Literature-based homeschooling resources and encouragement for homeschool moms
If you've been around the blog for any amount of time, read any of my posts, browsed through old posts, you'll know that I'm passionate about read aloud. Reading aloud is such an important practice. And I post about it often. Very often. And I don't just think it's important for little people who can't read yet. Reading aloud is important for the whole family. In some ways, it's even more important to read aloud to older kids. I read aloud ... Read the Post...
Are you looking for Black Friday deals for homeschoolers? You can get some amazing deals this Black Friday- all without standing in line and joining the crazy shopping crowds. I well remember my most infamous Black Friday shopping experience. I'm dating myself when I say that I was standing in line for an mp3 player. For real. We ate our turkey, had our after-dinner rest time, and then headed out to face the cold and the crazy. Soon we were in ... Read the Post...
Do you have a student with ADHD? Finding effective teaching strategies for students with ADHD can be frustrating. Especially when it comes to math. We've tried a textbook-based math program, and I watched my kids with ADHD struggle. I watched the frustration in their eyes as they struggled for a long time to read through the lesson. The desperate looks increased as they read and didn't comprehend. I saw the slumped shoulders and heard the sigh ... Read the Post...
As a Christian homeschool mom, I've always looked for a Bible curriculum for homeschool to be a part of our regular learning. But I also wanted a Bible curriculum that the whole family could use. I wanted us to be able to learn together. And it's important to have a Bible curriculum that really teaches foundational information about the Bible. I want our family to know the story of the Bible as a whole as well as knowing information about ... Read the Post...
It's officially fall, although you wouldn't know it in my part of the country. Here we're still making temperatures in the high 80s or even low 90s in the hottest part of the day. But, we can pretend it's really fall can't we? And what better way to do that than using one of these fall-themed unit studies in your homeschool? The changing of the seasons is a great time for a unit study, and fall holds lots of opportunities for some fun themed ... Read the Post...
