Possibly, I am slightly obsessed with books. Not only do we have a dozen bookcases or more that house hardbacks and paperbacks of all shapes and sizes, but I have boxes of books that the kids have made during our dozen years of homeschooling. These books are not only treasures for us but fantastic learning [...]
If you’ve homeschooled awhile, you know that curriculum comes and goes, methods are continually tweaked, and there are few constants for long-term homeschooling families. One of the constants in our homeschool is our scripture memory system. I read about the scripture memory box on the Simply Charlotte Mason site years ago and we’ve used it [...]
Fall is upon us, and apples are in season. Plan a visit to an orchard in your area while working on a unit study. Here are our favorites to get you started. 1. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World We use the Memoria Press classical curriculum, and this book was a [...]
Are you ready to homeschool the smallest members of your family? We have 3 children ages 5 and under, so this is my primary focus. I’ll give you my best ideas for how to get started. 1. A Designated Space I’ve been known to pour over homeschooling pictures on Pinterest, and I’m covetous of my [...]
Have you ever wanted to touch an old journal page or document but were afraid you’d damage it? There is something intriguing about old papers and documents that make me realize, what a treasure they are to us. You can now get that same feeling when you add this simple special touch to a history project. You’ll [...]
Back in January, I found the Funnix Phonics Program, which we love. I was thrilled to find that Funnix also has a brand new beginning math program for preschoolers, called Funnix Beginning Math. Divided into 100 computerized lessons, skills covered include counting, regular addition, and regular subtraction as well as algebra addition and subtraction. The [...]