Just the Basics, Ma’am
Posted by Tricia Hodges | 0 comments
Oh how we homeschool moms pour over curriculum. We make plans, pick up new pencils at the store. Mark dates on the calendar. But what about the basics? Those simple, necessary things we have to do every day as mothers? How about the basic routines and habits we’d like for our children to build – like brushing teeth and...
Are You Doing Enough?
Posted by Misty | 0 comments
Twice this week I’ve had the privilege of having heart-to-heart phone calls with precious homeschool moms. I call it a privilege, of course, because phone calls are not something I get to enjoy very often, in my usually noisy house! In both cases, these moms expressed a secret fear … that somehow, they just weren’t doing...
What About the Little Ones? Preparing for a New Preschool Year
Posted by Tricia Hodges | 0 comments
I’m coming off of a weekend attending our state homeschool convention. I spent a good deal of time planning, researching and seeking out the tools I’ll need to teach my older children. But here comes the question I get most often. What about the little ones? It’s a valid question since I’ve had five preschoolers over...
Summer School for Mom
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It’s not hard for me to look at my bookshelves and see what curriculum just did NOT work for us this year. There’s always something that just wasn’t a good match. I expect it, actually. I’m happy we have so many things that do work well, but for various reasons, there will always be some program that I had high hopes...
When Teaching Meets Resistance
Posted by Melissa | 0 comments
I’m no pushover. Anyone who knows me can confirm this. And although my kids whine and complain, it doesn’t sway me to excuse them from hard work. Whether it’s chores or math, there’s no getting out of your work at my house. As steady of a taskmaster as I think I am though, I learned something about myself this year...
How Unusual Days Make for Intelligently Unusual Kids
Posted by Debra | 0 comments
Our normal day includes reading aloud, math concepts, vocabulary exercises, a little writing, a little Bible discussion, science experiments, notebook pages and a big whiteboard checklist that guides us through everything in a day. Recently we’ve had opportunities for some unusual days; days when we learned in other ways...
Getting to Know Heather
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Your family is… joyful and imaginative Name 5 homeschool products you cannot live without. Five in a Row (all of it), Uncle Josh’s Maps CD, Draw Write Now, Math on the Level, Reading Made Easy! What was your favorite toy as a child? My Fisher Price Little People and my blocks What is your favorite toy as a grown-up? My...
The Day My Kids Were My Teacher
Posted by Karen | 0 comments
Just this month on April 1st, I had planned to have a “Kids Teach Mom Day,” an idea I heard from a lovely mom during the Heart of the Matter Conference. What a great way for me to see what the kids have learned all year, as well as reinforcing what they know. When the day came, they excitedly planned their...
Planning a Large Unit Study
Posted by Cindy West | 0 comments
In this final installment of my unit study series, I’m going to share with you how to design a unit study that is fairly in-depth. For those of you new to this series, I shared how I plan unit studies in my January article here at The Heart of the Matter. In February, I wrote about incorporating project-based learning...
The Book of Stuff
Posted by Deb | 0 comments
My son has a lot of questions. In fact, the other day he suggested I buy him a notebook so he could write all his questions down. Then, on Saturdays I could take the notebook and devote the day to research. That idea is hilarious on so many different levels. But it did get me thinking. Making a notebook where we could compile...
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