Free giveaway for - Making History Matter Through Project-Based Learning – Samantha Matalone Cook, MAT Thank you! Here is a downloadable PDF excerpted from Project-Based Learning: Creating a Modern Education of Curiosity, Innovation, & Impact.
Design Thinking and Project-Based Learning for Twice-Exceptional Learners Are you having a hard time meeting your creative gifted or twice-exceptional child's need for depth and complexity in their learning? You may have heard of Design Thinking and project-based learning and wondered if it can meet those needs; but do you need help in figuring out exactly how it all works? Join educator, author, and coach Jade Rivera to discuss authentic learning, how to scaffold a child as they learn new skills, and how giftedness and twice-exceptionality, design thinking and project-based learning go hand in hand. Jade will share her favorite …
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Making Our Own Eclectic Learning Brew At five years old, our son came up to me one day and said, “Mama, I love the taste of knowledge!” I knew from then on that our learning adventure would be an exciting one. Our special blend of learning How does one customize a learning path that is considerate of the distinct personality, abilities, asynchrony, overexcitabilities and multi-potentialities that exist in each child? What do you do when no single method, program or curriculum fit your child, your family values and your overall vision of what you consider “quality education?” You make your …
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Lilac Mohr author of the stellar math adventure Magic and Math in Wonderland has gifted our SEA Homeschoolers with a unit study to go along with her book. I am a fan of her book and I am sure you will be as well. The unit study uses math, biology, and writing to create a multi-week project-based learning experience for your kids.
Eclectic Academic HomeschoolingOne question we get fairly often is: Is SEA (Secular, Eclectic Academic Homeschooling) an unschooler group or a rigor group? This isn’t an easy question to answer without a specific definition of unschooler. Unschoolers can range in approach from radical unschooler to a child/student-led approach that many radical unschoolers do not consider unschooling. SEA Homeschoolers is an Eclectic Academic Homeschooling Group Instead of focusing on the unschooling/unschooler aspect of this question, I will rewrite it to ask: Is SEA (Secular, Eclectic, Academic) Homeschoolers an academic group or not? That is an easy question to answer. We are an …
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Homeschooling ResourcesHomeschooling 101Join The 100,000+ Families In Our Community!Become A MemberJoin Our Facebook Group!SEA ResourcesOutschool ResourcesState-Specific LawsFrom The SEA BlogSEA Homeschoolers - Your Source For Secular Homeschooling Resources We are here to provide a community filled with information, resources, and support to help your family on your eclectic academic homeschooling journey. We were founded as a place to discuss innovative learning and academics that empower and facilitate. At SEA Homeschoolers, we recognize what a big responsibility the education of our children is. Along with you, we have chosen to take that on. We do not want you to feel alone. …
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Homeschooling ResourcesHomeschooling 101Join The 100,000+ Families In Our Community!Homeschooling 101 Free WebinarHomeschool Masterclass This page is brought to you by the generous support of our friends at SEA ResourcesOutschool ResourcesState-Specific LawsFrom The SEA BlogSEA Homeschoolers - Your Source For Secular Homeschooling Resources We are here to provide a community filled with information, resources, and support to help your family on your eclectic academic homeschooling journey. We were founded as a place to discuss innovative learning and academics that empower and facilitate. At SEA Homeschoolers, we recognize what a big responsibility the education of our children is. Along with you, we …
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Making through History: Sometimes We Should all Be Uncomfortable I’ve been leading a class that I created called Making Through History for almost two years, and it has been one of the best teaching experiences I have ever had. The class explores history and the humanities through the art and invention that expressed the values and aspirations of people in a specific time and place. These days STEM/STEAM education is all the rage, and we are told that our children can’t be prepared for the future without it. While I agree that technology and science literacy are essential to navigating …
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Samantha Matalone Cook, MAT Samantha Matalone Cook, MAT, is an educator, historian, writer, maker, and speaker. She has almost three decades of experience in education, program development, and the arts and has worked with both small and large organizations to create educational programming that centers and connects the learner to concepts and skills. She has taught in classrooms and in private workshops, mentored other educators, and worked for and with many museums including the Smithsonian. Samantha recently released her co-authored book, Project-Based Learning: Creating a Modern Education of Curiosity, Innovation, and Impact, and she is currently working on a new …
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SEA HomeschoolersOnline Conference Series SpeakerLearn More About the Speakers!Register NowSee Full Conference Schedule Blair Lee, MS Blair Lee, MS earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Master’s degree in Chemistry at the University of California San Diego. Blair is the author of The Science of Climate Change: A Hands-On Course, the primary author for the critically acclaimed REAL Science Odyssey Series, and co-author of Project-Based Learning: Creating a Modern Education of Curiosity, Innovation, and Impact. She has been involved in science education for over two decades, first as a community college professor and secondly as a curriculum developer. Blair writes …
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SEA Homeschoolers Community Support Resources Over the last week SEA Homeschoolers has had an influx of new members in our Facebook groups, many of whom are unexpectedly homeschooling due to school closures across the United States and around the world. For some this will be a temporary situation, while others will use it as a way to dip their toes into the homeschooling community or dive in head-first for a long-term homeschooling journey. Whether you have been considering homeschooling previously or find yourself suddenly in unfamiliar territory, the SEA Homeschoolers community welcomes you and hopes that we can be a …
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At SEA Homeschoolers we are proud of our blog. It has an extensive number of posts on a wide range of topics. All are focused on topics sure to be of interest to Secular, Eclectic, Academic Homeschoolers. AcademicsComputer Science International Day of Women and Girls in Science: There's Still Work To Be Done Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Computer Science Math Science, Naturally! Review It All Adds Up!: Get Your Children Excited About Math International Day of Women and Girls in Science: There's Still Work To Be Done Mom, it isn't really math. it's too fun. …
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Project-Based Learning: Creating a Modern Education of Curiosity, Innovation, and Impact Vendor Showcase with Give-Away Monday, July 22nd 3:00-3:30pm EST What does it mean to be well-educated, when facts are available at the touch of a button? How can we come to a deeper understanding of our world amid the modern, massive stream of incoming information? Co-authors Samantha Matalone Cook, MAT & Blair Lee, MS believe we need a paradigm shift for how we approach teaching and learning. By focusing on how subjects and skills are best learned, project-based learning has the potential to revolutionize the role of education and …
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2019 SEA Homeschoolers Online Symposium Event Schedule **All times are US Eastern PM** Monday, July 22nd 12:00-12:30 - Symposium Opening: SEA Homeschooling by Blair Lee 12:30-1:15 - Evidence of Evolution and How to Teach It by Bertha Vazquez 1:15-1:30 - Break 1:30-2:00 - Vendor Showcase: Global Academic Productions 2:00-2:45 - Building Radically Inclusive Homeschool Spaces by Alycia Wright, M.Ed 2:45-3:00 - Break 3:00-3:30 - Vendor Showcase with Give-Away: Project-Based Learning: Creating a Modern Education of Curiosity, Innovation, and Impact 3:30-4:15 - The Importance of Teaching History in a Modern Education by Samantha Matalone Cook, MAT 4:15-4:30 - Break 4:30-6:00 - …
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