Take College-Level Courses for Free at Home

I recently saw that Sophia, an online learning platform, is offering free access to more than 30 of its college-level courses through July 31, 2020.

These classes are mostly entry-level things like English Composition, American History and Introduction to Psychology, but you’ll also find College Algebra, Human Biology, Art History and more.

It looks like you choose a class and then you have 60 days from enrollment to complete the course. You can just take them for fun or when you pass the class you can have it transferred to your college for credit (they have 27 partner network institutions for which credit transfer is guaranteed, and credits have been successfully transferred to more than 300 other institutions).

This is a great way to knock out some of those core requirements for free or just keep learning while you are home. I’m a little tempted by the art history classes even though I have no plans to go back to school.

[Photo: Sophia.org.]

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Learn about American Samoa for Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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