Most wouldn’t imagine using a virtual world such as “World of Warcraft” in their daily homeschool schedule, but perhaps you should. Virtual Worlds are built upon many of the same social theories we encounter in our every day, real world lives. As a result, they can be fantastic resources for helping students with special needs, … Read more
For many homeschooling moms, homeschooling will be a season of their life. For others of us, like me, it is going to be a lifetime commitment. My husband and I knew going in that when we adopted our oldest son “The Batman”, this was going to be a lifetime thing on our part. “The Batman” … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Crossbow Education. The Crew recently had the opportunity to use a product from an award-winning company that specializes in multisensory teaching resources – Crossbow Education. When you visit their website you will find that they carry several tools designed to help you create a learning environment that promotes student … Read more
{This week’s Spotlight on the Crew article is brought to you from Lori, at Special Connection Homeschool.} “What are we doing in the morning?” That’s the question I hear every night from my daughter before she goes to bed. I must explain that by that question she means, “what are we doing tomorrow?” I know this … Read more
This article is in collaboration with Mobile Educational Tools. Mobile Educational Tools has offered two great apps for the Crew to review, Rainbow Sentences and StoryBuilder. Rainbow Sentences, which is for the iPad only, is designed to help students improve their ability to construct grammatically correct sentences by using color coded visual cues. The who, … Read more