Homeschool Share: A Fantastic Resource

If you are homeschooling, you know that it can be difficult to constantly come up with new ideas to make your teaching interesting.  There is a website that can help.  Homeschool Share is a great website and an invaluable resource for homeschooling parents.  Basically, it's a forum for homeschoolers.  There are a ton of free resources with different study units appropriate for different ages (particularly for preschoolers and elementary school, or infants school).  Parents can contribute high quality units that they have created, so their collection is constantly growing.  If you homeschool, I highly recommend checking this site.

To visit Homeschool Share, click here.

Creative Writing Classes at Furzey Gardens

the Lake at Furzey Gardens, August 2010

I am a firm believer in community education programmes and have had some great experiences with it.  I'm particularly excited about the new classes starting at Furzey Gardens.  Furzey Gardens are a beautiful and unique garden in the New Forest in Southern England.  This autumn they are starting to host some creative writing classes.  These will combine a great feeling of community, a fantastic learning and networking opportunity for writers, and an unparalleled setting.  The first workshop is on the 15th of October, 2010.

If you're interested (or know someone who might be), please contact Furzey Gardens.

Lady Gaga

This is not strictly an educational post.  However I do feel that it is relevant here.

If you are homeschooling, you probably spend A LOT of time around your child(ren).  This means not only being in charge of their education, but also being much more involved in their social life, hobbies, entertainment, etc. 

One name that may have come up is of the singer/entertainer Lady Gaga.  I'll let you form your own opinion of Lady Gaga, but here's some information for you.

Here's an article on "What Parents Need To Know About Lady Gaga."

Here's a link to Lady Gaga's Official Website.

Children's Magazines

Never underestimate how useful non-school resources can be.  Just because something isn't labelled as a textbook, it doesn't mean that it can't be educational.  One unexpected tool can be children's magazines.  These can be both a great learning tool and fun.

To find out more about the benefits of children's magazines, click here.

My daughter's favourite magazine is Charlie & Lola.