Classes for parents.
BLA is excited to extend an invitation to our online class for homeschooling parents. This is a membership to our online discussion group and is open dialogue for families to share resources, recommendations, and experiences with online resources for homeschooling.
In this online class, which is ongoing for one year-- January to January, BLA members have free access (provided for with their tuition) which includes access to all three online classes.
Math k4-6
Vocabulary (using Espindle)
k-6 supplemental resources demonstrating with access to My School House.
BLA members only have one access to espindle and are charged 20.00 per additional username.
NON-BLA members are offered access to our online classes, "Using Internet Resources 1, 2, and 3" with the following tuition requirements.
We have 3 classes. "Using Internet Resources" 1, 2 and 3. When you pay the tuiton for these classes, you gain access to the sites.
"Using Internet Resources 1" In this class parents discuss math concepts for grades pre-k thru 6th. These concepts are demonstrated via
www.ixl.com is a wonderful math site. We use that in our online class number 1. My younger kids use it completely for math. I have no other curriculum for math for grades k-6. Tuition to join this class is 50.00 per family per year up to 3 students. If a family has more than 3 students, we add 10.00 per additional student. This site is normally 79.00 per family per year. Therefore joining this class is well worth it.
"Using Internet Resources 2" In this classes parents discuss vocabulary needs and spelling for all grades. The demonstration site for this classs is
www.espindle.org is a great site for vocabulary and spelling. Each student logs in and the site determines which words the particular student needs to practice most. The system remembers the students progress and delivers the words most frequently missed more often. This site is discounted to our class again, an online class for using resources with curricula, a $30.00 for the first student and $20.00 per additional student login. This site is normally more than 120.00 per student per year.
"Using Internet Resources 3" Here parents discuss all types of supplemental resources for all subjects upto grade 6. The demonstration site for this class is
www.myschoolhouse.com and is a great site for elementary supplements. It creates online worksheets. The class tuition for this is $10.00 per family. This site is normally $20.00 for a family access.
Please contact Billie Glazier via the
contact us site for enrollment and membership as either a BLA member or as a non-member seeking to join our any of our parental classes.
Classes for students change each year. Typically we offer 2 in-house classes and offer options for parents to have access to all lecture notes and lesson plans online should they choose to teach our material at home. It is our goal, meaning we try hard but have not always pulled it off, to offer all textbooks associated with our classes at a very discounted price. Many times we are able to gain great group rates. Please contact us no later than January 20th for Spring classes we may be offering, and no later than August 10th for Fall classes we are offering. The sooner parents commit to classes, the better chance we have a good book rates.
Payment for tuition for membership, online classes, books, fieldtrips, and any other resource you are subscribing to can be paid by check or by paypal. Please contact us prior to making a payment so we are sure to not overlook your need for our resources.