Making homeschool decisions easy
I’ve hosted a writer’s workshop in our home. A writer’s workshop is a time for writers to gather together and share their work. Sometimes workshops hold a mini lesson and give participants time to write and some, like ours, encourages writers to bring pieces they’ve already written to be shared during the workshop. Our workshop is based on the model from the book Workshops Work
Practicing Math with Equate Equate plays like the crossword game we all know and love (Scrabble). You can build equations up and down and across. Unlike a word game though, an equation reads both ways so you can often add on to someone’s equation with the ever so helpful equals sign. Other facts about practicing math with Equate: There are three tile sets (be sure
Literary Lessons from The Lord of the Rings is a literature study of the complete Lord of the Rings trilogy. It’s designed for grades 7-12 and makes a very complete one year course in literature. Each of the books is further divided into sections within each book. For each of the sections in Literary Lessons from The Lord of the Rings there is: A fill
Our family had the privilege of using Home Art Studio’s Grade 5 DVD art program. This program’s content is meant for one year of art instruction given by Lindsey Volin via DVD. We received the Grade 5 program as a resource in exchange for this review. Who is the Art Program for? students in grades K-5 busy families with an interest in hands on instruction
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 can also purchase the quizzes for middle school chemistry for
We are studying chemistry as a family this year and I’ve been able to use Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry Level I as part of the adventure. I’ve enjoyed using it for several reasons: It’s well organized into 10 topics which are designed to teach over a week. The chemistry is not watered down. The program uses real chemistry terms and teaches concepts in a
For English this year my fourteen year old (ninth grader) is finishing the One Year Adventure Novel (OYAN). He has thoroughly enjoyed the program and his enthusiasm has not waned since beginning last year. If you click the link and watch the introductory video, E14 is the perfect kid for this program. He has lots of ideas, but begins to wash out part way through
I’m delighted to get the chance to share our experience with the Hearts & Trees Digital Magazines. We purchased both editions, but I’m going to detail what we loved about Hearts and Trees Volume 2. Amanda’s online magazine is designed to help homeschooling families with art, handicrafts, and nature study. Targeting ages 6-12, those on the younger end will need some assistance while the older
