Summer is officially here, and many parents–after homeschooling their kids for the last three months–are wondering whether they should keep schooling their kids to make up for a potential ”summer slide” or just let them enjoy the summer. I come down strongly on the side of enjoying summer, but that doesn’t mean learning need not...Read More
In 1968, futurist educator George Leonard wrote a book called Education and Ecstasy, which had a chapter titled ”Visiting Day, 2001 A.D.” In this chapter he described a learning environment for kids where they would have access to all cultural knowledge via giant ten-foot square screens. While our screens are usually smaller in 2020 A.D.,...Read More
The sudden appearance of a worldwide pandemic, and the closure of most schools across the United States, has left many parents scrambling to provide homeschooling for their kids. While in many cases the schools have taken the lead in this effort and are providing online learning for their students, in other cases parents are more...Read More
With the advent of COVID-19, millions of parents are now confronted with the task of teaching their kids at home. I’d like to save you a lot of time and frustration trying to badger your child into finishing his school assignment or an assignment from a homeschooling program you’ve just enrolled in. The fact of...Read More
For parents who are homeschooling their kids in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and are looking for things to teach their kids, here’s a way to teach even younger kids (grade 3 and up) the principles of the very first scientific law that could be expressed in a mathematical formula: Boyle’s Law – a...Read More
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