First State Academy

"Your Central Home School Authority"

 

05/01/2009 - Arizona Educational Posters for School Children" I recently chanced across an offer for some educational posters to use in my home school program however, upon applying to the state of Arizona for them here is the response that I received. I posted the response here just so others will know what the state of Arizona is like when it comes to other states children. Click here

07/08/2008 - "Writing: Where is Our Education Headed?" Here is an article which openly questions the writing skills people are learning now. Click here

 

 

07/08/2008 - "Living with Attention Deficit Disorder" Attention Deficit Disorder, also known as ADD, is not a lack of attention, but rather an over abundance of attention. Click here

 

07/08/2008 - "Active Learning for Summer" Keep the kids' brains active all summer long and they'll be ready to head into school for high-gear learning this fall. Don't short change them; help them be the best they can be. Click here

 

07/07/2008 - "Learning Styles and Teaching Methods" Understanding learning styles will increase success with your students. The days of rote learning are over. Click here

 

 

07/07/2008 - "Teaching History Through the Movies" Movies based upon actual historical evens are very appealing to me and if you learn or teach history they represent the perfect teaching tool. For assignments you would be wise to think about using movies. Click here

 

 

 

 

07/07/2008 - "Mom, What is Home school?" One family's path to educational freedom for their daughter. A family friend has opted to home school her own daughter and shares her reasons with them. This opens a new perspective on educating their own child. click here

 

 

 

07/02/2008 - Gardening offers much in the way of simple life lessons for children. The sooner they are able to experience these lessons, the better off they will be. Here is an article entitled "Gardening as an experience for the child". Click here

 

 

 

06/27/2008 - In America, there was a time when the idea of home schooling raised eyebrows of concern and could result in a visit from social services. A lack of trust by the government and public in general in a parent’s ability to educate their own children made home schooling a bit of a stigma. All this has now changed. Be sure to read "Home schooled Children Continue Outperforming Their Public School Counterparts as Home schooling Increases in Popularity". Click here

 

05/30/2008 - Announcing the 2008 Summer Reading Club - This is the 10th Annual Home schooling Summer Reading Club. Sign up and enter your children now and they can win a certificate of achievement for their reading efforts. Click here

 

05/30/2008: A Space Age Toy  Silly Putty and how to make it - Remember as a child all the fun you had playing with silly putty. I have tried to explain how to make a simple imitation version of this famous fun toy. Read More

 

04/25/2008: Garbage Gardening The Sweet Potato -  A series dealing with plants which will help you be able to instruct your children in the fine art of growing plants from cast off waste that would normally end up in the trash. This is what I refer to as garbage gardening. We will begin the series with the sweet potato plant. Read More


04/21/2008: The Bare Facts on Toilet Paper History - Someone recently asked me what people used before the invention of the modern toilet paper rolls. Being a survivalist, this question has been posed many times to me, and I always try to answer it as honestly as possible. This unit can be included as an interesting addition to a history assignment. Read More

 

04/21/2008: Tale of two wolves - We had arrived at our campsite and proceeded to set up our tent. It took longer then normal to setup as we were a little rust at this skill but we eventually got it ready for occupancy. Our next task was to gather our firewood to keep warm and to cook with that evening. We scouted the immediate area grabbing as much of the fallen wood as we could and brought it back to our camp. This is an old Native American tale that is sure to delight the home schooled child. Read More

 

04/21/2008: Hands on Experiences for Home School Children - As a home school parent it lays within our realm of responsibility to make learning enjoyable, interesting and effective. When setting up effective home school learning activities we should continually seek out various methods that we can creatively reinforce the learning modules with the actual events studied that day. This is a far simpler task then you may suspect. Read More



03/06/2008: Scapebooking for Future Memories - For those interested in the current scrapbooking hobby, here is how my wife did hers. This project makes a great activity for the home schooled child. Read More


02/24/2008: America Home of the Python - My ten year old grandson had just finished watching a science fiction movie the other evening that featured a giant python ravishing everyone in sight. I carefully explained to my grandson about these snakes. Here is what I told him. Read More



02/24/2008: Nairobi's Mutinda the Witchdoctor - Mutinda is a witchdoctor in Nairobi and this is a short informational article on her. This article would serve well as a special study in social studies. Read More



02/15/2008: What is Mariachi? - Everyone is familiar with the famous Mexican song "La Cucaracha" so now learn a little about the mariachi music that created it. Read More