Many home schooling moms dread teaching science more than any other subject. The Charlotte Mason method is one easy way to fit science education naturally into your daily routine, while whetting your child's curiosity about the world around her... more »
This lesson consists of providing you with a Self-Tutorial of the basic properties of numbers. These are the ones I discuss: The Reflexive Property of Equality, The Symmetric Property of Equality, The Transitive Property of Equality, The ... more »
Concepts covered: Like Fractions, Common Denominator, Equivalent Fractions, Reduced Fraction, Lowest Terms (or Simplest Form), The Cancellation Method, The GCF Method, and Higher Form... more »
This lesson consists of providing you with a Self-Tutorial of the basic units used in measurement. These are the ones I discuss: Units of Time, Units of Length (Metric and U.S.), Units of Area (Metric and U.S.), Units of Volume (Metric and ... more »
Homeschooling your child is a major endeavor that takes considerable time, money and energy. Designing your child's curriculum to her specific needs in each subject is the best way for her to get the most out the great opportunity she has to be ... more »
Sometimes students and adults are asked to determine how much time has elapsed from one time of the day to another time of the day. This simple procedure works well in my classroom. Other teachers have asked me to explain it to them so that ... more »
Before you start buying next year's curriculum, clear out used books, software and CDs by selling them at a used book sale. In the process, inventory what you have, free up space for new purchases, and make a little cash to help pay for future ... more »
If a person took a look at the modern k-12 education system, they would assume the kids are learning important skills. Upon inspection of the modern education system, they would figure out kids aren't learning much at all... more »
If you’ve been blessed with the opportunity to teach literature to fifth and sixth graders, congratulations! This is one of the most enjoyable periods in literary education, as you’re beginning to explore many basic and interesting approaches ... more »
Teaching poetry to fifth and sixth grade students can be joyous, or exasperating. With so many types, forms and styles, where do you begin? Assuming you have a good grasp of the different poetical forms, here is an approach that can help your ... more »
Many writing instructors ask students to create annotated bibliographies as part of their research process. It isn’t always clear, though, how they expect a student to use one! If you have an annotated bibliography and are not sure what to use it ... more »
Creating non-fiction texts for students in the 5th and 6th grade can be a rewarding and engaging process. It can also be very challenging. Students at this age are moving into more complex topics and skill levels, but are still new to the ... more »
This lesson consists of providing you with a Self-Tutorial on all about the classification and sets of numbers. Learn what are natural numbers, integers, rational numbers and more. I also explain how to use your graphing calculator to input all ... more »
This lesson consists of providing you with a Self-Tutorial on the basics of equalities and inequalities. I go over how to write results in interval notation, inequality notation, and set (set-builder) notation. I also explain in the printed notes ... more »
Part 1 of 4. This lesson consists of providing you with a Self-Tutorial on the typical operations done on numbers. These include: absolute value, opposites, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and simple exponents. Order of Operations ... more »
Part 2 of 4. This lesson consists of providing you with a Self-Tutorial on the typical operations done on numbers. These include: absolute value, opposites, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and simple exponents. Order of Operations ... more »
Part 3 of 4. This lesson consists of providing you with a Self-Tutorial on the typical operations done on numbers. These include: absolute value, opposites, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and simple exponents. Order of Operations ... more »
Part 1 of 2. This lesson consists of giving you the necessary "preliminaries" to do fractions. The tutor explains what are factors, divisors, prime and composite numbers, how to do prime factorization, GCFs, LCMs, multiples, and the ... more »
Part 2 of 2. This lesson consists of giving you the necessary "preliminaries" to do fractions. The tutor explains what are factors, divisors, prime and composite numbers, how to do prime factorization, GCFs, LCMs, multiples, and the ... more »
An informal introduction to why we need to learn about fractions. Lesson 6 consists of providing you with a Self-Tutorial on all about fractions. This lesson is different from the previous ones in that the use of printed Notes is integrated with ... more »
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