The Curriculum Choice

Making homeschool decisions easy

by: Shirley Ann

Preparing for the New Homeschool Year

Preparing for the new homeschool year…the busyness of the festive season has subsided, and you have waved your house guests goodbye. The wrappings have been popped into the recycling and the excess food carefully packaged up and stored in the freezer, ready for some quick, no-fuss meals later in the month. It’s not quite time to get back to lessons so now is a good

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by: Shirley Ann

NaturExplorers : Coping with the Cold

It’s the perfect time of year to take on a winter themed nature study such as Coping with the Cold, a NaturExplorers unit study. Use the winter months to get outside and learn about migration, hibernation, and adaptation.

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by: Shirley Ann

A Pioneer Sampler Review

I first came across A Pioneer Sampler when my girls were small – that was over a decade ago now! A dear friend had this book on her bookshelf and offered to lend it to us as we were doing a unit study on the early US settlers at the time. Well – can I just say that I fell in love – totally in

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by: Shirley Ann

Accelerated Christian Education {A.C.E} – A Review

The school year is approaching its end and it’s time to once again re-assess 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 now we have used an eclectic Charlotte Mason approach. We

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by: Shirley Ann

Natures Day Review

I have the cutest book to review for you today, another great addition to your bookshelf. Natures Day is written by Kay Maguire and illustrated by Danielle Kroll. The quality of this book is wonderful. This hardcover book has a canvas-like texture and the title has been slightly recessed into it making it feel and look like a quality book. I’m quite a tactile person

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by: Shirley Ann

Homeschool Morning Basket

Planning our homeschool morning basket reading for each term is one of my favourite parts of my planning rituals. It’s that special time in our homeschooling morning that we gather and share in books, readings and lessons that everyone can enjoy. It creates a sense of togetherness and unity, a sharing in the same rich ideas before breaking away to work on individual grade relevant

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by: Shirley Ann

Ancient Greece Lapbook :: In The Hands of A Child

In our younger homeschooling years we used a lot of lapbooks. Now that both my girls are in high school, things are a little more formal. Looking back through some of the lapbooks we have covered I have a little part of me that misses learning this way 🙂 One particular lapbook that we enjoyed working on was Ancient Greece Lapbook from In The Hands

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