One of the privileges I have as being the coordinator for our ROKU “Homeschooling Network” is getting to highlight some of my favorite Homeschool Teachers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on demand! If you have not discovered this gem of educational inspiration, you will thank me for this introduction for certain! The
Have you ever had a great teacher? Perhaps it was a favorite pastor, college professor, or even that second grade teacher you could never forget? What was it that made them “great” in your eyes? For me, a great teacher was one that believed in me and one that took complicated information and broke them
Welcome to my new blog on all things homeschool and ROKU! ROKU is the amazing little device that transports you to a world of imagination! More concretely, ROKU is an inexpensive little device that plugs into your tv and allows you to watch over 1,500 channels of fun! What our family really likes about ROKU
Over $1 Trillion dollars! That is the amount students owe in federal student loans. That amount doesn’t even include loans from other sources. Think about that number for a minute. That’s 12 zeros…it’s huge! To break that down to an individual basis, the average 2014 college graduate has over $30,000 of federal loan debt before
By Karen DeBeus Simplify. It’s a buzz word these days. In a world full of noise, clutter, and distraction so many of us are yearning for simplicity. I have been on the quest for simplicity for several years now, weeding out the extras to ease the burden of abundance. Yet, surprisingly what I have found
by Patti Rommel, Director of Research and Development at Lakeshore Learning Materials 1. Make Summer a Real Page-Turner! Summer reading builds a richer vocabulary and keeps brains engaged. Make it a habit to visit your local library and help your child find “just right” books that are of high interest and written at an
These days it seems many Christian kids are seriously into their audio dramas. Yesterday, I even heard of a mom who punished her son by not letting him listen to his favorite show…. about missionaries! When she took away his CD, she said he wailed like he’d lost an arm! Recently, I had an interesting