My Five Most Invaluable Items to use in homeschooling: #2 Books & Audio Books I’m sure I’ve mentioned that we’re book people. The only thing...
Month: December 2018
Phonics Pathways
Phonics Pathways - a great phonics resource to teach reading and spelling. When my husband told me to start somewhere with phonics, Phonics Pathways by...
Rainbow Cakes
Rainbow Cakes If you know children, or if you remember your own childhood, you are probably aware that children love to eat baked goods. Well,...
Hardware for Homeschoolers – Part II (Platform Distinctions & What To Choose)
Hardware for Homeschoolers - Part II (Platform Distinctions & What To Choose) In Part I we discussed how all modern computing platforms are very similar....
Hardware for Homeschoolers – Part I (Understanding the Platforms)
Just a quick background: I’ve been hand-building PCs from components since 1992 or 1993, so I have grown up in a world that was pre-Windows...
Learning outside the lines
Learning outside the lines The start of this article actually began with the concept of hardware for homeschoolers, ie computers, tablets, etc. But as I...
Audio Books. An Invaluable Item…
Audio Books. An Invaluable Item... Audio Books… I can’t emphasize enough the great wonder and value of audio books. If you’re in the car for more...
Why we chose to homeschool
Everyone has their own reasons. Here's why we made the decision to homeschool. People often want to know why we chose to homeschool, especially those...
Sponges
If you've spent time with young children, you've spent time with sponges! Children are like sponges. Not in the commonly-thought-of meanings of being a mooch,...
Popular vs Right for your family
Homeschool peer pressure: What's popular isn't necessarily what's right for your family. The choice of going with what is popular vs right for your family...
Unit Studies
Unit Studies are a wonderful way to cover multiple subjects in one topic and make them relevant. The combining of a variety of subjects into...
The 4 Rs
You've heard about the 3 Rs. So what is the fourth R? Everyone has heard of the 3 Rs, but the 4 Rs are what...
Math
Math should be practical and real, not daunting. While many people don’t like history, at least an equal number say they don’t like math, and...
Newsflash
Newsflash! Newsflash! Newsflash! I know you need this newsflash like I did, so here it is. You are not omnipotent! You do not have the...
Movie Reports
Movie reports are a great idea. Try one. Just as there’s a place for book reports, periodically there’s a place for movie reports for your...
Newbery Books
Newbery award books - best children's books of the year. Award-winning books can be a great resource, and new Newbery Books turn up annually, and...
Laziness
Signs of laziness versus responsibility. I was asked to write a post on laziness. Where do I start with a subject like this? How about...
Mining for Nuggets
Nuggets are incredibly valuable and can transform your homeschool. How do you go about mining for nuggets, and where do you find the things that...
Using Multi-media
Using multimedia in your curriculum. I’ve said a fair amount about the growing audio-visual medium, so it makes sense that I should write about using...
Living History Books
History comes alive with living history books. Perhaps if history had been taught to me through living history books, I might not have dropped it...