Dear Homeschooler, Reading Curricula are numerous with varying theories and scopes & sequences. I find it hard to recommend one because I believe that decision weighs heavily on both the teaching style of the parent and the learning style of the student. My daughter has just finished kindergarten; however, with summer…
Dear Homeschooler, Are you a crafty person? Not in the devious sense but in the artsy sense. 🙂 I would not consider myself an artist. I cannot distinguish hues of color nor do I have a steady hand for drawing or painting. However, give me some construction paper or a…
Dear Homeschooler, Do you know when you are starting the school term? Perhaps you don’t know when you are starting, but you have a specific date on which you want school to be finished? Taking a moment to map out your academic year (start date, stop date, vacations, holidays, etc.)…
Dear Homeschooler, My husband has always been interested in aviation. He tells stories of his youth of his attempt to build his own aircraft, carefully measuring and crafting pieces out of plywood. I even believe at one point in high school he was aiming to become an aeronautical engineer.…
Dear Homeschooler, History is one of our favorite subjects. There are so many resources available that sometimes it is hard to nail down what we want to study and how we want to study it. That is why we LOVE Home School in the Woods. We used their History Through the…
I am a stay-at-home, homeschooling mama of 2. When my husband and I decided that it was time for me to quit my teaching job and homeschool our children, I was both excited and a little scared. Don’t get me wrong — I LOVE homeschooling my kids, and because of…
This month, we … Spent 2 weeks with Grandma in Canada. This is the first trip the kids have gone on a trip without me. The had a blast playing with cousins, camping, looking for treasure at the beach, having a Canadian birthday party, swimming, biking, going to the aquarium,…
Dear Homeschooler, Why is the sky blue? Can ray guns, light sabers, or photon torpedoes really be made? What causes the distant pavement on a highway to appear wet? Like most kids, mine ask questions constantly. I can answer some of them. Some I google (good ol’ technology!). Wouldn’t it be…
