Computers are one of the most valuable assets in a homeschool room today. Most of the jobs our children will have in the future, will probably need computer skills of one kind or another.
Do you feel inadequate to teach your children computer skills beyond typing and safely surfing the internet? Did you know that 11 states require that your student take a computer course before graduating high school? (and mine is one of them!) With a new year beginning let’s take a leap, go out where we feel vulnerable and teach something new!
Motherboard Books takes the mystery out of computers. Kids have the opportunity to learn computers from the inside out with this homeschool computer science curriculum. Phyllis offers a few options for learning some of the ins and outs of designing and programming for web sites and games for a couple of different age groups.
Genius was able to try out Let’s Make a Webpage. It’s a 60 page tutorial e-book that is designed for a child 8 -12 years old, to design a webpage, with minimum help. With safe trial software options to produce the program, and insight on how to make it without even needing to publish it to the world wide web, it’s a fun and educational start to the world of coding!
This is what Genius thought of it…. I enjoyed using this program and the guide. Both of them were easy to use and the guide made finding everything a whole lot easier. Using the program I simply made a file for my homepage and didn’t upload it onto the internet. If I were going to make a real website I would most likely use this program because it’s easy and handy. For anybody who wants to make a website and hasn’t done it before, I suggest using the guide and the program.
That’s first hand experience from a 12 year old, who has been immersed in computers since infancy (that’s her Dad’s hobby of choice lol!).
With a 30 day money back guarantee to you could try out one of their products at no risk. Currently the Let’s Make a Webpage e-book is on special for $19.99. If you sign up for Motherboard Books newsletter, you can also have access to an internet scavenger hunt for your children for free.
If you are looking for some homeschool computer curriculum for your family, check them out, you have nothing to lose!
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