The school year is approaching its end and it’s time to once again re-asses our homeschools. Are there things we need to change? Resources that have or have not worked? Perhaps you are moving into a different season in your homeschool. This is what we as a homeschooling family have recently gone through. Up to [...]
~ I received product samples in exchange for an honest, independent review of this curriculum I love and have used in my homeschool. Please see our full disclosure policy. ~ We found Oak Meadow Curriculum early on in our homeschooling. When my daughter was six, she loved to work with her hands. She was always [...]
I am a dark chocoholic. For me, milk chocolate is for kids (although I’ll admit to savoring delicious milk chocolate in the UK), but dark chocolate is divine. In fact, the Latin name for the cacao tree is Theobroma cacao, which means “food of the gods.” This makes sense as the Aztecs believed that the [...]
For years we, like many homeschoolers, have enjoyed David Macaulay’s book The Way Things Work. Recently we discovered that portions of this book have been animated! The movies give you both the science and the big woolly mammoths of the book. Originally produced for the BBC, this set of 26 videos, each 13 minutes long, [...]
In the Hands of a Child has done it again. Basic Physical Science Note Pack, a complete notebooking unit for older students (grades 7-12), includes everything your student needs to complete a physical science notebook. The 16-page Research Guide provides a basic but solid foundation in physical science subjects. General topics consist of: Matter, Non-Matter, [...]
My children learn a spelling list each week, and on Fridays take a test over those words. Using the workbook curriculum, Spelling Workout, has been very successful for both of my children. When we get to test day, however, it just seemed that things could be a little more fun. Enter My Spelling Test, [...]
Don’t miss the giveaways at the end – exclusively for Curriculum Choice readers! Last month we enjoyed Amanda Bennett’s Volatile Volcanoes unit study. I had been looking for something that would give us a little more in-depth learning about volcanoes following our A Child’s Geography studies earlier in the year. Amanda Bennett’s study met that [...]
If you had a chance to read my review of Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry Level 1, then you might enjoy this program which goes along with it- Chemistry Study Folder for Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry Level 1. For $19.00 you get a bundle of files that includes review worksheets for each chapter. You [...]
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