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Dining Table Education
I came across this article today on FB about a Women’s Wall in Kerala India. It struck me because it was such a short article and yet it was loaded with educational potential. I suggest you read it before continuing … Continue reading
Posted in Air Bird, Homeschooling
Tagged article, bias, fake news, family education, home schooling, journalism, media, media bias, news, subversion, teaching strategies
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Motivating the Unmotivated Child
“I didn’t learn much in school last year,” said the 11 year old boy I look after. “Oh, really?” I asked. “Why not?” “I don’t think my teacher was very good and it felt like a waste of time going … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Teacherhood
Tagged Children, Education, homeschooling, independent learning, kids, learning math, learning strategies, learning timestables, motivated education, motivated learning, motivating students, motivation, motivation for maths, self-learning, teaching ideas, teaching strategies, timestables, tutor, tutoring, unschooling
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Homeschooling in Australia
When I tell people that I am working on a business that promotes and supports homeschooling one of the first questions people ask me is how many children are homeschooled in Australia. Typically I can immediately bring up statistics for … Continue reading
Posted in Air Bird, Education News, Homeschooling, News, Parenthood
Tagged ABC news, Australia, bias, Education, Herald Sun, HomeSchool, homeschooling, mainstream media, media bias, news, report, State school, statistics
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Making Trigonometry Interesting
Trigonometry is a branch of geometry; one of the major fields in mathematics. The name literally means, “the measuring of triangles” (from Greek trigōnon “triangle” + metron “measure”). As a child in school, I had a hard time understanding why … Continue reading
Posted in Air Bird, Earth Bird, Homeschooling, Teacherhood
Tagged Education, fun math, fun maths, geometry, Math, maths, practical mathematics, Right angle, Right triangle, Teacher, teaching, teaching math, teaching maths, Triangle, Trigonometry
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Iconic Australian Animals
How well do you know your native animals? I studied biology at university and actually had the nickname “bio-boy” in high school because of my passion for the subject. However, I was embarrassed recently when I discovered I could not … Continue reading
Posted in Air Bird, Homeschooling, Teacherhood
Tagged animals, Australia, Biology, birds, fauna, Fauna of Australia, fish, mammals, marsupials, monotremes, placentals, reptiles, snakes
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Four Birds Education 