Ancient China Resources
Dear Homeschooler, The 2016 – 2017 year has come to a close for us, but we enjoyed our last few weeks of school with a unit study of Ancient China. I made it fun — full of activities and videos. General Resources The British Museum: Ancient China http://www.ancientchinalife.com/ http://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-china.html Free World Maps…
Whistlefritz: A Review
Dear Homeschooler, Hola. Como estás? Spanish is such a fun language. Plus, knowing a second language is such a useful skill to have. If you are part of the Dear Homeschooler community, you will know that my background in linguistics causes me to be rather drawn to language curricula; I…
K5 Learning: A Review
Dear Homeschooler, We’ve been winding down the school year over the last month or two. As we finished up our core curricula, I’ve been supplementing with some fun, computer-based educational programs. One of our favorites has been the online program by K5 Learning. K5 Learning provides supplemental instruction in reading, math, and spelling…
Free Book: Summer Reading Program
Dear Homeschooler, Looking for an incentive to keep your kids reading during the summer? Barnes and Noble have launched their Summer Reading Program from kids in grades 1 – 6. By reading 8 books over the course of the summer, kids can earn a free book. Once your kid has…
Prima Latina Complete Set: A Review
Dear Homeschooler, I studied Latin in college — It was one of my favorite classes. It was taught by a very entertaining professor who made it so fun, and I’ve loved it ever since. I have been wanting to share my love of Latin with my children, but they are…
Diamonds, Sparklers, and Elvis
This month, we… FINISHED kindergarten and second grade! went to the homeschool day at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens had an excited birthday boy turn 8! ate crab for said birthday. went to the water park for an end-of-school celebration! met homeschool friends at Hot Springs, AR: camping for 5 days!…
YWAM Heroes of History: A Review
Dear Homeschooler, Our school year has been winding down, and I don’t know about you, but I am ready for a slower pace. As we have been finishing up our core curricula, we’ve had some time to fill with some more fun and relaxing material, and what is more enjoyable…
Kid’s Chores: For Character or For Money?
Dear Homeschooler, Do you make your kids do chores? Do you pay them? Do you have a chore chart? I’ve seen many ways to do chore charts. The most recent one I’ve seen is using a bulletin board with chore items on it with the actual money attached: kid…
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