Green Belt Movement Curriculum
Greetings, I hope that your week is going well. Today, I want to talk about a super heroine of mine. Dr. Wangari Maathai she was born in a small town in the East African country of Kenya. Even though...
View Article8 Great facts about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
8 Great facts about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Greetings, On the anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination, let us celebrate his life by learning a little more about him! All Best, Nikala Asante
View ArticleBlack Books for Kids
Black Books for Kids Greetings, I hope that your week has been awesome. Today, I would like to share my new website with you. I created Black Books for Kids to fill the need for a central online...
View ArticleFree Africa Unit Studies Lapbooks
Free Africa Unit Studies Lapbooks Greetings, I hope that you are having a pleasant Sunday. Please enjoy these free Africa Unit Studies Lapbooks in creating a culturally relevant and diverse curriculum...
View ArticleKirikou and the Sorceress
Greetings, If you and your children have not seen this wonderful movie, do not deprive yourself a minute longer! Kirikou is a young African boy (a baby, really) who is determined to save his village...
View ArticleWhere to Send your Children to Summer Camp (or How to Create Your Own)
Where to How to Summer Camp or How to Create Your Own Greetings, Now is the time to look for those perfect, affordable summer camps for our kiddos. Here is a wonderful directory provided by the...
View ArticleFree E-Book This Week Only: Education for Liberation: The Top 20 Questions...
Free E-Book Here Greetings, I hope that you can benefit from this valuable information provided by Dr. Samori Camara. Download the full book free on your Kindle this week only. While we all have our...
View ArticleCreating Cross Curricular Lessons
Greetings, Interdisciplinary/cross-curricular teaching involves a conscious effort to apply knowledge, principles, and/or values to more than one academic discipline simultaneously. The disciplines may...
View ArticleFulfilling Responsibility: My Drop in the Bucket
Coaxing a small girl to take deworming medication Greetings, As I recently shared, I spent two weeks of service in Haiti in the latter half of May. Here in the States, I often feel that I am living in...
View ArticleApproaches to Homeschooling in the 21st Century
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. – Malcolm X Greetings, Home education can take various forms, according to your needs and resources....
View ArticleThe Best Education Money Can’t Buy
Outside of homeschooling my own son, I also tutor other students part-time. They are mostly private school students. At a session this week with a 7th grader for Pre-AP Algebra, my son, who is in the...
View Article10 Ways to Make History This Black History Month
Greetings, I pray that you and your family are doing well. My son and I are doing well in Belize. While here, I’ve been volunteering at a clinic, homeschooling, working on my Master’s in Curriculum...
View ArticleA Good Resource
Greetings! Kidzone is a great resource site for Math, Sight Words, Nature Facts, Animal Facts, and more: http://www.kidzone.ws/. The resources are free and do not require a password. Enjoy! All Best,...
View ArticleMath in Ancient Africa (with discussion questions and activities)
Greetings, As I shared in an earlier post, I’ve been devoting more time to tutoring Math for students of all ages. This has been an exciting experience – helping children to increase their interest in...
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