Making homeschool decisions easy
Years ago my now college junior wanted to dissect a frog — a real one. I tried convincing her Biology class wasn’t far off. I felt she would enjoy the experience better at co-op instead of home. And honestly, did we really need to explore the topic so early? She was only in fifth grade. My efforts focused on my needs too. Where would I
{I received this product for free and was compensated for my time to review it.} I would venture to think most homeschool parents are often on the lookout for quality curriculum. Am I right? We spend hours pouring through catalogs, reading reviews online, maybe attending conferences, and definitely chatting with friends about the ULTIMATE question: So, what curriculum do you use? 🙂 Today, I’d like
Now into year two of this homeschooling high school journey, I’m happy to report there’s not as much fear and trembling for the years ahead. As a homeschool parent, I found equipping myself with information the best way to ward off feelings of being overwhelmed at navigating high school waters. It’s not all smooth sailing, but knowing help is available (and accessing said help) has been
‘We can’t go to the store now, it’s raining cats and dogs out there!’ ‘You’ll get through this, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.’ ‘If you advertise this for free, every Tom, Dick and Harry will come out to get it.’ Recognize the idioms in these sentences? Are you sure of what an idiom is? idiom |ˈidēəm|noun a group of words established by
The first thing to note is this iPad app is FREE! — so it’s a low risk, delete-if-you-don’t-like-it investment. Created by iCivics, Pocket Law Firm app turns the user into the owner of a law firm determined to defend the US Constitution. As the one in charge, you handle clients, helping to match their cases to just the right lawyer. Not so fast though — first, you
Many homeschool parents will have at least one subject in which they feel less confident teaching than others. For our family, while we appreciate visual arts and encourage learning artists and their works….the fact remains that actual instruction of art techniques is fairly weak. In comes Home Art Studio DVDs – help for families like us! What is Home Art Studio? Art educator Lindsay Volin has
Setting out to homeschool high school for the first time, we found ourselves looking at lots of curriculum – from biology to language and vocabulary – everything was new to us. Along with academics came a need to organize daily assignments. High school is a necessary time to learn skills of keeping up with one’s work load a little more independently than before. We searched
Apologia is well known among homeschoolers for their science curriculum elementary through high school. Our family was recently introduced to another branch of what they offer – the What We Believe series. Four books focused on worldview training for ages 6-14, these were created to equip kids to understand truth and to tackle the various messages of our culture today. Apologia’s series takes a look
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