Category: Curriculum Choices
How to Homeschool
How to Homeschool Choose an Educational Method There are different homeschool methods such as Charlotte Mason, Classical, Montessori, Unit Studies, Unschooling, Waldorf, and Gameschooling. Most homeschool parents do a mixture of many of these. My family’s homeschool method is like a beautiful bouquet. It draws beauty from many different methods. Research Homeschool Curriculum and Pick […]
Morning Menus
Morning Menus This year I saw an idea to use menus for our circle time. I bought some menus on Amazon and during the summer made 10 months worth of different songs, pictures, and scriptures to enter into our menus. That way when we were in the middle of the school year I would just […]
Biblioplan
Biblioplan I cannot say enough good things about this curriculum. I am absolutely loving it. It is perfect to adjust to all of my school age children that range from 6-13. I love that the text book I read to my children or they read on their own is in full color. I also love […]
Honest Review of Notgrass History
Notgrass History has been such a delight for us this year. The previous two years I have homeschooled, we have done The Good and the Beautiful history. It was ok. We got through it. We enjoyed the read alouds and the audio story that went with it. We didn’t enjoy the long, uncolorful lessons with […]
Outdoor Unit Study
Our family is anxiously awaiting the time for me to put away our anatomy and physiology unit study and begin our survival unit study. Here are some of the resources we will be or would like to use. The Waldock Way Survival Unit Study I have this resources all printed. My wilderness child looked at […]
Our Spelling Curriculum Choice
The Good and the Beautiful Spelling Problem Our main curriculum is The Good and the Beautiful. I love it for just about everything. However, I don’t feel like the spelling is quite where it should be. For some of the spelling words each week or month or so the designers of the curriculum focus mostly […]
Second Year Homeschool Schedule
Second Year Homeschool Schedule As a first year homeschooler my husband and I were talking to our vetrinarian who informed us that he and his wife homeschooled their kids. I was telling him about the schedule I had planned for our kids. I didn’t want them to sleep all day and develop bad habits. I […]
Morning Circle Time
Morning Circle Time Have you heard of morning time? If so have you considered doing it? I hope to share with you the ups and downs we have experienced as we’ve spent our mornings together. Hopefully, this will give you an idea of some things that might work for your family. Starting off with the […]
Child Interest Led Education
Child Interest Led Education My heart has exploded the last couple months as I have leisurely listened to podcasts about homeschooling. I feel like I am being led to a better and more noble way to see my kid’s education. I have been so inspired by ideas like play based learning, interest led education, and […]
Family Style Writing
Family Style Writing I remember one day when I was laborously cooking for the hard working cowboys. I was underprepared as I looked hurridly and diligently for a box of instant chocolate pudding to add to a dessert I was making. I found one box and in my haste I accidently added the pudding mix […]
Preschool Curriculum
Preschool Curriculum Fear of Failing If homeschool supplies were a fruit, I would have a whole fruit salad of preschool curriculum. Currently, I have four children. Three of them learned how to read in public school. My four year old Baby Cakes is my first to learn how to completely read at home. That’s not […]
Homeschool Schedules
Homeschool Schedules I often try to explain to my friends that I love organization, but I am an extremely unorganized person. I also love schedules, but I am a very random and on the go type of person. A lot of this comes because at random times throughout the week my husband will come home […]
The Good and the Beautiful Math
The Good and the Beautiful Math Last year was our first year of homeschooling. In college I had taken a few elementary education classes, but I felt totally incompetent to teach my 1st, 2nd, and 4th grader math. I reviewed lots of different math curriculum. One of my friends told me to just pick one […]
First Year Supplements
Homeschool First Year Supplements This year I might have gone a little crazy with worrying about my kids education. Many thoughts were going through my mind. What if they aren’t prepared for college? Can I possibly teach my 2nd grader multiplication next year? Is this curriculum teaching them to write good enough? I bought so […]
1st Year Curriculum
Scary First Year Curriculum Choices Wow! There is so much curriculum out there to choose from. I decided to homeschool our 4 children Scooby, Bear Bucks, Skeeb, and Baby Cakes. I looked through lots of curriculum that my friend had. I read about Abeka, BJU Press, The Good and the Beautiful, and more. I looked […]
