Do you have a young learner who likes to learn hands-on, or a child in your house who struggles with addition and other early math? Or do you happen to have a manipulatives kit and just aren't sure what to do with it? Recently I found a great little frugal resource that is all set up to teach basic primary math, including counting, addition and patterning. And it can work as a helpful guide … [Read more...] about Manipulative Math with “Count It!”
Homeschool Nature Study Curriculum
Does your family enjoy time outdoors? If so, nature study may be for you! Our family has loved nature study since the beginning! We love learning more and more about the world God created through seeing things in nature - then investigating them further. We find that simple things - like drawing them as we see them - helps us learn about God's creation. From The Curriculum Choice … [Read more...] about Homeschool Nature Study Curriculum
Project Passport: Ancient Greece {from Home School in the Woods}
History is one of our favorite homeschool subjects - in no small part to the wonderful resources from Home School in the Woods. They offer great hands-on products that make history come alive. One of their newest products is part of their Project Passport world history series - this time it’s all about Ancient Greece. This post includes affiliate links. The Project Passport Series The … [Read more...] about Project Passport: Ancient Greece {from Home School in the Woods}
Geography Adventures for Kids : An Adventurous Mailbox Review
The Adventurous Mailbox, a cultural education book series for kids, has facilitated a fun and engaging time reading with my son. The program provides outstanding exploration of world cultures through attention grabbing tween humor which totally hooked my reluctant reader. He's been following each story as it reveals Crameye's latest mission along side halarious middle school candor. He enjoys … [Read more...] about Geography Adventures for Kids : An Adventurous Mailbox Review
High School English Help with Dover Thrift Study Editions
My oldest daughter is now in college. Both in high school and college she has been assigned some of literature's great classics. These can often be difficult due to the older English language style and unusual meanings of words. It has surprised me throughout the years how many of these I haven't read and how unsure I was of teaching them to her. I was so happy to find high school English help … [Read more...] about High School English Help with Dover Thrift Study Editions
Help Your Teens Stay Organized with A Plan in Place
Help Your Teens Stay Organized with A Plan in Place Looking for an easy to use, simple planner for your Homeschooled High School students? These easy to use student planners were created by homeschool moms for homeschool moms just like you. Having a planner for your high schooler really takes the pressure off mom to have to reinvent the wheel each year and print off reams of lesson plan pages or … [Read more...] about Help Your Teens Stay Organized with A Plan in Place
Review ~ You ARE an Artist! {ChalkPastel.com}
I am FAR from good when it comes to art - I barely draw a good stick person (seriously!)! One thing that can be difficult in homeschooling to find is a good art program - at least this has been my experience. Enter ... "You ARE an Artist!" at chalkpastel.com. When looking over the online video art courses, our family was in the mood for Spring [even though it was still Winter] so we went with the … [Read more...] about Review ~ You ARE an Artist! {ChalkPastel.com}
Laying Down the Rails for Children
People have strong opinions about interjecting morals onto stories. Are Aesop's Fables improved by tacking a pithy moral on the end? Should we read stories to our kids that aim to improve them? On first glance Laying Down the Rails for Children might seem to fall into such a category--stories intended to help kids form good habits. But what I've found, is that really the stories are changing … [Read more...] about Laying Down the Rails for Children
Interactive 3-D Maps: American History
History is one of our favorite homeschooling subjects. NOT the dry, boring textbooks I remember from my own educational days. But because of the books and programs we use history has come alive for both me and my daughter. One of my new favorite additions is Scholastic’s Interactive 3-D Maps: American History. Interactive History Fun Interactive 3-D Maps: American History covers 26 US … [Read more...] about Interactive 3-D Maps: American History
Universities and Colleges in Your Community
Recently Miss 16 and I were dropped off at a university’s student center, not for a traditional ‘university visit’ of the kind US parents and teens focus on, but to attend a poster session put on by undergraduate researchers just a few years older than my daughter. Two hours later, our minds spinning with concepts, ideas, projects, discoveries, and possibilities, we stopped off at a tiny campus … [Read more...] about Universities and Colleges in Your Community
Homeschool Science Curriculum
Science is everywhere; it shapes our everyday experiences. For young learners, science is an extension of their everyday world. We don’t have to teach young children how to wonder, discover, and explore through play. They do it naturally. The push for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics initiatives — coding workshops for elementary school children, or extended-day science … [Read more...] about Homeschool Science Curriculum
Fine Arts Homeschool Courses
Sometimes in a homeschool year we find that fine arts is one thing that is hard to fit in. Guess what? I have a no-guilt, no-fuss way to enjoy these wonderfully enriching subjects. With online fine arts homeschool courses, you have what you need at your fingertips. There are studies of famous artists, piano lessons, music appreciation lessons and art lessons for all ages! Four homeschool … [Read more...] about Fine Arts Homeschool Courses