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Math Contests

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September 20, 2023 by Meryl van der Merwe Leave a Comment

243: Math contests with Haley Story

Haley runs a math club and as part of the club she encourages the participants to take part in math contests.

Haley begins by explaining why you should consider registering your homeschooler for these contests. She goes on to talk about:

1. Noetic

2. Bebras

3. Math Counts

4. Purple Comet

5. AMC

Be sure to listen to the episode to learn more as it will help you decide which of these math contests could be a good fit for your children.

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Virtual Music Lessons

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March 15, 2023 by Meryl van der Merwe Leave a Comment

221: Virtual Music Lessons with Sean-David McGoran

Sean-David McGoran from The Tuned In Academy is the guest on today’s episode and we discuss virtual music lessons.

These are the questions he answers:

What are some key reasons children should learn music?
What if my child doesn’t want to play an instrument, should they still learn music?
How is music education beneficial for long-range educational/career goals?
How do virtual music lessons work?
What benefits are there to virtual instruction vs in person?
Does virtual work for all instruments?
Does it work for all ages? All proficiency levels?
Music tuition online programs/videos vs live instruction? Pros and cons

You can find Sean-David at

The Tuned In Academy which offers both in person and virtual music lessons
Instagram: @thetunedinacademy
Facebook: thetunedinacademy

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Take a look at show sponsor, FundaFunda Academy to see what they offer for online classes and web-based unit studies.

Join our Facebook Group especially for the listeners of this podcast! You can ask questions and get advice as you try integrating technology in your homeschool.

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Free Online Word Games and Apps

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February 9, 2022 by Meryl van der Merwe Leave a Comment

167: Free Online Word Games and Apps

The free online word games and apps mentioned in this episode are:

Wordle
Klura and Wordus are phone apps similar to Wordle
Words with Friends – similar to Scrabble
Typeshift – move the columns of letters to create words, new one each day
7 Little Words – find the 7 words to match the 7 clues using the letters / letter groups. Also look at their “for the classroom” page for printable themed versions of the game
Flippity – hangman (previous episode on Flippity)
Word Trip app good for younger children

A fun paid iPhone app – Whirly Word – use given letters to make as many words as possible

FundaFunda class mentioned in this episode: Writing Fun for 5th -8th grade

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Take a look at show sponsor, FundaFunda Academy to see what they offer for online classes and web-based unit studies.

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