Decluttering Your Homeschool
I’ve been working on decluttering each area of my house one by one (I’m working my way through this book, if you want some step-by-step hand-holding.) Guess what? Even though we’re right in the middle of the school year, I’m finding that our homeschool curriculum needed a little cleaning out too. Homeschoolers most likely have many […]
Continue readingOur Multi-Grade Homeschool Health Curriculum
UPDATE 10/2019: It appears that this company is no longer in business, which is disappointing. For an alternative health curriculum idea, check out my review of Masterbooks Elementary Anatomy curriculum. I posted our multi-grade homeschool curriculum choices a couple months ago. I wanted to combine all of my children for as many subjects as possible […]
Continue reading10 Ways to Make Homeschool Exciting
“Are you ready for school to start back?” is a common question I ask kids at the end of the summer. Most of the kids I know are homeschooled, but I get quite the variety of responses to that question. Some are absolutely dreading it, but I’ve noticed that most of the time the […]
Continue readingTransitioning from Private School to Homeschool: Our Story
Guest post by Ellen at Joyful Abundant Life Transitioning from private school to homeschool Should I or should I not? Here are two reasons why we did: It was necessary – we moved to another state where there was not a school that we cared for them to attend and our finances did not allow for it […]
Continue reading6 Ways Homeschooling Benefits Christian Families
I wanted to spend the month of June offering some practical advice and encouragement from homeschooling moms. I asked some ladies I knew if they would be willing to share some thoughts from their perspective. This is the first of several that I will be sharing here. As I read Michelle’s words, there were several […]
Continue readingA Boy’s Lessons in Dishonesty (Free Character Training Lesson)
Today I have a fun freebie for you! I have found that one of the best ways to teach character lessons to my son is to read him stories about little boys that have a lesson engrained in them. He really seems to relate to the boys in the story and it helps him learn […]
Continue readingKindergarten Complete Review
Do you have a child who will be starting kindergarten soon? Are you overwhelmed looking at all the curriculum choices available? We recently received a review copy of Kindergarten Complete, so I thought you would be interested to see what we thought! Pros: All-inclusive As someone who is easily overwhelmed, and all-inclusive curriculum is a […]
Continue readingFree Printable Arithmetic Flashcards
As I gear up for another year of homeschooling, I try to save as much cash as possible. But flashcards are not something which I feel I can do without. They are so important for solidifying those arithmetic facts! Since I mainly use the A Beka curriculum, I like to have all my visuals be […]
Continue readingKeeping Kids Safe on Youtube
Keeping kids safe on youtube can be quite a challenge. There are any number of wrong clicks they could make and suddenly find themselves faced with inappropriate content. Sometimes it may seem that the best option is simply to make youtube off limits altogether. However, there are a lot of very useful things there that […]
Continue readingThinkfun Circuit Maze: Our Honest Review
When Timberdoodle sent us the Circuit Maze from Thinkfun, I was originally hoping that the kids’ grandpa would be able to teach them about electricity and play the game with them. But they got really antsy to play it before we could get together with him, so mommy attempted to figure it out. I’ll be […]
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