Making homeschool decisions easy
I have an eleven-year-old who loves to sew. She also has read all of the Little House on the Prairie books. This time period in American history interests her greatly. I believe she probably would have been happy living the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Our family just returned from a trip to see parts of the Oregon Trail. We saw the wagon ruts, visited
Grammar Island is part of Michael Clay Thompson’s Language Arts series. (We’ve also been using Building Language this year, and have been so pleased!) It is designed to be a gentle introduction to grammar for the elementary student. Ironically, this “gentle” approach also introduces concepts that might be saved for middle and/or high school. The book is designed in such a way that the lessons
I have heard for so long that using anything by Michael Clay Thompson for language arts instruction is a WISE decision. We are heavily classical in our homeschool, and this fueled our decision to investigate these materials. This year we decided to try Building Language. It has been a solid addition to not only our language arts curriculum, but also has reinforced our history
Math drills are important. My children do fine with written drills – up to a point. Since we love to use technology in our homeschool, I am always on the hunt for apps that aid in our learning. When we stumble upon a fun app, all the better. Math Monkey is an app that drills your child’s mental addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Dubbed “the
Would you like a fun family game that also inspires creativity (many times LONG after the game is over)? Do you want to learn to draw cartoon faces? Pick and Draw might just be the perfect game for your family. Our family has had so much fun with this simple deck of cards. I don’t think we’ll be stopping any time soon, either. There are
I am a private piano teacher. This has been such a great way to make an extra income (and a pretty good income, at that!) while I am homeschooling my two children. There are, however, ways that I could improve upon what I do, and – in the process – do all of this for the glory of God. Enter my new favorite ebook: The
