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...
What Do You Have in Your Hand?
Posted by Lisa N. | 0 comments
I want to share with you a question that was paradigm changing for me. It is this: “What do you have in your hand?” What do you have, right now, that you can give, use, steward. This is the question God posed to scruffy sheep herder Moses after forty years of herding nature’s “animal most likely to accidentally kill...
Getting to Know Heather
Posted by HeatherW | 0 comments
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...
Nurturing a Passion for Medical Careers
Posted by Jimmie | 0 comments
Does your family have a budding nurse, a therapist in waiting, or a wanna be surgeon? We all know that children have a different answer almost every month to the “what do you want to be when you grow up” question. But if that passion for medicine seems to be long lasting, you may want to encourage it. Besides providing a...
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...
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...
Project-Based Learning
Posted by Cindy West | 0 comments
In my January article, I focused on how I prepare unit studies in our homeschool. I wrote very briefly about using projects at the end of the unit for evaluation. In this article, I’d like to explain further why I believe project-based learning is important and how to incorporate projects into your unit studies (or into...
How to Use Acrostics for Homeschool Lessons
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Need a quick and easy idea for wrapping up a unit of study or for narrating a lesson? Try an acrostic. This word-rich activity touches on vocabulary, spelling, and grammar and results in an attractive finished product. Steps for Creating an Acrostic 1. Choose your topic. It can be a person from history, a time period, a...
How to Create Your Own Unit Study
Posted by Deb | 0 comments
My son loves volcanoes. I mean, he LOVES volcanoes. He loves them way more than he liked the little 1st grade science program I bought for him. That program was very basic and very open-and-go, and I liked it very much. My son, however, wanted to watch volcano videos and read volcano books rather than learn about the life cycle...
The Annoying Vuvuzelas: A CurrClick LIVE Review
Posted by Pamela S | 0 comments
For the first time ever, we have attended online Science classes live on CurrClick.com. I must say, we were all really impressed. For our first venture into the world of online classes, we picked a one-time Science Jim class. When we signed up, we received an e-booklet download in order to prepare for the...
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