How to Teach Your Platypus
Monday, 30 April 2012
“My boy’s a platypus!” she gushed enthusiastically. “He’s a what?” I was certain I must have misunderstood her. “He’s a right brained, quasi-lateral, confrontational platypus!” “Oh,” was all I could muster. I was really hoping my cynicism wasn’t showing. “Well that is great.” My friend had recently purchased the latest learning styles program and clearly,
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Homeschooling Special Needs Children
Monday, 30 April 2012
“[Sherry] knew that special ed. was not rocket science and that with information she could do as good a job as a teacher . . . As homeschoolers, never has there been an opportunity like this to influence the culture of death with the message of life.”-Tom Bushnell, NATHHAN When our daughter was first diagnosed
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What Is a Unit Study?
Monday, 30 April 2012
By Sharon Gibson I first heard the term “unit study” several years ago, but hadn’t seen one until the day a client gave me a study to edit. Within minutes, my pre-conceived notions of complexity and time-consumption were banished. I realized unit studies were an incredibly flexible and interesting educational tool. Sometimes known as
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TRAINS: Iron Workhorses in the Age of Steam
Monday, 30 April 2012
There is nothing new about using tracks made of stone, wood, or iron to move wheeled vehicles about— even since Babylonian times. Throughout history, man has had the need to find better ways to transport goods and people. Before the invention of the steam engine in the 1760s, travel was slow and the best way
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