As families struggle with decisions regarding the new school year – whether to keep kids at home, send them to school, or use virtual school programs – remind friends and neighbors that homeschooling is always an option. If school choices don’t work out, homeschooling can usually be implemented at any time during the year.
Even if parents are working full-time, homeschooling can occur in the evenings or on weekends. That’s because just 1 to 2 hours is required per day, on average. Often, the time parents spend helping schooled children with homework in the evenings can consume 1 to 2 hours per night. That time could, instead, be used for homeschooling.
New ideas and fun learning activities will be provided at EverythingHomeschooling.com, as we approach “back-to-school” days.
Our site will be even easier to use as we go forward. Parents deserve simplicity in their lives, especially now. Families need dependable, reliable resources for keeping their kids learning, motivated, and happy in a safe and healthy environment.
EverythingHomeschooling.com will be here to help families, every day, all year long!
Visit us often in the coming days and weeks!
Happy homeschooling!
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Home as School
For years, homeschool families have shared the fact that school buildings are not required for learning and education. Now, nearly every family around the world has first-hand experience and knowledge of this fact.
A long school day is also not required. An hour or two per day is an average timetable, depending on your child’s age. For kindergarten to first-grade levels, the time requirement is about 30 to 60 minutes per day. For elementary-school levels, the time required is approximately 60 to 90 minutes per day. For teens and high-school levels, it’s about 2 to 4 hours per day, depending on their individual electives, studies, and goals.
Of course, outside of these time requirements, children will consistently be learning on their own. They’ll do this automatically, with extra time to experience each day in their own ways, to pursue topics that interest them, and through acquiring new knowledge due to their innate, natural curiosity.
With the Internet, online libraries, and online courses covering every topic imaginable, children can learn anything and everything from the comfort of their homes.
As homeschool families have often said: Homeschooling is NOT school at home. Classrooms, desks, textbooks, test materials are NOT required. Many families now understand this.
Your children simply need a safe, comfortable area where you can spend time together and learn together, read together and have discussions together. A place where your children can experiment and explore, stretch their minds and stretch their abilities, acquire new knowledge and soar in new directions.
Help your children to see that this is an exciting time for their education, to see how much more they can learn and how much farther they can go, without the constraints of school buildings and long schooldays.
There’s no limit to what your children can learn, no limit on how fast and how far their minds can expand. Help them to grasp and make the most of this extraordinary time. And treasure these special moments together!
Happy Homeschooling from EverythingHomeschooling.com!
A long school day is also not required. An hour or two per day is an average timetable, depending on your child’s age. For kindergarten to first-grade levels, the time requirement is about 30 to 60 minutes per day. For elementary-school levels, the time required is approximately 60 to 90 minutes per day. For teens and high-school levels, it’s about 2 to 4 hours per day, depending on their individual electives, studies, and goals.
Of course, outside of these time requirements, children will consistently be learning on their own. They’ll do this automatically, with extra time to experience each day in their own ways, to pursue topics that interest them, and through acquiring new knowledge due to their innate, natural curiosity.
With the Internet, online libraries, and online courses covering every topic imaginable, children can learn anything and everything from the comfort of their homes.
As homeschool families have often said: Homeschooling is NOT school at home. Classrooms, desks, textbooks, test materials are NOT required. Many families now understand this.
Your children simply need a safe, comfortable area where you can spend time together and learn together, read together and have discussions together. A place where your children can experiment and explore, stretch their minds and stretch their abilities, acquire new knowledge and soar in new directions.
Help your children to see that this is an exciting time for their education, to see how much more they can learn and how much farther they can go, without the constraints of school buildings and long schooldays.
There’s no limit to what your children can learn, no limit on how fast and how far their minds can expand. Help them to grasp and make the most of this extraordinary time. And treasure these special moments together!
Happy Homeschooling from EverythingHomeschooling.com!
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Fun Experiments!
Fun, Hands-On Experiments! Here are Dozens of Fun Experiments to keep kids learning in all areas of science.
1. Slime, Sound, Iso-Thixotropy, Air Pressure, Airplanes, Buoyancy, Cartesian Diver, and more!
2. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Forensics, Fingerprints, Floating & Sinking Objects, Magic Jumping Coins, Swimming Fish, Wriggle Worms, and much more!
3. Hovercraft, Levitating Orbs, Balloon Rockets, Geodes, Volcano, Bending Water, Optical Illusions, and more!
4. Technology, Geology, Lights, Liquids, Jet-Powered Boats, Bouncing Soap, Dancing Raisins, Telescopes, Solar Cells, and much more!
Happy Homeschooling from EverythingHomeschooling.com!
1. Slime, Sound, Iso-Thixotropy, Air Pressure, Airplanes, Buoyancy, Cartesian Diver, and more!
2. Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Forensics, Fingerprints, Floating & Sinking Objects, Magic Jumping Coins, Swimming Fish, Wriggle Worms, and much more!
