We recently reviewed Math Rider, a computerized math game for kids as part of the TOS homeschool Crew. Math Rider was created by Thomas Brand, a software architect, when his two elementary aged girls were struggling with their math at school. Math Rider is an intelligent computer game that allows kids to practice math drills [...]
I started playing piano in the 1st grade, and basically played it right up until I graduated from high school. After that, I would play every time I went home to my parent’s house, but I wasn’t actively taking lessons anymore. I now have a piano of my own, but don’t find too much time [...]
R.E.A.L. Homeschool Spanish was created by Dr. Karen Williamson-Coria, who was a language teacher at the high school and college level for 23 years, and then wanted to teach a language to her 3 children in a homeschool setting. The recommended time to do this is 20-30 minutes a day for 5 days a week. [...]
We love crafts of any kind in our house! I’ve loved seeing the progression of the kids’ drawings over the years, and I try to promote creativity as much as possible (rather than uniform-looking crafts or having them make things the “right” way). We generally craft for the joy of crafting, or to help bring [...]
I’ve always loved languages. I learned Korean and English concurrently as a small child, but unfortunately my parents dropped the Korean when I started school so I wouldn’t get confused. In middle school and high school I took both French and Spanish, and I even tried taking some Korean language classes. Recently, my 6-year-old expressed [...]
