Recent content by H.C. Heartland

I have a lot of friends who are home schooling their children. Chemistry experiments are tricky because one does not have a lab in their home. What do you think are some safe and fun ways to experiment with Chemistry in a home?

I am looking for ideas on how to teach religious history. In junior high (ages 13-15 approximately) I had a teacher who would teach the beliefs of a certain culture, for e.g. Egyptian by having the students as a team do a presentation. We had to dress a mummy, and explain the reasons for the...

Good Idea! I have a lot of deaf students and I am thinking of incorporating that idea with them. Sign Language is very visual and so acting out the things we learn might be a way to help them retain the new concepts. Thanks for the help!

How much importance does or did your school place on international Geography? Mine mostly focused on my national Geography and I found myself as an adult not knowing where any of the European countries were located not to mention other countries around the world. What is a good way to teach...

I had a teacher who would use classical music while we were test taking. If you have your children do activities in the home be it sedate or active, I would play the classical music in the back ground. Also, many of my friend with children have begun to have them learn how to play a musical...

I think you make a good point. In a world where children are being raised more and more by only their mothers, it would be wise to introduce more women's history to younger age groups. The curriculum that most schools use dates back to a time when girls were not expected to go out and work. But...

Yes, I think it is a good idea to learn how to sing properly. But you don't have to take classes to improve although this would probably be the most helpful because you could have someone analyze the result. You could go online and read several of the articles there to help one learn how to read...

I've noticed the craze lately for Hit Training workouts that use 15 second active rest intervals before doing something more heart pumping like 'blurpees.' An example of this would be to squat down then push your legs back so that you are in a push up position. Then re-enter the squat position...

If it is affordable I like the idea of having them sit in a circle with one child being allowed to sit in the center in a 'mouse and cheese' fashion. Each child has an instrument. For eg. small drum, recorder, cymbals, etc. When the center child points to one of them, they must get up and play a...

Great topic! There is no stopping our kids from the constant playing of video games so we mine as well find something they can play and learn with at the same time. I found this link that has 50 educational video games that homeschoolers...

My husband and I have been doing volunteer work in a 3rd world country where we must teach sign language to a lot of different language level users. Some have never been exposed to the sign language of the country, others have a limited vocabulary. We use a lot of pictures when we teach and...

If I could be instantly fluent in a language it would be French, definitely. This is a language that is used in a lot of parts of the world, is beautiful, and yet has a very difficult grammar structure that I doubt I will ever be able to master.

I think the period of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt with the way Greece took over power was very interesting. At first I would have said my choice would be the Egyptian world power, but then I realized it was really the Grecian world power. But specifically how they took over Greece. We had...

My earliest memory of politics was in junior high when they began voting for student counsel. I do not mean the history of presidents but rather how a government runs. The next memory I have of it was in Senior year where Government was a required subject. The subject of how government works is...

I found religion an easy enough subject, but do struggle with chronology. It is something I still try to get in my mind when learning subjects related to history; and I feel religion is a subject related to history.