The weeks before Christmas are a wonderful time of anticipation. The Advent series by Arnold Ytreeide help us built special family devotion time each evening – from shortly after Thanksgiving until Christmas morning! Today I am sharing about the latest in the series of storybooks for Advent: Ishtar's Odyssey "Ishtar, it seems you have discovered a star that even yesterday did not exist!" We … [Read more...] about Ishtar’s Odyssey – A Storybook for Advent Review
How to Raise Your High School Grades by Half a Point in One Semester
Teens need to think about thinking, studying, time management, and the future. There are all sorts of serious, sober, and expensive approaches to these topics. However, if your family has a sense of humor and likes outside-the-box ideas, Gary North’s free study course might work for you. How to Raise Your High School Grades by Half a Point in One Semester is full of quirky opinions mixed with … [Read more...] about How to Raise Your High School Grades by Half a Point in One Semester
High School Biology for Your Homeschool with Apologia Science
When you've been homeschooling for nearly twenty years, some curriculum companies come and stay in your homeschool. For our family, Apologia Sciences is one of those! Student after student, I have dusted off our stored books again and again for the current year's use – including high school biology. I was compensated for my time to write this post; all opinions are my own. This year our family … [Read more...] about High School Biology for Your Homeschool with Apologia Science
Ambleside Online Homeschool Curriculum
For almost twenty years I’ve been looking at, comparing, purchasing, and reviewing a wide variety of homeschool curricula. In all those years, one option has always stood out, Ambleside Online. Ambleside Online homeschool is an incredible Charlotte Mason curriculum. Spanning all the grades with a few extra options for lighter years and catch up years, it covers all that Miss Mason would have … [Read more...] about Ambleside Online Homeschool Curriculum
CTCMath Homeschool Math Review
Math is inevitably one of those subjects that people worry about teaching if they are going to homeschool their children. As parents we worry that we weren't solid in math, or that it has been so long since we tackled upper level math. The good news is there are solid homeschool math programs (like CTCMath) that can do the teaching for you! CTCMath Review CTCMath is an online math … [Read more...] about CTCMath Homeschool Math Review
The Homeschool Chemistry Curriculum Your Student Needs
This year our family enters year 18 of homeschooling... ...and I enter my fourth time leading a teen through high school! I feel so grateful to many curriculum companies in our homeschool. When I needed support (or sometimes hand-holding), they were right there. Apologia Science curriculum definitely finds shelf space in our house. From elementary to high school, my kids and I really like their … [Read more...] about The Homeschool Chemistry Curriculum Your Student Needs
Introducing Boundary Stone: Self-Paced American Government Curriculum
I'm a child of Haitian immigrants and the first-born. Many times after school, I remember sharing my newfound knowledge of America with my parents. They came to earn degrees in Chemistry and Engineering and to offer their children new choices. Those goals were met! But everything from this country's language, its customs, culture, and yes its government, was a brand new experience. So it … [Read more...] about Introducing Boundary Stone: Self-Paced American Government Curriculum
Digital Homeschool Curriculum We Love
Here I am again. It's summer and we are enjoying learning history on a Saturday night! True statement. See, Dave Raymond's Modernity is that good. And since we enjoyed American History so very much (as an elective even!), we find ourselves soaking up another volume of this fantastic curriculum. Yes we do. It is digital homeschool curriculum we love. We received this Compass Classroom Modernity … [Read more...] about Digital Homeschool Curriculum We Love
Morning Time Is Better Together
Morning Time goes by many names: circle time, morning basket, even symposium. In our home this time is anchored by our history study. We read aloud from our spine book, look at maps, and have rollicking discussions. From this firm foundation, we move into individual skill work in language arts and math. But our time learning together anchors and defines our homeschool. My oldest was only … [Read more...] about Morning Time Is Better Together
Handwriting Without Tears Cursive Success
Handwriting is something I feel is still very important, even in this age of computers and spell correct. But that doesn't mean I think it should be difficult. We have so many other subjects that need to be covered in our homeschools. How much time and emphasis should be placed on learning cursive in this modern age? Rather than attempt to answer this much debated question I 'd like to offer a … [Read more...] about Handwriting Without Tears Cursive Success
Math U See {MUS} Review
A few years ago my children weren’t using a math curriculum at all. That’s not to say we weren’t doing math, but that I wasn’t using a curriculum to accomplish the task. Instead everything we did was done through games, stories, and hands on applications. My children learned most of the basics and some of the deeper maths as well. However, when our eldest hit 4th grade we decided it would be … [Read more...] about Math U See {MUS} Review
A Pioneer Sampler Review
I first came across A Pioneer Sampler when my girls were small - that was over a decade ago now! A dear friend had this book on her bookshelf and offered to lend it to us as we were doing a unit study on the early US settlers at the time. Well - can I just say that I fell in love - totally in love - with this book! I was simply not content with borrowing this book, no, I had to have my own copy. … [Read more...] about A Pioneer Sampler Review