Posts Tagged ‘Homeschool’

Largely recognized as a leading purveyor of Christian educational materials, Nest Learning was founded in 1989. More than twenty years later, they’re still going strong. With a presence in social media, the company manages to keep up with cutting edge trends while continuing to provide traditional, quality classroom materials for homeschool and Sunday school teachers, private and public schools, and libraries. While Based in Coppell, Texas, the company’s productions are distributed throughout the world. They have expanded their influence in the multibillion dollar Christian-themed home education market by embracing new technologies that provide enhanced communication with their customers.

Founded on principles of integrity and diligence, with a commitment to creativity in education, Nest Learning never loses focus on its goals of helping home educators share wisdom, knowledge, and morality with students. Adhering to a strong sense of accountability, Nest Learning holds their products to rigorous standards, with an independent board of theologians reviewing their 36-DVD Animated Stores from the Bible series. They carry the best in home education curriculum and their 20-DVD Animated Hero Classics character building series correlates to both state and national standards. These measures assure consumers will be confident and receive only top quality educational products.

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Buy Homeschool Resource Books

The kids are about to start homeschool and everything is ready!  You and your husband have bought homeschool resource books, spoken to a few homeschooling families, and even selected the most appropriate homeschool curriculum for your children . . . Everything is in place and you’re eager to move on to the next challenge: informing your family and close friends.

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Find Homeschool Resources Here

Why Homeschool? Homeschool education is perhaps one of the biggest and most monumental reforms in our education system since mass public schooling took effect about a hundred years ago.  As the practice of homeschooling children gains more support from families, many have become increasingly disappointed at the decline in quality of public and private school education in the U.S.  And who can blame them?  Think about it for a second.  Why is it that when our kids take those aptitude tests that measure our rank—in terms of intelligence—in the world, they always score near the bottom?  If our public and private schools systems work, how come our kids never score better than an average Asian or European kid in math, science or literature?

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Homeschool Curriculum

Finding the appropriate homeschool curriculum can be a bit tricky, but once you find one that fits perfectly with your child’s learning style and pace, believe me, it will be absolutely rewarding.  Studies show that homeschooled kids tend to be more academically advanced, mature, confident, and eager to learn than their peers.  An effective homeschool science or homeschool math program, for example, can teach your children to think outside the box, explore what hasn’t even been conceived, and discover new ways to solve problems much earlier than kids who are publicly or privately schooled.

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FREE iPad Giveaway

NEST learning has a new amazing offer! For EVERY homeschool curriculum item you buy, you get an automatic entry to win a FREE iPad. ($499 Value) Official Terms and Conditions

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Live Butterfly Garden

One of the educational toys on the market that is gaining huge popularity for its creativity, learning aspects and entertainment is the Live Butterfly Garden for kids by Insect Lore.

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Homeschool Record Keeping

It’s every homeschooler’s nightmare. A local school district official knocks on the door and asks to see your homeschool record keeping. However, after a brief moment of panic, the realization dawns that this isn’t a nightmare after all. You’ve done your homework and are prepared for such a visit. After spending a few minutes looking over your records, the impressed official heads for the door, satisfied you are in compliance with the law.

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I love my job!! I love that I work with products that have such a positive influence on others. One of the greatest rewards is when we receive letters from kids telling us how much they love our products and how they have impacted their lives. We would like to start posting any letters that we receive from your kids below. The letters can be about anything to do with one of our products that they had the chance to view. We really appreciate you as our fans and our customers!!

You can fax your letters to the attention of Amy Upton at (800) 221-8729, scan them and e-mail to nfblog@nestfamily.com or by mail to:

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Getting Started Homeschooling

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Teaching Your Children

The way parents and teachers communicate with their children has an effect on their way of thinking and how they develop emotionally and educationally. As parents and educators you really need to make sure you are asking questions, encouraging, and making statements to your children as often as possible versus making commands and supplying them immediately with the correct answer. Treat your child with the same respect you would your best friend.

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