Kitchen Science for Kids

Having some fun teaching my daughter some scientific principles in the kitchen, we discussed solutions and solutes, viscosity, and density. We put together a list of materials and she made guesses as to which would be soluble in other materials. Only one gave her pause, whether sugar would dissolve into lemon juice, yet she was proven correct once she completed the experiment (it just took longer to dissolve than expected). Not bad for a seven year old. 

Homeschool Curriculum

When we decided to look at homeschooling as an alternative for our two year old, we had no idea where to begin. We knew that a learning environment outside of the public school institutional system had to be better, mostly because it can't be much worse. There are an abundance of resources out there, and numerous avenues that parent-teachers can take in assisting their children's education. Here is one resource for second graders with some helpful information on choosing a curriculum.

Homeschooling doesn't have to be expensive. Here is a list of resources for 2nd grade homeschool that are low cost or free. I've tried to provide a variety of activities and resources to choose from. The most important thing to remember about 2nd grade homeschool, is to keep it fun and to help your child to want to learn.

This page is meant to be a supplement to 2nd grade curriculum, not a replacement for a homeschool curriculum. Please keep in mind that children learn at different levels and some of the sources here are meant for multiple age groups. I highly recommend if you do not find what you are looking for, to look through the other grades especially the one lower or the one higher to see if they have a resource that you can use. You can find the other grades listed down below. Many of these resources could also be used by classroom teachers. They are not exclusive to homeschoolers and I welcome you to this page. :)

For more educational homeschool pages, check out Cheap Homeschooling! Check it our if you want free and inexpensive homeschool or educational resources. You can find homeschool curriculum that you can buy on this page: Curriculum for Homeschooling.

More: Homeschool Curriculum- 2nd Grade

What I have learned so far is that every child is different, and no one curriculum is perfect for all children. Everyone learns at different paces, just as everyone has varying strengths and weaknesses. The key is trial and error, testing to see what fits and what does not, and remembering that learning is a lifelong process, not something that can be easily categorized, analyzed, or managed.

German Homeschoolers Say Treatment ‘Inhuman, Cold, Brutal’

Juergin Dudek of Germany says his nation’s treatment of homeschoolers is “utterly inhuman, cold, brutal – run by bureaucrats who think they’re only doing their job but uphold the system at all costs.”

He’d know. After all, he and his wife repeatedly have been convicted and fined for homeschooling their own children. One time they even were sentenced to jail, a penalty challenged on appeal.

It’s into that atmosphere in Berlin, where the government has been known to describe homeschooling as child abuse and makes it a violation of the law, that the Global Home Education Conference 2012 is preparing to hold its first-ever meetings, Nov. 1-4.

Organizers say home education is the fastest growing form of basic education around the world today, and has surprised researchers with its excellent results and left university admissions officers amazed.

It’s recognized as a right by the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

So why is it still outlawed in Germany and why in the conference going to be held there – roughly the equivalent of having a tea party rally on the front lawn of the Obama White House or a GOP event in the middle of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte over recent days?

“The reason for this is critically important: when the government exercises a monopoly over education, this forecloses freedom and liberty and contributes to a totalitarian society,” organizers explain. Internationally renowned education professors Drs. Charles Glenn and Jan DeGroof have written that to deny parents this fundamental right is “unjust and unworthy of a free society.”

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Homeschoolers say treatment ‘inhuman, cold, brutal’