All homeschool students are required to take an English/Language Arts course during each of their high school years. We don't often use "boxed curriculum" in our homeschool therefore over the years we have pulled together many different resources to create meaningful Language Arts courses to address subjects such as writing, literature, vocabulary, and more. As my children began moving into … [Read more...] about World Literature: A Full-Year High School Course by 7 Sisters Homeschool
Composers Activity-Pak from Home School in the Woods
This post includes affiliate links. When I am looking for fabulous extras to round out our homeschool year, I always check out the offerings at Home School in the Woods. They have wonderful timeline materials, history studies, lapbooks, and more! Today I'd love to share how we're using Home School in the Woods Composers Activity-Pak. Learning about composers Teaching music study does not … [Read more...] about Composers Activity-Pak from Home School in the Woods
How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kids for Success is one of the very popular books in our public library, currently with a waiting list of over 52 people even though there are 20 copies. Why? Well, it seems that parenting in North America fails in two opposing ways: on the one hand, children are neglected, and on the other hand they are … [Read more...] about How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims
Dover Publications – Fun for Your Homeschool
Sometimes it is just simply time to find some fun for your homeschool. Dover Publications does that for us – and can for you too! Our package of activity kits arrived on a Friday afternoon. How perfect is that? Sharks, masks, butterflies and art? Yes, please! ~Don’t miss the discount code plus the giveaway at the end!! We received these Dover Publications resources in exchange for an honest … [Read more...] about Dover Publications – Fun for Your Homeschool
Learning Challenges and Special Needs Homeschooling
Don't miss the giveaway at the end of this post. As homeschoolers, we already know how to adapt our approaches to meet our children’s individual needs. That is why homeschooling is so ideally suited for children with special needs. At BJ's Homeschool, one of the reasons that we chose to homeschool was that our daughter had some learning issues related to ADHD. Homeschooling allowed us to find … [Read more...] about Learning Challenges and Special Needs Homeschooling
Laurie Berkner’s Favorite Classic Kids’ Songs
"We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching...We are the dinosaurs, whad da ya think of that?" Laurie Berkner is one of our all-time favorite children's artists. Her songs remind us of happy, dancing days when my children were much younger. Days of Noggin and nursery rhymes. And mornings my children would listen to their morning room time CDs filled with Laurie Berkner, the Harrow Family's Sing … [Read more...] about Laurie Berkner’s Favorite Classic Kids’ Songs
America from the Beginning – A Review
I researched several options for American history to use in our homeschool, and this one stood out among the rest. America from the Beginning truly does start from the beginning! The curriculum begins with Creation and explains how the first inhabitants came from the Tower of Babel and takes you on a journey through the lives of some of the most influential people in American history. I love … [Read more...] about America from the Beginning – A Review
Exploring Nature With Children: A Review
Nature studies and nature journaling has been a part of our homeschool curriculum since the very beginning. When we first began our homeschool journey, it was the Charlotte Mason lifestyle that so appealed to me particularly because of the emphasis Miss Mason placed on allowing the child's interest in the natural world to take lead. When the opportunity to review Exploring Nature with Children: … [Read more...] about Exploring Nature With Children: A Review
Making Math Work with Miquon
Choosing math curriculum has got to be one of the hardest parts of homeschooling. Okay, actually doing math lessons every day is probably harder! But it's difficult to keep from thinking that if we only had a better/different/new curriculum all our math woes would be gone. Everyone would understand and complete their lessons with minimal effort and drama. In reality, the best math curriculum is … [Read more...] about Making Math Work with Miquon
Reading Focus Cards – My Review
Do you have a child who struggles with reading? Do they get easily distracted, forget what line they are on or have trouble concentrating on what they are reading? Or do you have a teen who would benefit from a device that could eliminate distractions when reading? I have recently found a clever device that may be a help to your struggling reader! It is called the Reading Focus Cards (Patent … [Read more...] about Reading Focus Cards – My Review
The Well Trained Mind Book Review
I have been homeschooling for 10 years now. When I first thought about beginning this journey I was about six months pregnant with baby number three, had a three-year-old at home, and a six-year-old in first grade at our local public school. Homeschooling was not going to be the popular choice in my world, and at the time I only knew two homeschoolers. Needless to say I was totally out of my … [Read more...] about The Well Trained Mind Book Review
Benjamin Franklin Lap-Pak by Homeschool in the Woods
We were given a copy of the Benjamin Franklin Lap-Pak earlier this year to try out. I was pretty excited about this because, as you probably know, I’m a huge Homeschool in the Woods (HSITW) fan. We’ve used a vast majority of their products and several of them more than once or twice. It took us much longer then anticipated to get to our Benjamin Franklin study but I have a little boy who is very … [Read more...] about Benjamin Franklin Lap-Pak by Homeschool in the Woods