Disclosure – I received a free copy of Mexico Coloring Book & Geography study in order to write this review. I was compensated for this post, but I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own. Geography Study I consider myself to be fairly knowledgable in the subject of…
This is week 3 of the Virtual Homeschool Fair and the topic this week is Homeschool Curriculum – How do we cover it all? Which leads me to the age-old question. How can we avoid gaps in education? The short answer is — You can’t. Does that mean we don’t try to provide our students…
Winter Blahs? Are you looking for something new in your homeschool? Are you dreading starting back to school after a long Christmas break? (We’re attempting it today. Not going so well…) How about trying something different while you get back in the swing of things? The Presidents of the United States Video Based Unit Study…
Creation versus Evolution Evolution is taught as basic fact in schools. It is what all “scientists” believe. Only uneducated, brain-washed Christians believe that God created the universe and everything in it. Right? It seems that there is a lot of division in the US and the world today. Creation versus evolution is just one of the issues dividing us. But…
There are a few subjects that strike fear in the hearts of homeschoolers. Advanced math and high school science are a couple that are usually on the list. But there’s another equally scary subject and that’s… FOREIGN LANGUAGE! Why is foreign language so scary? The simple fact is that most of us in the US are…
We have finished 3 weeks of homeschool for this new school year: my 14th year of homeschooling and I’m still a homeschool curriculum junkie. Have I really been homeschooling that long? Many of my homeschool curriculum choices this year are back to my old favorites. My oldest son has started college and is living 3 hours away…
Compass Classroom recently released a new modern history class entitled Modernity, and they gave me the opportunity to preview the course. Covering a wide range of topics from modern history including the Enlightenment, Napoleon, the Industrial Revolution, and the World Wars, the high school level class consists of 27 weekly lessons. Each lesson includes 5 video segments with instructor…
As a new homeschool mom, I wasn’t always confident that I was doing things “right”. Looking back on those early years, I think I pushed too hard sometimes. And then at other times I didn’t push enough. (I tend to swing between extremes.) I wondered if David was reading enough. Was his handwriting too messy? Were…
Here are our 7th grade curriculum choices. William will be in the 7th grade this year, though he works behind that grade level, so these might be more accurately titled 6th grade curriculum choices. I already have him one grade level behind his age, so I don’t want to move him back further. That is…
I can’t believe Lizzie is going to be in the 4th grade this year! She is a very bright child who loves to read. For the most part, she likes formal school work, but on some days she has a bad attitude about seat work. The poem about the child with the curl in her forehead…