Grammar Island is part of Michael Clay Thompson’s Language Arts series. (We’ve also been using Building Language this year, and have been so pleased!) It is designed to be a gentle introduction to grammar for the elementary student. Ironically, this “gentle” approach also introduces concepts that might be saved for middle and/or high school. The book is designed in such…
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Christmas Stocking Stuffer
Dear readers we have an amazing giveaway for you today! Just in time for Christmas we have teamed up with iHomeschool Network blogs to offer $1,100 in prizes. The giveaway starts today with a winner chosen on Friday. Giveaway details! To enter the giveaways, you must leave a comment. Your comment may be left on a post on any of…
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Eat Your Way Around the World from GeoMatters
Our family is always on the lookout for interesting ways to add variety to our regular homeschool studies. With two teenage boys in the home, I was thrilled to find a geography related cookbook to go with our world geography studies. My boys never turn down the opportunity to eat. Eat Your Way Around the World by Jamie Aramini and…
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Sequencing Simple Stories AND Story Writing Activities
When I taught preschool, I often worked with the concept of sequencing, “which comes first”. Later I found that it was also an important concept in the early elementary years, as children were learning to read. There are a lot of ways to practice sequencing in your homeschool, day to day. We played with this concept, by asking “Which comes…
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Copywork For Future Heroes
One of the things we choose to use in our homeschool to improve handwriting, spelling, learn use of punctuation & other grammar skills is copywork. Over the years we’ve pulled copywork from the books we’ve been reading, various curriculum, and quotes that really strike a cord with us. There are those days, though, when I totally forget what I’m…
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James Towne: Struggle for Survival
This month I had the pleasure to include a wonderful book in our homeschooling. James Towne: Struggle for Survival by Marcia Sewall is an excellent addition to any elementary American History course of study. I have to say that the more I got into this easy reader the more I fell in love with it. Certain mysteries of Jamestown slowly…
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Curriculum Choice – Best Group Blog
Dear homeschool friends, We are honored and grateful for your nomination for Best Group Blog at The Homeschool Post! Many of our talented review authors are nominated in several categories as well. As a thank you, here is, all in one spot, a list of some of the resources our review team has put together for you: The Ultimate Guide…
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Marie’s Words :: Vocabulary for High School
This summer while preparing for our BIG step into homeschooling high school, I came across a set of vocabulary flashcards that seemed interesting and helpful – Marie’s Words. Purchased without even looking up a review (unusual for me!), I’m so glad we got these little cards. Both my high schooler and I are pleased with them! Marie’s Words is a set…
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Dino O’Dell Outer Space CD Review
I had the pleasure of reviewing Dino O’Dell and the T-rex All-Stars new CD “Outer Space” and let me tell you IT IS FUN! My four-year-old LOVED it! He kept asking when we were going to meet Dino! There are 12 songs on the CD with the majority being around 3-1/2 minutes long. The tunes are catchy and the words…
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Leading Little Ones to God Review
“It’s time to read Leading Little Ones to God!” Freshly bathed and pj-clad, he announces it while rolling his matchbox cars around the coffee table. We read a selection together each night, building memories and discussing basic Bible truths. We were first introduced to Leading Little Ones to God in our early homeschooling days through Sonlight curriculum. We’ve read and…
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