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,...

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...