Episode 70: Listen As We Plan a Unit
Listen to this off-the-cuff planning session to hear how Michelle and Karen each plan units using Layers of Learning.
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Episode 69: Skills Versus Content
Learn the difference between content knowledge and skills, then watch your kids flourish as you dovetail them both in your homeschool.
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Episode 68: Unit Overviews
Every Layers of Learning begins with a Unit Overview sidebar. Here are some fun suggestions for ways to use this learning tool in your homeschool!
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Colonial Period Arts Resources For Layers of Learning
Below you will find web links, extra printables, and other resources to use along with the Colonial Period Arts units in the Layers of Learning curriculum. Colonial Period Arts is sold as a single volume and as individual units, which are like chapters within the Colonial Period Arts book. Here’s a link to a free printable …
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Chemistry Resources For Layers of Learning
Below you will find web links, extra printables, and other resources to use along with the Chemistry units in the Layers of Learning curriculum. Here’s a link to our Amazon Store with lots of fun kits, games, and more resources to go with the Chemistry units. Chemistry is sold as a single volume and as individual …
World Cultures Resources For Layers of Learning
Below you will find web links, extra printables, and other resources to use along with the World Cultures units in the Layers of Learning curriculum. World Cultures is sold as a single volume and as individual units, which are like chapters within the World Cultures book. Here’s a link to a free printable cover to accompany all …
Colonial History Resources for Layers of Learning
Below you will find web links, extra printables, and other resources to use along with the Colonial History units in the Layers of Learning curriculum. Check out our Amazon store to see fun goodies we recommend to accompany this course. Colonial History is sold as a single volume and as individual units, which are like …
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Episode 67: Sharing the Pen
Guidance for teaching emergent writers how to write by making lessons fun and interactive along with breaking down the writing process into baby steps and sharing the pen.
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Episode 66: Lessons We’ve Learned As Homeschool Moms
Listen in for lessons we’ve learned after two decades of homeschooling!
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Your Kids Deserve to be Taught Geography
Sometime between the 1960s and 1970s in the United States the teaching of geography and history was melded into something called social studies. The purpose was to teach students time and place in a unified way to help them see a picture that was tied to the society they live in today. Whatever the intent, …
Episode 65: Raising Bookworms – Our Favorite Family Read-Alouds
The single best decision we made as homeschool moms was to create a family culture of reading aloud to our kids. In this episode, we share our favorite read-alouds and what to look for in a book to help your kids become bookworms.
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The Best Science Curriculum For Homeschools
The best science curriculum for homeschools teaches science literacy and teaches future scientists how to do science. It should integrate the scientific method, experiements, “recipes”, reading, and notebooking.