If there is one thing I wish we’d done more of in our early homeschooling years, it would be International Day. In our children’s young...
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Growing Things Part III – Processing
Now that you've planted and picked fruit and veggies, aside from eating them raw, what else can you do? My personal favorite is jam. Making...
Growing Things Part II – Picking
You don't have to have a farm to be able to enjoy the fresh and in-season fruits of the ground. Even with a small space,...
Growing Things Part I – Planting
Learning where food comes from is an important part of educating children. I remember when I lived in London, a prominent political person in South...
FREE Unit Study for April, 2020
In these unprecedented times of lockdown and traveling viruses, have you found yourself now homeschooling for the first time and don’t know what to do...
Wonderful West Trip
We recently had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see some of the wonderful west of our country. We took an eleven-week trip, spending about half of...
Fishing in Ocean City
Homeschooling. What does that mean to you? Perhaps you know someone who homeschools. Or perhaps you have simply heard the term. Or perhaps you are...
Home School Computing – Picking the perfect Chromebook
In my last article wrapping up computing options for homeschoolers, I mentioned that my platform of choice, at least as a starting point, would be...
White Sands National Monument
As former Vermonters, we were quite enthralled with our trips to White Sands National Monument. The sand-fine gypsum was unbelievably like the snow we experienced...
Socialization and Homeschooling
One of the most common questions people against homeschooling might ask you is, “What about socialization?” Well, what about it? Firstly, what is socialization? My...
Hands-on Science
It might surprise folks that as a Cornell University graduate with a degree in Chemical Engineering, I had little to no practical, hands-on science experience...
Science Made Easy
Teaching science to your child can be a daunting topic if you weren't a science fan yourself, but there are so many fun and easy...
In the Kitchen
There’s no place to multitask quite like in the kitchen. One job can cover a multitude of subjects. Science - experiment away with heat, chemistry,...
Computer Class 1 with Rick Eutsler Jr
For our first semester of the Computer Class we will be covering the basics, as we have students ranging in age from seven years old...
Photography Class 1 with Rick Eutsler, Jr
For our first semester of the Photography Class, we went through the following topics. Photography Basics: Shutter Speed Aperture ISO Composition: Rule of Thirds Depth...
My Five Most Invaluable Items to use in homeschooling: #5 Notebooking Pages
Notebooking Pages... one of the top 5 invaluable things I use in homeschooling! Notebooking Pages is a treasure absolutely worth having, whether you get...
Commitment
Before my wife and I married, I was committed to homeschooling. By contrast my wife, who came from a background and country (South Africa) where...
Setting the Tone
I love learning. It is a wonder to me, but I never liked school even though I was good at it. Even the classes that...
My Five Most Invaluable Items to use in homeschooling: #3 My Planner
My Planner - What I planned for the year, the week, what we actually did this week, and who has a birthday today! My planner....
Hardware for Homeschooling Part III – ChromeOS
So we’ve looked at a the two core options available to most for homeschooling computer hardware. Windows and MacOS seem to be the primary options,...