If you’re not having fun and completely enjoying any of your homeschool subjects – you’re doing it wrong! Do you hate teaching math? Then how can you expect your child to learn it, let alone enjoy learning it? If you’re struggling with teaching a certain subject, or you just “don’t want to” then you need…
The Easy Method We Love Keeping our kids’ schoolwork organized hasn’t always been easy for us. With all these digital downloads for homeschool work it got a little harder and I needed to find an easier way to keep things organized. We found something that really works for us. Nothing has ever been lost or…
Crayon Stage – Babies and Toddlers Recommended supplies to introduce and why: Crayons – large crayons are ok to try at first if you like, but smaller ones are actually better for fine motor skills and moving into the Pencil Stage. I tried the oversized crayons for a couple of the kids when they were…
One of the most intimidating subjects for homeschool parents to teach is art, and it actually happens to be one of the easiest to teach and most valuable subjects for children to learn. Many parents think that you have to be an artist to teach art skills and this couldn’t be further from the truth….
An excerpt from our Homeschool Planner What’s in the Planner Overview & How We Use It Too Many Homeschool Pages for You to Choose From! What I do first is make notes from our curriculum – or whatever books we’re using and the Year-At-A-Glance Calendars. Then I transfer that information into my individual Subject Objective Pages. …
From Our Homeschool Planner – Excerpt Part Three Homeschool Planner Overview Calendars, Charts, Forms, Letters, Evaluations, Pages & Pages – Oh, My! Throughout my time home educating I’ve gotten and used several different types of planners, forms and charts to use for organizing and record keeping. I always found myself wanting something a little different, either…
Excerpt from our Homeschool Planner Our Home Education Schedule Create a Flexible Schedule to Keep Your Homeschool On Track For us another way to de-stress and thoroughly enjoy our homeschool life again – even with the added children, was that we started to school year-round. At first it was to “make-up” things missed during babies…
An excerpt from our Homeschool Planner Our Home Education Plan Homeschooling is Easy When You Have a Good Plan I had decided when I became pregnant with my first that we were going to homeschool and God convicted me to do so when she was ready for Kindergarten even when the “fear” tried to convince…
If you’d like to find some great ideas on how to create your own homeschool items such as timelines, bulletin boards, visual learning aids, organizers and more, using stuff that you probably already have – this is the eBook for you! There are over 60 full-color images to inspire and guide you to creating the…
Notebooking Pages ~ All Subjects ~ Homeschooling Since we first discovered notebooking pages we have had so much fun making notebooks for our homeschool studies over the years! These awesome pages from Notebooking Pages have been an invaluable asset for every subject and every grade level. Through the use of notebooking pages our kids have been…
Handwriting Copywork – Manuscript Print, D’Nealian Slant, and Cursive We’ve always felt that handwriting is a valuable skill to teach the kids – I don’t buy into any of the talk about the modern world and how some feel it’s unnecessary. Not to be a pessimist, but electronics could all be wiped out tomorrow and…
One of the books we read was Magnus Kir by Christian author Dean Hardy. I personally was unable to put it down – and cannot wait for the rest of the family to read it. I found it captivating and thought provoking as I followed Zack through his adventure. He’s just 12 years old and…
When you’re first getting started with homeschooling it’s easy to be confused – whether you’re pulling your child out of public school or you’re just getting your little ones started. There are a lot of myths about homeschooling because it’s all custom work. No matter how you decide to educate your kids – it’s…
President’s Day Resources President’s Day has always been fun for me since homeschooling because I always enjoy an excuse to read one of my favorite books – When Washington Crossed the Delaware and do lots of fun activities with the kids. Some years we do a whole President’s Day unit beginning in February and other…
Computer – Typing – Keyboarding Skills for Homeschoolers One of the most valuable skills I learned in my entire public school career was typing. I don’t know where I’d be today if I hadn’t learned to type. As a homeschool mom it was something that occurred to me that these days is just about as…