▬ Movies enhance learning for visual learners.
▬ You can use Homeschool Video Courses for Multiple Ages. Tricia at Hodgepodge explains how this works.
▬ Movies create visual memories of lessons being taught from your textbooks.
▬ Videos build understanding of experiences that happen in other cultures, eras, or settings.
▬ Movies take the pressure of teaching off mom.
▬ Video homeschooling offers a great way to take a brain break while still keeping the day focused on education.
▬ Movies keep the mess out of the kitchen when seeing science experiments performed by video scientists.
▬ Videos make teaching complicated math concepts easy when someone else does the teaching.
▬ Movies bring history learning to life by helping kids to see what happened versus reading about what happened.
▬ It's a fun way to learn and sometimes the kids don't even realize it's part of school.
For a great overview of how to implement video homeschooling into your routine, take a look at these ideas.Teachers and homeschool parents: Imagine taking your task cards with you on a tablet or computer. Your student(s) work independently, getting instant feedback on their work, whether correct or incorrect. They even take their spelling test right there in the app! When you get a chance, you check their progress on their digital task cards. At
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