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Archive for December, 2009

Question: Where can I get really good educational videos for kids on science and history topics?

I homeschool my 9 year old son (who has dyslexia) overseas (Thailand) and would like to use good educational videos to help with history, science and other KS2 topics. I have tried Amazon, the bbc and channel 4 websites- do you know of any other suppliers? Lots of interesting images preferred and language must be easy to understand (some educational videos are too wordy for him and he switches off). How about websites to download programmes from? All advice much appreciated!

Answer: You can get tons of streaming videos through United Streaming. Many school systems use it and there isn't limit to how many you get. There's even a free trial, so you can see if you want it. Has everything from elementary to high school stuff. I use it a lot in my classroom.

www.unitedstreaming.com

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Question: Homeschool girls, no friends, mom starting to worry.?

I have always homeschooled my girls. They are 7 and 6 and they each have a few friends in Ballet class that they play with at the studio while they wait on their class but other than that one day a week they dont really have any friends other than each other. They are best friends. I have friends who have kids but they are all 6 or younger and the 7 year old is starting to act very bored with life. We try to make it to the network outings but most times this becomes a problem bc the boys nap at that time, so we often don't get to go. How do these older girls make friends when they are homeschooled? Shouldn't she be having sleep overs with a best friend by this age?

Answer: There's nothing to worry about!

I've been homeschooled for most of my life, and at that age, I had one good friend that I stayed with constantly. She was exactly like a sister and she was 2 years younger than me. My other best friend was my brother (2 years younger than me). I had other "friends", but no one that I hung out with. I'm almost positive that if I had a sister, she would have been my best friend.

Your girls have made aqquaintances in class, and you are doing what you can to put them in situations to make friends. So you are doing great and so are they! They are probably just satisfied hanging out with one another...and no harm there. It's a wonderful thing that your girls like being together.

I hope and pray that your daughters remain close friends throughout their life, just like my brother and I have. They are lucky to have eachother and you are lucky to have children that care for eachother.

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