Homeschool Friendly Mystery Movie
Mount Hideaway Mysteries: Exes and Oh No’s is a homeschool friendly mystery movie made BY Homeschoolers, ABOUT Homeschoolers, FOR Homeschoolers!
A Day in the Life of Online Homeschooling
A Day in the Life of Online Homeschooling with Wilson Hill Academy is an inside look into Wilson Hill Academy’s online classes. View a myriad of full class recordings to see what it’s really like. NO Credit Card needed! It’s FREE!
7 Accredited Online High School Learning Options
Homeschooling the high school years can come with a certain amount of nervousness as to how you might manage a task such as a successful high school education. One of the many options are to enroll your child in one of the following accredited online high school learning options. What is Accreditation? Accreditation provides reciprocity […]
Mom’s Coffee Break Basket Giveaway
In honor of Mother’s Day some of the iHomeschool Network Bloggers are hosting giveaways of some of their favorite things. My basket is called Mom’s Coffee Break Basket. While I don’t drink coffee myself, I included it as the feature in my basket because I know that so many moms do love their coffee! My […]
Favorite Manicotti Recipes
We recently decided that instead of buying the “not so fabulous” frozen ravioli in the store, we would stuff our own manicotti. I remember doing this early in our marriage, before kids and overly busy lives. Now that they are getting older and we are learning to carve out more family time, more down time, […]
Cream Cheese Cookie Dough Frosting
My mother-in-law appeared with cupcakes recently. Which may not be any big deal on most days, but this time she said she had used a new frosting – Cream Cheese Cookie Dough Frosting! All I can say is that she had me at cookie dough! Cream Cheese Cookie Dough Frosting Ingredients: 4 oz. cream cheese, […]
Engineering Science with The World’s Tallest Buildings Unit Study
Ever wondered what the tallest building in the world was? How about the tallest building in your city? Through hands on activities, research, art and more we explored the world of engineering science using The World’s Tall Buildings Unit Study. We had the opportunity to change things up in science a bit. I have to […]
Where Do Chicks Come From? ~ An Elementary Science Unit Study
Ava has really enjoyed the Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out Science books. We often find them at the library, on whatever topic seems to be available, and she just devours them. We recently spent a bunch of time, reading, rereading, and doing the activities from Where Do Chicks Come From? Extension Activities: Along with the activities in the book […]
Fun Family Dice Games
In an effort to spend more time together, and to keep the kids off the electronic games, we like to pull out games that our whole family can play. We have recently found a bunch of fun family dice games that we can all play together! Besides finding a few new games we had not […]
French Toast
French toast is a favorite breakfast food in our house. Many years ago we combined a couple of recipes together to make one that we love best. In our opinion it is the nutmeg that gives it that extra special flavor that we love. French Toast Mixture Ingredients: 5 eggs 3/4 cup milk 3 Tbsps […]
How to Create a Reading Log in Homeschool Tracker
Creating a reading log can be an important part of the paperwork you keep for your homeschool student. While there are many variations of paper reading logs, you can also create an extensive reading log for each of your children using Homeschool Tracker. In my first Homeschool Tracker How To Video I discussed how we […]
What is a CLEP Exam?
CLEP stands for College Level Examination Program. CLEP exams are usually taken by people who have acquired knowledge outside the classroom and wish to bypass certain college courses and earn college credit. CLEP exams are just one of the options available for earning college credit. According to the College Board, “CLEP is the most widely […]
Not Ready to Sit in a Classroom? Consider a Gap Year Between High School & College
Homeschoolers are by nature out of the box thinkers. How couldn’t we be? We chose to keep our children out of the traditional education system and forge a path of our own! With this in mind, why would our approach to tackling life after high school be any different? Instead of jumping right from high […]
Teaching Writing in Your Homeschool ~ Includes G+ Hangout
When my children were younger I didn’t worry too much about formal writing with them. As middle school rolled in for my oldest, I knew I needed to begin spending quality focus time on her writing skills. Teaching writing in your homeschool can be a daunting task, mostly because writing can be a very subjective […]