A Library Card is one of my five most invaluable items to use in homeschooling. We are book people. When we moved, we got rid...
Month: December 2018
Interest-led Homeschooling
Interest-led Homeschooling While the 3 Rs are absolutely fundamental things to teach, don’t be hesitant to delve into interest-led homeschooling. While you may not give...
In the beginning… Getting started
In the beginning ... Getting started with homeschooling. Here’s a little secret about our homeschool journey. It was very hard getting started. Even though my...
Humorous Stories
Keep a journal of family funnies. It is worth your while to keep a journal of the humorous stories that come up in your child’s...
Film Study
Introducing film study... The audio-visual medium seems to be replacing the written word for entertainment in the current younger generation, which is why I believe...
Field Trips
Field Trips... They're closer than you think! A simple visit to find out about the local police department, or a trip to a museum are...
End of year report
An end of year report to record what you have covered in your school year is worth the effort. When we lived in Vermont, the...
Creating your own curriculum
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, consider creating your own curriculum. I looked for a long time for the golden bullet, the perfect...
Coping With Educational Costs
15 ways to help cope with educational costs. Here’s the headline… Education costs money. That’s just a fact which you need to realize and accept....
Making Connections
Making Connections Before you get confused, I don’t mean meeting new people when I refer to making connections. That is a completely different subject. I...
Sue’s Making Connections Case Study
I like the article on making connections and would like to contribute an example for use in this article. During a visit to Vermont I...
Caldecott Books
Caldecott Awards are given to the illustrators of children's books. One of the greatest gems of a book I read to the children was a...
Avoid Feeling Overwhelmed in your Homeschool
Avoid feeling overwhelmed - set yourself to do it. Avoiding feeling overwhelmed is something to set yourself to do. That sense of the weight of...
Book Reports
Book reports help you evaluate comprehension. Every now and then you need to know what your child got out of a book, which is where...
The #1 Homeschool Mistake
In my years, I have found this to be The Number One Homeschool Mistake Of all the possible ways to err in homeschooling, the number...
Reading. Why bother?
In our modern world... Reading. Why bother? In this modern time when things are turning increasingly to audiovisual, why bother reading? Is there any good...
Five Ws and an H
The five Ws and an H of Homeschooling. Who, What, Where, When, Why and How. What are the five Ws and an H? Who can...