Category: 7 – 10
Can Online Education Help Your Homeschooler?
The nature of the Internet provides a great wealth of knowledge in various forms. Whether you are teaching yourself a new skill or using online methods to reinforce your homeschooling, it is all at your fingertips. Many school districts will offer online homeschooling methods to help your student achieve his or her goals. However, there [...]
Using Pinterest For Educational Purposes – Reviews From Educators
Entrepreneur Magazine’s Ultimate Guide to Pinterest for Business by Karen Leland is a new release that is a must read for business owners, marketers and promoters, authors, crafters, and sellers of all types. But, would you believe that teachers and homeschoolers can benefit from Pinterest? Below we share the thoughts from two women who are [...]
K5 Reading & Math – Free 6-Week Trial for Bloggers
K5 Learning has an online reading and math program for kindergarten to grade 5 students. We have been given a 6 week free trial to test and write a review of their program for up to 4 kids. If you are a blogger, you may want to check out their open invitation to write an online learning review of [...]
Take a Free Abe Lincoln Online Quiz
I’ve been studying President Abe Lincoln and the Civil War the past month, and found this quick 10-question quiz. I was SO excited to score 100%! Yay Me! So, how much do you know about Abe Lincoln? Take this quick free quiz and find out. Then, please share your results, good or bad; because I’m [...]
LINCOLN Feature Film by Steven Spielberg Opening November 9, 2012. A Homeschool Project Turned into a Book!
SubhanAllah, the very moment we received this email announcement, we were at a Los Angeles public library for the first time researching Abe Lincoln and became very familiar with this signature portraits. We’re very interested in this feature film because my 11-year-old daughter is finishing up her manuscript “25 Fun Facts of Abe Lincoln. Making [...]
FreeRice Review
To start off, I would like to say that when you use FreeRice.com, you’re donating. You’re donating Rice. :-) So, by learning and using the internet, you’re giving to the poor. On this website you take quizzes on many different subjects—they even have Spanish! Every question you answer correctly, a poor person is given 5 grains of rice. If you [...]
Poems
I’ve been reading Habiba’s and Khadijas personal blogs, and UDtweenz and I’ve been thinking what I can write about and now, I know: Poems. I have a poem book called “My Poetry Journal” that my aunt gave me. It’s really cool because it teaches you how to write many different kinds of poems. I write [...]
How to Have Fun Playing Physics at the Playground
Having fun with physics?! Did you ever think that was possible? Well, prepare to be amazed–because it is possible! Check out this post from Ponn on Famigo, which tells you just how you can have fun playing physics at the playground! Be sure to read the post linked above and come back to [...]
TILT – New Logic Game by ThinkFun Review & Giveaway Contest
Check out our detailed video review and tutorial how we play this awesome new Logic and Spatial Reasoning game, Tilt by ThinkFun. [We have a video review & giveaway of ThinkFun's new SWiSH game here too!] It has a great travel bag to bring along with you on daily or extended family trips. Watch how [...]
Intelligence and the Art of Cursive Writing
My girls have always been fascinated by my cursive writing, and while at the Islamic academy, I taught it to 7 – 12 year olds; everyone single boy and girl enjoyed the time I spent working on cursive writing. Even the “sloppy” hand-writers actually preferred cursive writing. One student even tried to convince his mom, [...]
