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Brains On
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Brains On

Brains On is one of our top choices for Educational podcasts. It was created by Molly Bloom. Fun, entertaining and engaging weekly podcast teaching all about science and the world. The show's mission is to encourage kids’ natural curiosity and wonder using science and history.

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But Why
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But Why

But Why is one of our top choices for Educational podcasts. It was created by Jane Lindholm. This fun podcast answers kids' questions about the big interesting world. Jane Lindholm is recognized with regional and national awards for her interviews and transferred this to finding great interviewees to answer fun questions by kids all over the world.

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What if World
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What if World

What if World is one of our top choices for Educational podcasts. It was created by Eric O’Keefe The host uses curiosity and fun to engage children into asking questions and learning through funny stories and ideas. Mr. Eric wants to encourage children to learn by curiosity so he creates stories filled with laughter and satire to keep children entertained and motivated to keep asking questions.

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Zinn Education Project
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Zinn Education Project

Zinn Education Project is one of our top choices for History. It was created by Bill Bigelow of Rethinking Schools, Deborah Menkart of Teaching for Change. This website provides a variety of engaging learning activities and guides to help teachers for all grades to present and promote American history from all standpoints, not just what is traditionally printed in standard school textbooks. The website is based on Howard Zinn’s book titled "A People’s History of the United States".

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Language Smarts
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Language Smarts

Language Smarts is one of our top choices for Language Arts. It was created by John Baker. Lessons are engaging and including fun, colorful, mind-building activities with no lesson prep. The teaching style of these books is to flex the mind by developing students' critical thinking skills without employing drill and memorization, or to teach to the standard tests.

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Michael Clay Thompson
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Michael Clay Thompson

Michael Clay Thompson is one of our top choices for Language Arts. It was created by Michael Clay Thompson. A comprehensive language arts curriculum unlike any other, this system incorporates grammar, vocabulary, writing, poetics to challenge learners to dive deeper into the language. Michael Clay Thompson has over 30 years of experience of teaching, and quoted that "Language is the core of all content." He is passionate about providing gifted students with a resource to uplift their love of English language and literature.

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Free to Learn
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Free to Learn

Free to Learn is one of our top choices for Best books to get started. It was created by Peter Gray. Psychologist Peter Gray demonstrates that free play is the primary means by which children learn to control their lives, solve problems, get along with peers, and become emotionally resilient, unlike traditional schooling. Peter Gray is a development psychologist and believes that there are more effective to encourage childhood education without the constraints of modern-day schooling.

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OnlineG3
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OnlineG3

OnlineG3 is one of our top choices for Live online classes . It was created by Jaime Smith. Online G3 appeals to gifted students with their accelerated teaching style covering literature, grammar, history, computer science and writing. The founder had been teaching since 1997, and as a parent of a gifted child, created Online G3 as a platform to provide appropriate teachings for other gifted children.

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Local Facebook Groups: A great way to find a tutor
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Local Facebook Groups: A great way to find a tutor

Local Facebook Groups are wonderful ways to find a tutor. All you have to do is join a local group and ask other parents to recommend a teacher - or search for teachers they’ve referred. These Facebook groups provide a platform to provide support and resources for local homeschooling parents.

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Wildcraft
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Wildcraft

Wildcraft is one of our top choices for Educational board games . It was created by Kimberly Gallagher. Fun board game while learning about herbs. Great for all the family! The creators want to connect players with nature and to restore the knowledge and power that nature can provide for us.

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Code Ninjas
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Code Ninjas

Code Ninjas is one of our top choices for Coding. It was created by David Graham. This is a kids' coding franchise where students learn problem solving and logic in a safe and comfortable setting. The founder originally led programs to enable adults to become proficient software developers, but together with having his two children, found that coding is not only a career, but a worthy life skill.

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Dumbing us Down
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Dumbing us Down

Dumbing us Down is one of our top choices for Best books to get started . It was created by John Taylor Gatto. This book is for teachers and parents - learn how the watered down traditional school system is diminishing our educational outputs and how we can instead become self-directed lifetime-learners. The author was a teacher in New York for 30 years before setting out to unveil the truths of broken system of mandatory schooling, and instead wants parents to embrace learning with self-direction.

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Story Pirates
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Story Pirates

Story Pirates is one of our top choices for Educational podcasts. It was created by . A podcast featuring authors, musicians, teachers and comedians performing adaptations of stories written by children into sketch and song. The story pirates hosts believe that all children are creative geniuses, and set out to make a platform where children's stories can be highlighted and writing can be encouraged in a seriously fun way.

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Art History from homeschooling 2e
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Art History from homeschooling 2e

Art History from homeschooling 2e is one of our top choices for Art history. It was created by Mary. The lesson they recommend for this subject is the Art History Curriculum package because students engage into different art that keeps them engaged. It is designed to initiate students into the life of art with a fun perspective. Mary is the creator of homeschooling 2e. She was homeschooled when she was younger and was inspired to do the same for her 3 children. She created the resource to allow gifted students & students with learning disabilities to learn from this platform

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TalkBox.Mom
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TalkBox.Mom

TalkBox.Mom is one of our top choices for Spanish. It was created by Adelaide Olguin. The Talk Box Mom book, box and audio together supports families in learning and conversing in a new language on Day 1. It is inspired by the owners personal experiences - her goal is to have families (like hers), start speaking a new language on Day 1 and progress to conversational levels within weeks.

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Wyzant
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Wyzant

Wyzant is one of our top choices for Best side gigs for stay-at-home parents. It was created by Andrew Geant and Mike Weishuhn. Offers private tutoring in a wide variety of subject areas. Tutors set their own rates and schedules. Wyzant was founded in 2005 as the first digital marketplace connecting students to independent tutors.

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RockJam: Audio and visually stimulating
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RockJam: Audio and visually stimulating

RockJam is one of our top choices for learning musical instruments. For an engaging and entertaining hands-on training, students are encouraged to practice their hand-agility and dexterity on the piano.

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Torchlight: Socratic method inspired within the curriculum
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Torchlight: Socratic method inspired within the curriculum

Torchlight is one of our top choices for Social-Emotional Curriculum. It was created by Tiffany Petty. Torchlight is a great resource for all learners and unschoolers. Students get the opportunity to focus on reading, but the curriculum is structured weekly so that they can explore different topics such as math/literature. Tiffany Petty wrote the curriculum and was inspired by her children. She found the best ways to homeschool her children with ample resources. Through her professional career working as an Educator at a non-profit, she learned to create curriculum.

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Zinn Education Project and A Young People's History of the US: Best option for clear and socially aware learning
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Zinn Education Project and A Young People's History of the US: Best option for clear and socially aware learning

Zinn Education Project and A Young People's History of the US is one of our top choices for US History. It was created by A Young People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn with Rebecca Stefoff); Zinn Educational Project coordinated by Rethink Schools and Teaching Change . For an accessible, engaging as well as socially aware US history curriculum that accommodates a wide range of perspectives and learning styles, we recommend A Young People's History of the United States. This resource was inspired by Howard Zinn in the documentary, "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train". Zinn wanted to teach history as "a people's history".

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Sawyer: Discover Wonder
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Sawyer: Discover Wonder

Sawyer is one of our top choices for Live Classes. It was created by Marissa Evans Alden, Stephanie Choi, Andrew Fernandez. Sawyer offers a wide variety of online activities across a range of topic areas both fun and educational, but mostly supplemental to a regular class curriculum. According to CEO Marissa Evans Alden, the mission is "about building the capacity for discovery in our children through adventures that delight them today and prepare them for tomorrow."

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