Comments for VaHomeschoolers Connection http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog Connecting Homeschoolers Throughout the Commonwealth Tue, 07 May 2013 17:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on A Day in Our Homeschooling Life by Academic Connections http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/2013/04/a_day_in_our_homeschooling_life/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Academic Connections Tue, 07 May 2013 17:28:00 +0000 http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/?p=1052#comment-440 Yes off course the time has been changed, and also the system of education is changed. homeschooling brings a great option to learn a wide choice of subjects and courses. Whatever you like to learn can not possible from your regular school or institute. But in this digital era subject or choice doesn’t matter. Just go to your computer, set your mind and move.

]]> Comment on Resources for Finding Apps for Homeschooling by Julie http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/2013/04/resources_for_finding_apps_for_homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-439 Julie Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:28:53 +0000 http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/?p=1116#comment-439 I found you through Homeschooling Creatively. I’m a homeschooling mom of three. Thanks for this App post. I will have to check out your list of apps. My kids like factor Samurai. My 6 year old is really good at it.

My husband created a skip counting card game app called Speed! It helps kids with multiplication and is loads of fun.

Here’s a link with more information.
http://highhillhomeschool.blogspot.com/p/highhill-educational-supplies.html

Julie

]]> Comment on My Brief Experience with MOOCs by Katy http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/2013/02/my_brief_experience_with_moocs/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Katy Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:45:02 +0000 http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/?p=1032#comment-436 Hi Ann, thanks for sharing your experiences of these courses. I’m currently trying to find out more about the various ways that different MOOCs are assessed; could I ask, how was the ‘Think Again’ course assessed? Did it use multiple choice questions, or peer reviewed essays, for example? Many thanks & best wishes! Katy

]]> Comment on A Newbie at the Conference by Marjorie http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/2013/02/a_newbie_at_the_conference/comment-page-1/#comment-435 Marjorie Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:32:11 +0000 http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/?p=1057#comment-435 Thanks for the hat tip! Loved this post — would like to read from it at my upcoming session if that is okay with you!

]]> Comment on My Brief Experience with MOOCs by melissa http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/2013/02/my_brief_experience_with_moocs/comment-page-1/#comment-434 melissa Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:32:16 +0000 http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/?p=1032#comment-434 My son, a high school junior, had a very positive experience with Coursera. The class was an Intrduction to Logic, taught by a Stanford professor. He learned to work under a deadline and the material was challenging. He is planning to enroll in college this fall and plans to utilize many online classes as he enjoys the format and pace.

]]> Comment on Teen Tackles Homeschooling Myths in Local Newspaper by Kerry http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/2012/10/vahomeschooler-tackles-homeschooling-myths-as-a-thirteen-year-old-newspaper-author/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Kerry Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:38:13 +0000 http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/?p=947#comment-428 No problem, Robin…thanks for following up!

]]> Comment on Teen Tackles Homeschooling Myths in Local Newspaper by Robin Martin http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/2012/10/vahomeschooler-tackles-homeschooling-myths-as-a-thirteen-year-old-newspaper-author/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Robin Martin Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:44:29 +0000 http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/?p=947#comment-427 Kerry, I’m sorry. I think the newspaper has deleted the article from their site.

]]> Comment on Teen Tackles Homeschooling Myths in Local Newspaper by Kerry http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/2012/10/vahomeschooler-tackles-homeschooling-myths-as-a-thirteen-year-old-newspaper-author/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Kerry Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:26:07 +0000 http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/?p=947#comment-426 Is there another direct link for the full article? The link above seems to go only to the main site instead of the article itself.

]]> Comment on Teen Tackles Homeschooling Myths in Local Newspaper by sherri wooddell http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/2012/10/vahomeschooler-tackles-homeschooling-myths-as-a-thirteen-year-old-newspaper-author/comment-page-1/#comment-418 sherri wooddell Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:03:06 +0000 http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/?p=947#comment-418 I am a first year home schooler and I chose this route for many reasons. One of them is because our public schools are extremely over crowded. My son has A.D.D. and having desks basically stacked on top of one another is not a condusive learning environment for him. There are reasons such as bullying and so on. Not to mention, a lack of supplies and books. My mother-in-law has been a teacher’s aid for about 40 years and so you can imagine the flack I recieve from her on a daily basis. I just want to give my son the education he deserves and I feel he won’t receive that our public shcools in Warren County, Va. The othe day, we were studying about the nervous system in the human body and my mother-in-law was concerned that we weren’t studying onimonipias because that is what the 5th grade public shool system is studying at the moment. She told me that he shouldn’t be studying the nervous system because that is not what “they study” in 5th grade. Has our whole world gone mad?
Confused,
Sherri Wooddell

]]> Comment on Homeschooled in a truck; just graduated from Harvard by GrammaLinda http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/2010/07/homeschooled_in_a_truck_just_graduated_from_harvard/comment-page-1/#comment-417 GrammaLinda Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:26:13 +0000 http://vahomeschoolers.org/blog/?p=53#comment-417 What a wonderful story, and not surprising at all to a homeschool mom/homeschool gramma. Homeschool can be done anywhere!

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