Using Lightbox Learning in Your Montessori Homeschool
Lightbox Learning is a hands-on, engaging digital resource that fits a Montessori homeschool approach! This review offers an in-depth look at how it can enhance your homeschool experience.
Great Summer Books to Take on Family Vacation
Let’s talk about great summer books you can take on vacation that would be fun for the whole family, as well as some books for mom, along with ideas on how to pack enough books to keep you all happy!
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Celebrating Amelia Earhart ~ A Unit Study
July 24th is Amelia Earhart Day. A Kansas-born female who was interested in women’s rights, Amelia kept a scrapbook of women who were successful in male-dominated fields, and she would later go on to become one of these women herself. Who Was Amelia Earhart? Amelia Earhart was a female pilot born on July 24th, 1897….
10 Best Reasons to Try Family Reading
10 Reasons to Try Family Reading Reading is something our children will need to do throughout their lives. Because it’s such a necessary part of life, they might as well enjoy it, right? There are lots of reasons why it’s important for our children to become good readers and plenty of ways it will benefit…
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Easy Fall Unit Studies for Homeschoolers
Now that fall is here, celebrate by going outside to enjoy the weather and by making hot apple cider! Here are some ways to celebrate in your homeschool, too, with these easy fall unit studies for homeschoolers! I love to celebrate our constantly changing world by creating unit studies surrounding the current season. This has…
Choosing a Great Homeschool Writing Curriculum
Writing can be intimidating, both teaching it and practicing it (as in, actually doing the writing). Lots of questions probably float through your mind as you try to decide on a homeschool writing curriculum. As a creative writer, I believe one of the most important parts of teaching the subject to my kids involves inspiring…
Reading Eggs Review for Homeschool Parents
I recently had the opportunity to review Reading Eggs and I was given a complimentary one-year subscription with a workbook of my choosing for the purpose of reviewing this program. I requested 200 Essential Reading Skills for Third Grade. (My daughter just finished third grade, and I thought it would be better to choose the…
Funnix: Fads Are For Fashion – Teaching Should Be Timeless
Funnix is more than simply learning how to read — Funnix helps children become better lifelong learners.
Over 30 Summer Reading Ideas and Information – Updated Yearly
If you’re looking for summer reading ideas, you’ll find lots of them here! I’ve included updated information for this summer, but you’ll also find timeless ideas and activities you can use any summer or even other times of the year. Many bookstores and businesses have stopped having summer reading programs, but there are still quite…
Language Arts Homeschool Curriculum from Common Sense Press
Language Arts Homeschool Curriculum Review: Learning Language Arts Through Literature Reviewed by Chellie Haight This year my daughter, Jana, is a third grader. She’s reading well enough that we have moved on from phonics to a complete language arts homeschool curriculum. We started our school year with different resources for spelling, grammar, reading, etc., and…
Review of Light of Mine -“Towers of Light” Book 1
Before jumping into my review of Light of Mine, book one in Allen Brokken’s Towers of Light fantasy series, let me make a confession about my childhood reading habits. As a kid, I’d read if I was told to read. And, of course, I’d always end up enjoying it. But the idea of reading, in…
Winter Bird Study
Winter is a great time to do a nature study! You may think it’s too cold to be outside, but don’t let the cold temperatures deter you. We’ve had some pretty astonishingly lovely winter days here lately. So pick a nice day to get out and walk around the park or go for a nature…
