One of the biggest tasks for the homeschooling parent is helping children learn reading words, their spellings and definitions. Games are a great way to learn words because they make practice fun and kids love to have fun!
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By Ann Bowers
What do the experts say about project-based learning?
Seymour Papert, famous expert on Artificial Intelligence, mathematics, and the education of children, states, "We teach numbers, then algebra, then calculus, then physics. Wrong! Start with engineering, and from that abstract out physics, and from that abstract out ideas of calculus, and eventually separate off pure mathematics. So much better to have the first-grade kid or kindergarten kid doing engineering and leave it to the older ones to do pure mathematics, than to do it the other way around."
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By Ann Bowers
What is project-based learning and what are its advantages?
Project-based learning is a framework for learning that uses an inquiry approach to answering questions about complex subjects and issues that are meaningful to students. Project-based learning is not used for learning easy, factual information. It is a way of investigating issues and achieving understanding through interaction with real life activities.
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