I’m going to be honest. Geography has not been a subject that I’ve done a good job of working into our schedule. Every year I have plans to add more geography study to our days, and every year I start off strong and then let our geography studies fizzle out. My husband is a geography fanatic. (He memorized all the…
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Miller Stories
From the time my children were preschoolers, and even now, we have enjoyed the Miller Stories by Mildred A. Martin over and over again! We started our journey with the Miller books by reading Storytime with the Millers. After gobbling up each and every story several times, we realized that the entire set would eventually sit on our bookshelf….
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Tips for Preparing for a Convention
If you are going to the 2009 Southeast Homeschool Expo, raise your hand! I’m going and I can’t wait! I love conventions and expos, especially the vendors and freebies. At my last convention (NECC ’07), I won a bundle of fabulous software. I also came home with enough free pens, notepads, and post-it notes to stock our school closet for…
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Walking with Jesus: Noah Plan Bible and Reading program
Biblical Principle Approach is big on reasoning, especially reasoning from God’s word. It can be a challenge to a home educating mom who was not taught this way. One resource to consider to help you on this journey is Walking with Jesus. This is designed for fourth grade, but I believe a fifth or even sixth grader could glean a…
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Managers of Their Homes – Scheduling for Homeschooling Families
Being a mother of five, I am often asked how I manage our homeschooling day. Some are just curious and others are hoping to see if there is anything that we do differently that might help them manage their day. Each family functions differently, and each mother desires a smooth-running home. But the consistant theme that I have seen with…
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Brandenburg Studies
Do you enjoy unit studies? Do you enjoy unit studies that are already prepared for you? Do you enjoy unit studies that require little to no gathering of materials on your part? Do your children enjoy learning on the computer? Do you desire for your children to be able to learn independently? If you answered ‘yes’ to one or more…
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Living Memory: A Classical Memory Work Companion by Andrew Campbell
Many people today think that memorization is unimportant. They argue that anything that they need to know, they can look up on-line. But can a person be truly educated if he doesn’t “know” anything? I think not. We need knowledge in order to understand new concepts. Critical thinking programs are wasted if there is no foundation of knowledge to build…
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Teaching Textbooks
Teaching Textbooks: Math can be your friend too! Math is the one subject that can make my children cry in my house! To tell the truth it is the subject that I least enjoy teaching. When one of my sons started having trouble in math I started shopping around for a new math program. I was looking for a program that I can stick with…
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God and the History of Art
God and The History of Art By Barry Stebbing I consider myself a Charlotte Mason homeschooler. I may wander off the path sometimes but I do try to keep true to Miss Mason’s ideas. Sometimes it is difficult to find a curriculum that fits into the Charlotte Mason thinking but I have found one such curriculum that has been a perfect fit….
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Teaching With Tapestry of Grace
Come to a convention workshop online! Author Marcia Somerville will give you the exact same 45-minute introduction to the award-winning curriculum, Tapestry of Grace that she gives at conventions all over America, but you can participate from home via this webinar. Marcia will talk for about 45 minutes, and then take questions for 15 minutes. (To ask questions, you will need the use…
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