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This article is in collaboration with BrillKids. Over the last 6 weeks, TOS Homeschool Crew members were given the opportunity to use the newest version of Little Reader BASIC by BrillKids. Can you imagine teaching the littlest of students to read? Can you imagine teaching your baby to read? Well, BrillKids has developed a multisensory … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Talking Fingers. As homeschooling parents, it can be a blessing to live in this day and age where software is so readily available to help you teach your child everything and anything they need to know. But sometimes it can be hard to find quality software, and it is … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Lanschool Technologies. Recent technological advances have allowed the homeschool environment to go places where it’s never gone before. They have enabled homeschools to run more efficiently, and yet more challenging at times too. Lanschool Technologies has developed a program to help aid teachers and parents with the use of … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Vocabulary Cartoons. Expanding an individual’s vocabulary is most meaningful when learning new words in context. Memorizing definitions outside of context is difficult. Memorizing lists of words and definitions can add up to little more than struggle and failure. New Monic Books uses an enjoyable and entertaining approach to learning … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Math Essentials. According to the Math Essentials website, only 4 out of 10 eighth graders are proficient in math. By 12th grade, that drops to only 2 out of 10. Rick Fisher, a math teacher in San Jose, CA, created Math Essentials and America’s Math Teacher to address that … Read more