Making homeschool decisions easy
What a SMART Way to PICTURE the Entire Bible! Do you have a visual learner? How about an artist? How about a linguistic learner? Kinesthetic, maybe? One who likes to make ordered lists in his or her mind? Well, parents of all kinds of learners are in luck! The Picture Smart Bible curriculum meets so many learning styles and works…
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Science is one subject that I was NOT excited to teach. It was not my strong subject in school and the thought of trying to do experiments at home (much less getting them to actually work!) had me very nervous. Knowing that this was the case, I began desperately searching for a science curriculum or resource that would be appropriate…
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Having used KONOS for many years in our home, I thought that I would like to share our experiences of it with you here on The Curriculum Choice. This curriculum has brought us much joy and many happy memories. What is KONOS? *KONOS is known as ‘The Character Curriculum’. Its primary emphasis is on developing character. * It is a…
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Welcome New Homeschoolers! ——Do you ever find the number of homeschooling resources, websites, etc, to be just a bit overwhelming? Or maybe you are looking for a little help with your homeschool explorations? Homeschooling 101, by Erica Ardst, gives that kind of guidance with a step-by-step, easy-to-follow approach. From writing a homeschool mission statement, discussing homeschooling methods, to household management…
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Practicing Math with Equate Equate plays like the crossword game we all know and love (Scrabble). You can build equations up and down and across. Unlike a word game though, an equation reads both ways so you can often add on to someone’s equation with the ever so helpful equals sign. Other facts about practicing math with Equate: There are…
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What’s the difference between a dust devil and a tornado? Why don’t vacuum cleaners work on the moon? What do raindrops look like? With Steve LaNore you can learn these and other science tidbits while laughing through Weather Wits and Science Snickers. This 57 page softcover book is full of Corny Jokes and Cool Facts about “Things in the Sky,”…
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No matter how financially secure we may feel, it only takes an unexpected crisis to threaten our security. Illness, job loss, and other circumstances can take a toll on our bank accounts as well as our peace of mind. And with financial stressors being the leading cause of marital discord, we can easily find ourselves in a downward spiral that’s…
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A few years ago we decided that it was time to start introduce formal spelling lessons to our children, especially as one was struggling something fierce to spell correctly. We went with Spellwell which we enjoyed and saw some progress with, but we noticed that all of that didn’t carry over to everyday spelling with our struggler. Which is when…
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Geography is one of those subjects that is best learned through multiple approaches. My children trace maps, draw maps, and complete mapping exercises in our history curriculum. One learning method, however, that ALWAYS speaks to them (no matter the subject) is using an app on the iPad. Enter GeoMaster Plus – one of our all time favorite learning apps. About…
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‘We can’t go to the store now, it’s raining cats and dogs out there!’ ‘You’ll get through this, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.’ ‘If you advertise this for free, every Tom, Dick and Harry will come out to get it.’ Recognize the idioms in these sentences? Are you sure of what an idiom is? idiom |ˈidēəm|noun a…
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