3. Hovercraft, Levitating Orbs, Balloon Rockets, Geodes, Volcano, Bending Water, Optical Illusions, and more!
4. Technology, Geology, Lights, Liquids, Jet-Powered Boats, Bouncing Soap, Dancing Raisins, Telescopes, Solar Cells, and much more!
Happy Homeschooling from EverythingHomeschooling.com!
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Virtual Field Trips!
Enjoy Virtual Field Trips from the comfort of your home!
See Animal Cams, Baby Polar Bears, Explore Mars, National Parks, Zoos, Aquariums, and more!
Learn About: Habitats, Animal Behavior, Animal Care, plus Geographic Details and Scenery across the nation.
A Printable Field Trip Form provides space for kids to describe their Virtual Field Trips, what they liked best about the trips, and space to draw pictures depicting the field trips.
Happy homeschooling from EverythingHomeschooling.com!
See Animal Cams, Baby Polar Bears, Explore Mars, National Parks, Zoos, Aquariums, and more!
Learn About: Habitats, Animal Behavior, Animal Care, plus Geographic Details and Scenery across the nation.
A Printable Field Trip Form provides space for kids to describe their Virtual Field Trips, what they liked best about the trips, and space to draw pictures depicting the field trips.
Happy homeschooling from EverythingHomeschooling.com!
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Learning at Home!
We’ve often said that your local library has nearly every resource a homeschooler needs for learning. If your library is currently closed, you can still use online libraries, either through your local library or through online websites.
For free books, here’s links to great sites for easily reading books or picture books online, or downloading free classics, fiction, or nonfiction on a variety of educational topics.
So even if you can’t visit your favorite library right now, you can still have fun and continue learning every day!
Also, continue to share your homeschooling knowledge and experience with all those who are suddenly learning at home, too!
Happy homeschooling from EverythingHomeschooling.com!
For free books, here’s links to great sites for easily reading books or picture books online, or downloading free classics, fiction, or nonfiction on a variety of educational topics.
So even if you can’t visit your favorite library right now, you can still have fun and continue learning every day!
Also, continue to share your homeschooling knowledge and experience with all those who are suddenly learning at home, too!
Happy homeschooling from EverythingHomeschooling.com!
Thursday, January 9, 2020
New Year! New Knowledge! New Ideas!
As the New Year unfolds, New Learning Ideas are available from EverythingHomeschooling.com.
Examples include:
1. New Views of Our Galaxy
2. Fascinating Facts about Our Galaxy
3. Earth – Layer by Layer
4. Science Vocabulary and Terms
5. Dogs - Fascinating Facts
6. Cats - Fascinating Facts
7. Math Strategies
8. Math Flashcard Games
9. Climate Change Teen
10. Reading Aloud for All Ages
- Reading Suggestions for Ages 3-6
- Reading Suggestions for Ages 6-8
- Reading Suggestions for Ages 9-12
- Reading Suggestions for Ages 13+
Visit Everything Homeschooling at EverythingHomeschooling.com.
Happy New Year and Happy Homeschooling!
Examples include:
1. New Views of Our Galaxy
2. Fascinating Facts about Our Galaxy
3. Earth – Layer by Layer
4. Science Vocabulary and Terms
5. Dogs - Fascinating Facts
6. Cats - Fascinating Facts
7. Math Strategies
8. Math Flashcard Games
9. Climate Change Teen
10. Reading Aloud for All Ages
- Reading Suggestions for Ages 3-6
- Reading Suggestions for Ages 6-8
- Reading Suggestions for Ages 9-12
- Reading Suggestions for Ages 13+
Visit Everything Homeschooling at EverythingHomeschooling.com.
Happy New Year and Happy Homeschooling!
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Learn Through Nature
Nature is all around us -- the woods by our house, the park down the street, the yard outside our back door. Take 20 or 30 minutes today to explore your yard, park, or woods. Then, in a small notebook, jot down everything you notice during your explorations. This can be your field guide to the natural world surrounding your home or neighborhood.
Draw your observations in your notebook, too. Even a quick, rough sketch of a few things you and your child noticed will help you recall your field trip into nature. Over the coming week, revisit the notebook and sketches, and research nature's beauty: the crystal ice formations in a puddle or creek, the patterns found on a pine cone or fern leaf, the intricate chimney of a crayfish.
Why -- and how -- does the magic of nature occur? Read, research, question, discuss, and learn! Nature provides a bountiful education covering a world of topics for all ages!
Happy homeschooling from EverythingHomeschooling.com!
Draw your observations in your notebook, too. Even a quick, rough sketch of a few things you and your child noticed will help you recall your field trip into nature. Over the coming week, revisit the notebook and sketches, and research nature's beauty: the crystal ice formations in a puddle or creek, the patterns found on a pine cone or fern leaf, the intricate chimney of a crayfish.
Why -- and how -- does the magic of nature occur? Read, research, question, discuss, and learn! Nature provides a bountiful education covering a world of topics for all ages!
Happy homeschooling from EverythingHomeschooling.com!
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