Curriculum Free homeschool curriculum There are outstanding free educational materials available to homeschoolers, including many aligned to common core standards. I've collected a list.
Math Beast Academy level 1 is here! If you've wondered what to use before Beast Academy for math, the answer is: Beast Academy!
Math Why is it so hard for kids to show their work? We've made a lot of progress on writing out math problems, so I thought I'd share some of what I've figured out along the way.
Math Beast Academy Math Our math curriculum, Beast Academy [https://beastacademy.com/], is an unusual one: it's comic books. It’s a strong curriculum, but not likely a great fit for many kids, so I can’t give it a blanket “use this!” recommendation. (For a more general math curriculum recommendation, take
Methods Helping your kid learn new skills (even really tricky ones) Trying new things is uncomfortable. Trying new things and being terrible at them is really uncomfortable. Trying new things and being terrible at them, while someone is watching you, is excruciating. One of the best strategies I have for supporting Wanda in these moments is our forest path analogy. It
Math Math for Smarty Pants Book recommendation, this one comes from my dear friend Shona Spitfire! It’s Math for Smarty Pants, by Marilyn Burns. Shona is a longtime school teacher, she used it for many years with her fourth graders. It has the philosophy that everyone is a smarty pants, they just may not
Math Mindset Mathematics, and What's the Point of Math? I’ve recently purchased two math books that I’m really happy with, so I’m sharing them with you: Mindset Mathematics and What's the Point of Math? I haven’t changed Wanda’s math curriculum—that’s still Beast Academy, and I still love it. These are
Methods Rubber ducking, and Tom the Dog I introduced Wanda to the old programming trick of “rubber duck debugging [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging].” In short, when you’re stuck on something that’s just not working, you try explaining it to a rubber duck. By talking it through step-by-step, you see it with
Curriculum Our curriculum By far, the number one question I get asked about homeschooling is what I use for curriculum. It’s not an easily answered question, so I’m writing it all up here. Given the current state of things, I thought some folks might find it relevant. This is what I
