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Hopefully spammers are learning that they won't get their posts included in the Carnival of Educators, with this last awesome edition. In includes insightful and humorous tidbits from teachers and educators... as was intended when the carnival of educators was created. A big thank you goes out to I Want to Teach Forever for hosting this excellent carnival post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Check out FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE for free homeschool links and resources

I recently had the opportunity to review verbalearn.com, both the free program and the paid Verbalearn Plus program.  I will start by telling  you I like it. Verbalearn.com    is a website that helps students improve their vocabulary by focusing on words they don't know.  In it's simplest version Verbalearn allows you to insert your vocabulary words into the website, or it can recommend words for you.  It will then test you on the words using multiple choice sentences.  The program will take words you already know of of the list so you can concentrate on the words you don't know.  Depending upon the level of membership you choose, you can download words on an MP3 player, use the words in crossword puzzles, or review flashcards. Sure, there are other programs that allow you to play with your words online and in downloads, but Verbalearn is superior as it will help a student study words according to grade level, standardized tests, or ESL needs...

Carnival of educators archives  |  submit post Welcome to the January 12, 2010 edition of carnival of educators. This blog is a few hours late, but it was important to get it right.  It is called the Spam Free Edition, because it is just that... free from spam.  You will find no 100 best college this, or 50 best books resources from websites remotely related to education that sends in dozens of blog posts per week, each from a different submitter.  No sir-ee.  On this carnival, you will hear from all educators all the time.  Heck, I am not even going to distract you with a cute theme... not this week anyway.  I want to hear what educators have to say, and if you are still reading this... so do you, so let's get started with the Spam Free Edition of the Carnival of Educators! I am categorizing the entries based on what I believe is the occupation/ viewpoint of the writer. Education Advocates Joanne Jacobs presents Do children need t...

Carnival of Educators: New Beginnings Edition is Posted at Minds in Bloom. There are many helpful articles and musings for you to enjoy. The next carnival will be right here at Notes from a homeschooling mom.  Let me know if you can volunteer to host it on your blog and to enter a submission follow this link to the handy dandy submission form. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Check out FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE for free homeschool links and resources

I am working on listing 2010 Scholarhips over at Examiner.com That got me thinking about scholarships open to homeschoolers. Here is what I found. Homeschool.com listing of homeschool scholarships. The full ride scholarships for Alfred State College in NY caught my eye. College Scholarships.org has a list of scholarships for homeschoolers with advice for getting access to all scholarships. Eclectic Homeschool online lists a few as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Check out FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE for free homeschool links and resources

In dealing with a family where the public school child has NO CHANCE of passing the school year, the only option I could see as an answer was homeschooling. Maybe my approach is a bit drastic, but failure to such a degree at half year, could only spell out disaster at the end of the year. In the end, the parents decided to grin and bear it, feeling like homeschooling was somehow breaking the rules... cheating the system Maybe I'm a radical, but at what point do you stop following rules when they are not working for your kids? Aren't some of the most successful people in the world rule breakers? Consider this example:"Rule breakers bust up business models. They explode in an industry by offering a new paradigm so compelling in its benefits that it simply cannot be ignored. By virtue of the insanely great value proposition of their offers (think Apple in 1985, Amazon in 1996), they quickly redefine their industries and instantly change the norm. Recently, examples...

The 4th anniversary edition Carnival of homeschooling will be posted at Why Homeschool this week. They are requesting more entries. Get the New Year started off right and get your blog noticed. For more information go here. Also send a quality education based blog to carnival of educators. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Check out FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE for free homeschool links and resources