Dance Mat Typing – A Free Beginner’s Touch Typing Tutorial. Dance Mat Typing is a fun online program provided by the BBC and a great way to introduce your elementary age students to touch-typing.
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XtraMath: Free Math Facts Practice
Today I am sharing with you one of my favorite math websites, XtraMath.org. It is a FREE, web-based math facts fluency program. XtraMath is a nonprofit organization supported by grants and donations, dedicated to helping students learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. XtraMath: Free Math Facts Practice You choose the program that is right for your child and they begin with a pretest and are given
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Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool Review
Since my family was faced with financial difficulties leading into the 2013-2014 school year, we did not have the available funds to purchase the curriculum we had used in the past. In my search for free or low-cost programs, I found Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool. I would like to share our experience with this free, all-inclusive program. Lee Giles is the author of this program. She has
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Smarter Every Day
If you like science, you will love Smarter Every Day! My boys and I found the Smarter Every Day YouTube channel about a year ago, and we cannot get enough of it. In the words of its creator, Destin, “I explore the world using science. That’s pretty much all there is to it.” You will find short, engaging videos about everything science and I love
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Virtual Field Trips
My family is always looking for fun field trips to supplement all of the wonderful products we have found here at The Curriculum Choice. Living in a large metropolis, we are blessed to have many historical sites and factories that offer educational and fun field trips to homeschooling families. These opportunities are great, and we take advantage of them often. However, sometimes our studies take us to visit
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Studies in World History Vol. 1 – A Review
Studies in World History Volume One from Master Books offers everything you need for a full year of world history for your junior high student. Your student will learn history from Creation through the Age of Discovery from a biblical perspective. What is included: The student text includes lessons that are quick to read and easy to follow. My seventh grader is able to complete
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Passport to the World with Master Books Parent Lesson Planner
Using some of the unique languages from around the world, Passport to the World by Craig Froman gives children a glimpse of what life is like in different countries. The book takes you on a journey to 26 different countries while learning languages from A to Z (Armenian to Zulu). Each language and its country are given a two-page spread that includes: Full-color photos including
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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
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