One of the subjects homeschoolers in Washington state are required to teach is occupational education. I haven't given it much attention up to now, figuring we'd wait until the higher grades. So I was excited when I recently came across a yahoo series called Second Act. There are 49 uplifting little videos ranging from about 2 to 4 minutes each. They are inspirational stories about people who took up new careers/hobbies or made life-changing decisions, often late in life. It focuses more on the arts than technical jobs, but I've really enjoyed watching them with Kylen. We skipped a few (one about tango and one about an actress from Desperate Housewives - there may have been a couple others), but most of them were very interesting and educational.
Here's the link! Tip: we seem to see fewer ads at the beginnings if we click on the next video before the current video is completely over.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Cool Little Career Videos
Labels: Homeschooling, Occupational Education
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2 comments:
THANK YOU for the link!!! I have never heard of these....looking forward to checking them out tomorrow with the boys.
You are very welcome! =)
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