This article is in collaboration with Motherboard Books.
There are just some subjects that are harder for homeschool parents to teach than others. Of course, those subjects are going to vary from parent to parent, from home to home. I’ve mentioned before that science is one of the harder subjects for me to teach. Another of those would be computer science. Let’s face it…..I went to school in the 80’s and about all the computer training a received was a basic 3-4 line program that you could type into a dinosaur computer and get a series of words to repeat themselves across the screen! That was a LONG time ago. Times have certainly changed, and so have computers. Though I consider myself fairly computer literate, all that I know these days has been self-taught. And I certainly don’t consider myself qualified to teach my children.
So, I was thrilled to hear that Motherboard Books would be taking part in the Homeschool Crew. Phyllis Wheeler, the woman behind Motherboard books, has written some tremendously helpful computer science books, specifically for homeschoolers and easy enough for them to work through themselves (with very little parent involvement).
Each member of our Crew will be receiving an e-book entitled Let’s Make a Webpage. This 60-page e-book is a tutorial especially designed for young children (ages 8-12), that will walk them through creating Web pages using free trial drag-and-drop software.
Some members will also be reviewing Logo Adventures. With this book, you and your child aged 8 to 12 can work on MicroWorlds programming projects developed just for this age group.
Other members will receive Computer Science Pure & Simple. This is actually a series of two books, designed for students in 5th grade and up, and equals two years of computer course time. They will learn basic HTML, beginning programming, and much more.
Love the Let's Make a Web Page ebook!
Great eBook. Easy to follow and well written, even for those of us who are illiterate in the computer!
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Hurray for easily understandable computer curriculum!!
Fun and educational book!
My DD and I had lots of fun putting together a horse website. She was very proud of her accomplishment.
This was a fun product! We're looking to buy the full-blown computer science course for our homeschool next year.