Education : Home Schooling

This resource provides listening activities to develop and enhance students’ listening and understanding skills. A set of instructions is given which the teacher reads aloud to the students. The students listen carefully and then draw onto their page what they hear and comprehend. The instructions build into a picture once each instruction is drawn. These activities will challenge students and with regular use sharpen their ability to listen and comprehend. more...

Price: $6.95

Who knew how simple Homeschooling could be? Tens of millions of parents like you have decided that the best way to prepare their children for life is by educating them at home instead of at a traditional private or public school. No matter the reason you are considering homeschooling for your children's education, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Homeschooling outlines all of the legal, social, educational and logistical considerations that are part of the decision. With helpful and easy-to-read advice about everything from building curricula and setting up a home school classroom, to incorporating extracurricular activities like sports and field trips, this book will provide valuable help and ways to expand your children's homeschooling experience. Absolute Beginner's Guide to Homeschooling will help you decide if homeschooling is the best choice for your children's education and then guide you to the curriculum tools and community resources you need to make the most of at-home classes and activities. Here's a small sample of what you'll find inside: * The benefits and drawbacks of homeschooling * The legal and educational requirements for the state you live in * Valuable lists of resources like homeschooling organizations, curriculum providers, and networking groups * Different ways you can test your child's true educational level, personality type and learning style * Sample plans to set up your homeschooling classroom including workstations, a library, audio-visual equipment, computer access and progress testing * Examples of field trips, sports, music, work or volunteer activities, online courses and tutor or mentor programs more...

Price: $15.16

Actively listening for information is an essential skill for all students and is one that needs to be developed and practiced - it doesn't just happen. The exercises in this three book series require the listener to actively listen for information in each story and show that they have understood and processed this information by adding information onto the picture that accompanies each story. Students may need to add color to the picture or stripes to a sweater or they may need to add into the picture an item that is referred to in the story but not included in the picture. Some of the information is referred to in the story directly eg Sally had brown hair, other information is woven into the text and requires students to really listening carefully to identify and process it. For each picture (24 per book)  there are two stories or set of instructions at two levels of difficulty so each picture can be used twice. The exercises in each book increase in difficulty through the book and through the series. These exercises can also be used for reading comprehension - instead of the story being read to the students the students can read the story themselves and complete the picture. These exercises will make your students skillful at listening and 'hearing' information actively. Get started today. more...

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Science Technology Challenges takes a creative and fresh approach to science and technology. Using many hands-on ideas that are sure to excite, these challenges will soon have students totally immersed in science and technology. Planned with the Essential Skills in mind, these thought-provoking challenges are sure to ignite and stretch your students’ imagination. They will encourage students to think of science and technology in new ways that they are easily able to relate to their world. The challenges encourage individual and group work, goal setting, predicting, analysing, creative thought, investigating, planning and problem-solving skills. You will be amazed at the wide and varied solutions students come up with to solve each challenge. These challenges includes supportive teacher information on what will be required for the challenge and any information you will need to know. Science and technology excitement and powerful learning in your classroom – ready-to-go. more...

Price: $8.95

Photocopy masters of practical introductory science lessons for junior primary children. Topics covered include: Electricity and Magnetism; Light and Sound; Weather; and Human Effects on the Environment. more...

Price: $8.40