Ivey League Learning: Apps for Math, Science, and Social Studies
Yesterday I talked about the ELA apps that we love. Today I have Math, Science, and Social Studies apps that we use with our preschool and elementary children. Sky View Lite (Free) & Sky View...
View ArticleIvey League Learning: Spacial Thinking Apps
Another set of our favorite apps for you today! These are the kind of games that the kids don’t even realize they are learning when they play. Jelly Car2 ($0.99) – A puzzle game where you control the...
View ArticleIvey League Learning: Just For Fun Apps
So far this week I’ve focused on education apps, but we have a few just for fun apps that we like, too. Angry Birds Star Wars ($2.99) – Pure family fun. Every single person in our family has played...
View ArticleIvey League Learning: Apps for Toddlers
So far this week I’ve told you about the apps that I use with my big kids for school. But I can’t leave out my littler humans, can I? Here are a few of the faves for our 4 and under crowd: Shape...
View ArticleEleven Book Series for Young Readers
You can’t deny that there’s something satisfying about a good stand-alone book. By the time you’ve finished reading it you (usually) have a sense of closure for the characters and for yourself. That...
View ArticleWhy Everyone Should Homeschool
She looks up at me, excited but a little unsure. A smile and a little nod are all it takes. She sounds out the next word and skips down the rest. For a moment – for just a brief moment – her confidence...
View ArticleSimplicity and Slate
“Mama! Is this a real slate like Laura and Mary would have used?” “Yeah. Kinda like that.” “Oh my gosh, Carter! Look! It’s a real slate like for learning stuff. Like in the Little House books! Can we...
View ArticleI can do hard things!
She is a very diligent student. She is thorough and determined. She’s also incredibly sensitive. And when she doesn’t understand something, even a brand new something, she gets upset about it. I don’t...
View Articleone fraction at a time.
A hundredth of a second. That teeny, tiny moment before she says the words that you know are coming, the words you see in her eyes. A hundredth of a second and a hundred years all at once. I think I...
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