts this way (through the Singapore math curriculum), and they still think of math operations in terms of number bonds, even in [...]
Joely was learning about 4-quadrant coordinate planes today, so we looked up the coordinate plane game that I posted earlier this year so we could play it. Unfortunately I discovered that the game I'd made only included one quadrant, not all four. So instead of just printing out a separate 4-quadrant plane from another site [...]
Sheppard Software Math: Online math drills and math games from early math, basic operations, measurement, all the way up to pre-algebra. Number Nut: Dozens and dozens of online activities and games, for both basic and advanced students. Math-U-See: Online math drills. You can specify the operations, as well as limit the particular facts that are [...]
To be honest, I really don't see the practical application of memorizing pi to the 35th decimal, but Joely was excited about learning it the other day during her math lesson. And so she did — in less than 30 minutes. After Joely and I memorized pi, I created a chart and set of flashcards [...]
Necessity is definitely the mother of invention. Or in my case, it's the mother of worksheet and chart design. During Joely's math lesson today, the need for a good way to memorize angles became painfully obvious. So I took a few minutes this morning to make up a chart and a set of flashcards about [...]
In our six years of homeschooling, we've used a number of different math curricula (including Saxon, Math-U-See, Teaching Textbooks, Bob Jones, and even Life of Fred). We loved some and strongly disliked others. But through all of that experimentation, we developed a general curriculum plan for math that we're very satisfied with. In actual practice, my [...]
You can download all of McGraw Hill's Everyday Math Games Apps for FREE through Saturday, April 16, 2011. These math apps work on your iPod, iPhone or iPad. (Unfortunately they don't work on mine since I don't own an iPod, iPhone or iPad *sniff*). When you click through the link above, you can then click on [...]
Over our last four years of homeschooling, I have used several different math curricula. Some I liked better the others, but they all had their own strengths and weaknesses. One of the strengths of one particular curriculum we use, Singapore Math, is their method of teaching basic math facts. Instead of teaching fact families by [...]
Here's a fun game that Joely and I have enjoyed playing lately. It has also helped her learn about coordinate planes, ordered pairs, and basic strategy, so she's having a math lessons while playing the game — it's a win-win! This simple four-in-a-row game is based on one we found in Exploring Math with Polyhedra [...]
ALEKS Math is an online, interactive math curriculum that many homeschoolers love. Right now homeschoolers can sign up for a free 3-month trial of the ALEKS program. To get the full 3-month trial subscription, you must request your trial by January 27, 2011 and activate it no later than January 31, 2011 at 11:59pm PT. This is a [...]
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Joy is the wife of Jeff and mom to three more J's — Jaden, Jerah, and Joely.
She and her husband have been homeschooling their children since 2005, when their children were 3, 6, and 8. Joy works from home as a web & graphic designer and spends what little free time she has with her nose buried in a good book.
Joy's motto for parenting, homeschooling, and even business is “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” And that's what FiveJs.com is all about — teaching our children to "fish."
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