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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dear Homeschooler, Like most boys nowadays, my son loves video games. He especially likes those games, like Minecraft, that provide a creative outlet for his imagination. Because of this, he is also very interested in computer programming so that he will, someday, be able to design his own video games.…
