October 2011 Earn Your EARS
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Registration for October 2011 Earn Your E.A.R.S. is now CLOSED! Check back on November 1st to sign up for next month's activities.
For those unfamiliar with the program, the Enriching Academic Reward Series, or E.A.R.S., is an achievement program designed to encourage kids to continually reach for academic success.
For those unfamiliar with the program, the Enriching Academic Reward Series, or E.A.R.S., is an achievement program designed to encourage kids to continually reach for academic success.
As a homeschooler, I emphasize learning. I do not stress getting good grades, and so my children do not always appreciate the value of a high score. I would rather see them grasp concepts than celebrate or despair over rankings. E.A.R.S. is a way to stimulate students to do their best. It motivates them to complete their assignments and gives them the desire to do more. E.A.R.S. is not a standalone curriculum; it enhances students' current course loads and rewards their diligent efforts.
Earn Your E.A.R.S. is open to all skill levels. If you registered your children last year, you are still in the system and do not need to sign up again. One change from last year is that instead of running September through May, the program will run August through May of each school year and will take the month of December off.
Here's how Earn Your E.A.R.S. works:
1) Register your students by submitting the below form or by clicking here. (Also available on left-hand sidebar through the 5th of each month.)
2) Magical Mouse Schoolhouse will email your assignment by the 5th of each month.
3) Have your students complete and return the assignment by the last day of the month to receive an incentive reward. Please note that Magical Mouse Schoolhouse will NOT assign grades. We are interested in completion and education.
4) Students who complete ALL NINE MONTHS' assignments will receive a Certificate of Completion and small "graduation" gift in June.
Are you ready to Earn Your E.A.R.S.?
Today's Takeaway:
Register your students for the Earn Your E.A.R.S. program by submitting the registration form.
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5 comments:
What a wonderful idea!
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Signed up last year. Cannot wait to actually "complete" the program!! The kids will happy!!!!
I would love to have more information on this. I am really considering home-schooling my 3 kids in the Fall of 2012 and I know they would love this.
Hi, Teri! We run this program from August to May, excluding December. Once you register your students, you'll receive an emailed assignment around the 1st of each month. They'll have the entire month to complete the work and return proof of it to me (usually a jpg or data chart). I do not grade anything! I just want to see that kids are participating in their education :) Once they turn in their work, I send out a small incentive reward. Email me at jodi(at)magicalmouseschoolhouse(dot)com if you'd like to know more. You may sign up here: http://bit.ly/f9r0ZL.
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