As homeschoolers, most of us can’t just go to the store to peruse the curriculum or resources that we want to use. Most of us have to rely on online listings, paper catalogs, checking out what friends are using, or waiting for conventions and curriculum fairs. One of the most helpful things, I always think, [...]
As a homeschooling family we have a pretty wide range of ways we homeschool. I wouldn’t call us “traditional schoolers” yet I wouldn’t call us complete “unschoolers” either. Depending on the child we incorporate a variety of learning methods in our home. We drill words, we go on nature walks, we read together, watch educational [...]
Photo: Stock Xchng/ Benjamin Earwicker The approaching holiday of Thanksgiving is an excellent opportunity to dive into the history surrounding the holiday! While I have spent years with my young kids, making pine cone turkeys and toilet tissue roll pilgrims, and telling simple stories of pilgrims and Indians during this season, now that they are [...]
This is the third in a four part guest series on reference skills by Jimmie from Jimmie’s Collage. Make sure to check back for the last post in this series next Tuesday. (She has previously covered the importance of knowing reference skills, as well as how to teach using an index and table of contents.) [...]
With globalization, international travel, and the internet it seems like the world is getting smaller. Businesses are seeking out people who feel comfortable working with those of different cultures and backgrounds, and people willing to travel and live in other countries. Besides the world is just becoming a more complex place, and it is more [...]
The first day of autumn is right around the corner! This year it falls on September 22, 2010 at 11:09 PM (Eastern). It’s called the autumnal equinox, and this real life event is a great way to work a little astronomy and world culture into your homeschool lessons. There are two equinoxes during the year, [...]
