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A new laptop awaits you at Walmart! Hop on over to Walmart.com where they are offering this Acer Spin 11.6″ Chromebook for just $155 shipped (regularly $299)! If you’re in the market for a new computer for your home office or for your high-school or college kiddo, this would be a great option! This highly rated Acer Chromebook has an 11.6″ Gorilla glass touchscreen display and flexible 360° hinge. It has 4GB of high-performance memory and up to 15 hours of battery life on a full charge offering runtime for the whole working day and evening. The portable design makes...

You’ve got to try this outrageously fun errupting Jack-o-Lantern pumpkin volcano project! Kids will go nuts seeing the halloween science experiments errupt out of the carved pumpkin face! Using pumpkin activities to teach pumpkin science is a great way to get kids excited about science and learning! I highly recommend these pumpkin science experiments with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, […] The post Errupting Halloween Pumpkin Volcano Science Experiments appeared first on 123 Homeschool 4 Me.

Are you looking for the best high school homeschool curriculum on the market today? Unfortunately, sorting through a mass of reviews can feel like a difficult task. For this reason, I’ve collected a list of some of the best high school homeschool curriculum packages available today. They include big names like BJU Press, Memoria Press, and Easy Peasy. However, the list also contains some great programs like KONOS, Ambleside Online, and Classical Conversations, which I believe are also worthy competitors. To be clear, I haven’t tested all of these curricula myself (that would be a difficult task!). However, I’ve heard...

NOTE FOR 2021 READERS: This is the 18th in a series of award-winning open letters to the next century, now just one generation away. Kids born this year in the U.S., and nearly 50 other countries, are expected to live to 2100 and beyond. Dear 22nd Century examines likely scenarios for their future, and how we can make the best one happen. Dear 22nd century: So, how was school today? Of all the areas where we could measure progress between the 2020s and the 2100s, none seems more up in the air right now than education. The pandemic forced us...

CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: Tech Sunday Edition (9/19)Tech Sunday Edition Yes, I'm directing a community theater production again, and in the time of covid it's quite the adventure. This time it's the Wizard of Oz, and today we enter the final run-up to performance, so if I don't seem to be logging as many hours at the Institute, that's why. But we have reading for today. Ida's Wild Ride The indispensable Mercedes Schneider keeps us updated on her Ida-related adventures, and how education in her classroom will prevail. Separate and Unequal Bruce Baker and Mark Weber have done some important research about...