Online Homeschool Classes with Allschool
Online Homeschool Classes with Allschool are live, interactive, and fun! Add enrichment to your homeschool with classes on animals, science experiments, dance, math and more!
Bee Friendly Garden Activities to Enjoy With Kids
These Bee Friendly Garden Activities are such to delight your child AND help them learn more about bees than the fact that they sting!
Christmas Activities – Add some holiday fun to your homeschool!
On November 2nd my children were already asking to get the Christmas decorations out! It is a super fun, festive, family time of year around here. It can be a great time to put aside our formal school work and include both fun and educational Christmas Activities in our days instead! Christmas Activities I have […]
Create Easy and Affordable Personalized Gifts on Canvas
Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, special occasions, anytime is a great time to create personalized gifts! When you create a personalized gift it shows forethought, it shows love. I know, I know, I’m not a crafty, artsy person either! Here’s the good news…you don’t have to be! Got a cell phone? Can you access the Internet? Then […]
Lego Math: Teaching Multiplication & Division
Math is one of those subjects that puts fear in the hearts of parents and kids alike! One way to make it easier (and more fun) is by using hands-on teaching techniques such as using Lego Bricks to demonstrate and manipulate math concepts. Multiplication and Division are great two great concepts where Lego Math can […]
Instant Pot Chicken Vegetable Soup
If you haven’t tried cooking in an Instant Pot you have been missing out! It is easy to make great tasting soups in your Instant Pot. This Instant Pot Chicken Vegetable Soup recipe is super easy to make. With an Instant Pot you can put together a delicious hot soup that tastes like you cooked […]
Spartanburg Methodist College – A Homeschool Friendly College
When you get beyond your concerns of homeschooling high school itself, you will find the next hurdle may pertain to college (or no college) depending on your child. Does my child want to go to college? If so, what is their plan? How do we prepare for college? Two or four year schools? Our first […]
Simplify Christmas Using Categorized Gift Tags: Shop Easier, Spend Less, Find Joy
Christmas shopping and giving can become overwhelming, over done, and over spent. I recently stumbled upon an idea for slimming down the Christmas buying that I think I can get behind. With a few modifications and a bunch of ideas I present to you this idea: Simplify Christmas Using Categorized Gift Tags: Want, Need, Wear, […]
American History Timeline Resources: Before 1630 – Pre America
We are beginning our American History Timeline studies with Before 1630 or “Pre-America.” This time period was filled with voyages of exploration into lands unknown. We are choosing to use a timeline format as the base for our studies. Each week will focus on a different section of the timeline. This time period was the […]
ShillerMath Review – An Unboxing & Review of Kit II
Are you looking for a complete, hands-on math program for elementary and middle school? Do you want something that is open and go, easy to use? Have you seen ShillerMath? If not, look no further! I have a complete Unboxing and ShillerMath Review of Kit II so you can get the inside scoop on what […]
Summary Writing How to for Kids
While I have always had my children keep a book log, rarely have I had them do any summary writing. I have to laugh because of how opposite my two younger ones are when they do this. Not surprisingly, how they went about summary writing reflects each of their personalities. When I set about to […]
Patriot Day: September 11th Resources
September 11th, 2001 started out as any other day for most of us. Everything changed at 8:45 a.m when a hijacked passenger jet, American Airlines Flight 11 out of Boston, Massachusetts, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. It is a day that forever changed America, and is now known as Patriot day in […]
Homeschool Writing Curriculum: A Writers in Residence Review
Writing is one of those things that homeschoolers often worry about teaching. It can be difficult to evaluate writing as it can be so subjective. Throughout my years of homeschooling I have taught writing both using a homeschool writing curriculum, and not using any curriculum at all. Teaching without can feel a little like being […]
Enriching Homeschool Reading Curriculum That Goes Beyond The Written Word
Reading curriculum you say? Who needs a reading curriculum? Here’s the thing, reading goes way beyond just physically reading the words on the page. Reading involves knowing spelling, pronunciation, phrasing, context, plot, and so much more. Reading a book, really reading it and delving in, can take you to new places and teach you new […]