I can’t even describe how excited I am about a new curriculum I’ve been pouring through for next year! Normally, I wouldn’t post about products that aren’t tried and true, but this is an amazing exception. I couldn’t write curriculum that is more “me”! And just what is “me” and what does this curriculum offer that’s has me so giddy?…
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TruthQuest History
TruthQuest History guides by Michelle Miller are among my favorite, most valued homeschool resources; a gem that I am so thankful to have found. You see, we haven’t ever read our history solely from a textbook (though I have actually found a favorite one recently- that we’re reading from as a spine at the moment!) and since I’m usually designing…
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Writing Wheels Keeps Your Child on a Roll
I had the pleasure of introducing my daughter to Writing Wheels, by Maupin House. Teaching a child to write composition papers, biographies, reports, etc., can be a daunting task. Children often have trouble knowing where to begin and what steps to take. After using plenty of workbooks and other helps, I found that Writing Wheels were the most useful and…
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Learn Addition and Subtraction Facts with Sum Swamp
Around our house I can easily tell how much a game is loved by the condition of the box. As you can see in the photo, our Sum Swamp game is being held together with duct tape! I can’t even begin to count how many times my husband and I played this gem of a game with our children when…
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The Human Body by Seymour Simon
Prolific children’s non-fiction author, Seymour Simon has teamed with HarperCollins Publishers and the Smithsonian Institution to produce a series of books about the natural world. Tucked into the prolific and still-growing library of scientific information produced by Simon and the Smithsonian is a sub-series about the human body. The books in the human body series provide a treat for the…
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United States Symbols Mini-Lapbook
One of our favorite educational tools is lapbooking. Whether we create the traditional lapbook in a file folder or put the pieces on cardstock in a notebook, we love recording the things we learn in a lapbook. We have created our own lapbooks, found free lapbooks online, and bought lapbook files from several companies. The newest lapbook my eight year…
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Garden Projects
When this time of year rolls around, there’s one thing my kids ask for more than anything…”When are we going to plant our garden, Mom?” I have to admit, I’m just as excited to get my hands dirty as they are. There’s something about sticking a tiny plant or seed into the dirt and a couple months later, enjoying the …
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Get Ready for the Code: Pre-Literacy Primers
Get Ready for the Code is the first of 3 pre-literacy phonics primers from Explode the Code. These are simple to use workbooks perfect for your prek-1st grades. Each book focuses in-depth on 6-8 lower-case consonants. They cover letter recognition, letter formation, letter sounds, relating beginning sounds to pictures, left-right orientation, and using small motor skills. A Review from The Curriculum Choice
Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills
Have you ever read to your children a book that explains an old fashioned way of doing things? Maybe a book about a family that makes their own maple syrup, goats milk cheese, raises cows or sews quilts? Have you ever wanted a resource book that will help you learn more about living a simple life? Maybe you want to…
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A Little Classical Teamwork: First Language Lessons and Writing with Ease
After publication of their classically-based homeschooling guide, The Well-Trained Mind, mother and daughter Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer continued their streak of parent-friendly curricula with a variety of texts, including Mrs. Wise’s First Language Lessons and, more recently, Dr. Bauer’s first installment in the series The Complete Writer, which is titled Writing with Ease: Strong Fundamentals. Both are on…
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