101 Homeschool Ideas

You are going to love the this interview. There is so much information here about educational apps, curriculum, and educational websites. What are you waiting for… get listening!!!   [su_heading size=”30″ margin=”40″]Jamie and Petter Olsen[/su_heading] After we got done laughing about what a dork I am for messing up the first interview that I did CONTINUE

You are going to love the this interview. There is so much information here about educational apps, curriculum, and educational websites. What are you waiting for... get listening!!!   After we got done laughing about what a dork I am for messing up the first interview that I did with Jamie and Petter we jumped right into their story about why they homeschool. They share the biggest challenge they faced when they started homeschooling: the negative reactions from those around them. Who in has taken on homeschooling and NOT faced that problem. Check out how they suggest you get through that negative pressure. Some other really important points from this podcast: You may already be homeschooling without knowing it. How important it is to see changes in your children as they grow up. The learning process for parents. How do we explain that students at home score better than students in public school system? Don't just replicate what is happening in Public School. Some great homeschool curriculum reviews. How homeschool can actually free your children up to follow pursuits. The Today article on Jamie Anderson the USA snowboarding gold medalist Why your attitude or perspective is the most important resource you have. Homeschool does not have to look a certain way. A creative way to keep your children from 'zoning out' on electronics as soon as they are done with their school. We all learn better in things that we are interested in and that is an important insight for homeschooling parents. Jamie's favorite and least favorite subjects. The important role of audio books and having conversations with your children as you go along. A way to keep your "energetic" children focused on their homework by breaking up the school work with some active breaks.   AWARENESS, COMPREHENSION , RESULTS - basic economics - difference between need/want - human behavior -emotional intelligence:  self-awareness, social awareness, relationship management - nutrition and the effects of nutrition on moods and performance - body language - controlling what we can control - opportunity cost - seven habits - personal mission statement - liberty and tyranny - Excel spreadsheet and word processing -emotional intelligence -how to write code -fantastic communicator - really good at conveying ideas (how well you right is understood to be how well you think) "Wall Streer Prep $39 excel cd rom and "Training the Street" excel best practices 3D printing -Onemonthrails.com or flatironschool.com Quality Control Breakpoints - engineering Critical mass - physics Backup system Decision trees (also, Harvard, high school algebra applied to real life problems) Very        Important *Fermat/Pascal system (math) very important The 5 why's Math of permutations and combinations Accounting Gaussian or normal distribution looks like and  know that events and huge aspects of reality end up distributed that way Cost benefit analysis cognitive function as distinguished from the perceptual function (cognitive apparatus - know its limitations Cognitive dysfunction 20 basic physiology principles (partly) free market economy—as sort of the equivalent of an ecosystem Microeconomics - advantages of scale (and social proof) Bureaucracy and territoriality Pavlovian association   Great Books Series (This is a 54 book series that compiles some of the greatest minds of the western world. It is published by Encyclopedia Britannica) A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver DeMille Jamie said that she felt like this book was not as structured as she wanted, but that it really helped her fuel the desire to homeschool. A Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer  Jamie and Petter really liked this book for the template and structured approach that it takes to homeschool. It suggests curriculum ideas for different ages levels. Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling (Audio CD) War Horse,

This episode is shorter than usually, but is filled with tips for homeschool parents that want to help their children understand and connect with great pieces of literature. The podcast includes an example of how to prepare questions for a discussion on Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. If you are a homeschool parent, a presenter, or teacher, you will love these questioning skills.

This episode is shorter than usually, but is filled with tips for homeschool parents that want to help their children understand and connect with great pieces of literature. The podcast includes an example of how to prepare questions for a discussion on Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. If you are a homeschool parent, a presenter, or teacher, you will love these questioning skills.

Audrey has some great advice for those parents that are considering homeschool and those parents that have just started, but are feeling overwhelmed. She has some great ideas for homeschooling families for the subject of history that will really get your children involved and engaged with the subject and help them remember what they have learned.

Audrey has some great advice for those parents that are considering homeschool and those parents that have just started, but are feeling overwhelmed. She has some great ideas for homeschooling families for the subject of history that will really get your children involved and engaged with the subject and help them remember what they have learned.

Richard Wells is an excellent dad that shares his own journey to homeschool including some of his own reservations as well as how he has seen his family grow over the years. He explained how he does a Father's Interview with his children to go over their academic studies as well as their scholastic interests.

Richard Wells is an excellent dad that shares his own journey to homeschool including some of his own reservations as well as how he has seen his family grow over the years. He explained how he does a Father's Interview with his children to go over their academic studies as well as their scholastic interests.

Dina Wells shares her story about moving to homeschool and her new Commonwealth School, Rise Up Academy. She gives a great suggestion on how to help dad get involved with the homeschooling process.

Dina Wells shares her story about moving to homeschool and her new Commonwealth School, Rise Up Academy. She gives a great suggestion on how to help dad get involved with the homeschooling process.

Episode 003 I had the opportunity to visit with Kathy Baker yesterday. This was a great interview. Kathy started homeschooling her children 18 years ago when the social stigma of “homeschoolers” was even more negative than it is today. She explains how they dealt with that pressure. Kathy also shared how she found the resources CONTINUE

In this episode, I interview my wife, Jessica Ricks, about her reasons for homeschooling, her early challenges when she was starting and how she overcame them. Jessica mentions how important a Salt Lake City Homeschool Convention was to building her confidence and getting her off on the right foot because of the networks that she CONTINUE

In this episode I will point out some of the problems with the public education system today and why fixing the system is not as easy as the politicians want us to think it is. I will discuss how multiple expectations on the public school teachers actually limit their ability to meet any of the CONTINUE