Homeschooling & Earning An Income
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Find out how I homeschool my kids and work from home here. Snickerdoodles and Cotton Ball Clouds
Homeschool Highlights This month, we… Made a cotton ball diagram of different types of clouds. Took advantage of the sunny weather with outdoor activities. Measured liters and milliliters. Had fun at the Homeschool Day at Atlanta’s Children Museum. Drew insects with Art Achieve. Listened to audiobooks in the car! This…
Free Solar Eclipse Lapbooking and Notebooking Pages
Dear Homeschooler, Whether you are doing a unit study or doing some educational preparation before viewing an actual solar eclipse, this lapbook will help aid and direct your learning. I created this product with lapbooking and notebooking pages that you can tailor to fit your student’s style of…
Free St. Patrick’s Day Notebooking Pages
Dear Homeschooler, St. Patrick’s Day is approaching! Want to add a little fun to the day without much prep time? Print off these free St. Patrick’s Day notebooking pages. There are so many things you can do with notebooking pages: Research the history of St. Patrick’s Day and record your…
An Afternoon in the Garden
Dear Homeschooler, Is it just me or does winter seem to be dragging on? We get a warm spell, and I start cleaning up the yard, then BAM! the cold hits again. Since I can’t start my garden yet, I planned some garden-themed activities when some friends came over. If…
Going to the Science Fair
Dear Homeschooler, Have your kids participated in a science fair? Mine did for the first time just last month, and let me tell you, it was totally worth it! We had so much fun, and it was a great opportunity for the kids to interact with other students. Not sure…
Spanakopita, Eggs, and Paper Mache
Homeschool Highlights: February 2017 This month, we… Made a paper mache helmet and cat head Made lasagna Read eggs (All About Reading, Level 1) Participated in the Homeschool Science Fair in our county (and won first place in our age group) Spanakopita, saganaki, dolmades, gyros, and souvlaki (after a unit…
Teaching Younger Students the Scientific Method
Dear Homeschooler We love doing science experiments! They are engaging, hands-on visual demonstrations of our learning. I make my second-grader fill out lab reports to help him think through each step. Most science curricula include these reports, but they are — obviously — aimed at those students who can read…
HISTORY Through the Ages Project Passport World History Study of Ancient Greece: A Review
Dear Homeschooler, How do you study history with your students? It’s one of those content subjects that, I feel, can be approached many different ways. My style of teaching is very eclectic, and we have been using the Story of the World books as a spine. We are studying Book 1:…
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