Family-Style Homeschooling
Hopefully by now you’ve thought about your overall homeschool vision, decided what your homeschooling style is, and purchased your curriculum. {Did you feel as excited as I do when I open the boxes of shiny books?} Now it’s time to get right down to the business of planning out THIS YEAR in your homeschool. Before […]
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Over and over I hear the same several questions from homeschool parents, and I want to put your mind at ease a bit as you begin homeschooling by answering them right upfront. Here they are: How do I cover everything? Can I teach things I don’t know? How do I homeschool when life is hard?
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Making a homeschool portfolio is one of the easiest ways to track and record kids’ progress in school. Before we get into it much further though, I want to encourage you to find out the laws and requirements in your state or country. You also need to be aware of requirements for any charter school
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Public school is tailored quite well for extroverts, but homeschool can provide a unique challenge for an extroverted kid. Extroverts get energy from people, so being home and quietly tending to the tasks of schoolwork can feel draining for an extrovert. While your introverted child will sit quietly with a book, doing research, and writing
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I am the parent of six introverts. I am strongly introverted so it’s no surprise that my kids are too. Homeschooling an introvert is, in general, easier than homeschooling extroverts. This is because two of the hallmarks of introverts are quietness and a desire to be at home. Your extroverted children may clamor to go
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Part of math, numbers, and math literacy is learning to spell and write number words. Kids need to be able to write the words after being given a number written in digits and they need to be able to translate the written version into digits. My kids are a bit older, but still struggling with
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Design your own postage stamp about any famous person, story, historical event, scientific discovery, painting, or anything else you can dream up.
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This mapping lesson is 100% hands-on as you build your own 3-D model to understand more fully how topographic maps work.
Colorful and Stunning Topographic Maps Read More »
The Book of Years is a timeline you research, color, and write yourself.
How To Make a “Book of Years” Timeline of World History Read More »
Write an illustrated fact sheet about Turkey along with us, or use the same concept to create an illustrated fact sheet about anything you’re learning about right now.
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One color paintings will teach kids about monochromatic color schemes, hues, tints, shades, and the emotion that colors evoke.
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