How Do I Know What To Teach and When to Teach It?
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One of the best things about homeschooling is being able to study what you want – when you want. On the other hand there are certain topics that do need to be covered. If you are new to homeschooling or just in panic mode (a place I visit a couple of times a year), then you would like to know what “typically”...
Project-Based Learning
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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...
CurrClick’s Big Italian Giveaway: Closed!
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Buon Natale is Merry Christmas in Italian Christmas is a very religious time in Italy. Italians fast for 24 hours before eating a meatless, seven fishes dinner on Christmas eve, followed by a midnight mass. Christmas in Italy is celebrated December 24 – January 6, or Christmas Eve through Epiphany. Gifts are given on...
A Sports Unit Study
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My son, age 8, had the privilege of choosing the first topic of study for our year – anything he wanted — and I’m still shaking my head over the fact that he did not choose dinosaurs, knights and castles, or flight. (All perfectly teachable ideas of great interest to boys with tons of available academic and...
Curbing Competitiveness
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One would think that giving a little oral quiz combined with a bean-bag toss game might be fun for young students. However, if your young students are perfectionists (like one of mine) or have a skewed…er…acute sense of justice and fairness (like my other one) then you’ll agree immediately that this is a set-up for...
Homeschooling with Co-Ops
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One of the greatest misconceptions that people have when they hear the term “homeschooling” is that children who are homeschooled do not have the same opportunities for social interaction as children who attend school. In reality, homeschooled children have many resources and opportunities to lead a social life,...
The Star of Bethlehem
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Explore the science and the history behind the Biblical event that signaled the Messiah’s birth It is easy to relegate it to an afterthought in a nativity scene or as just another tradition when it is placed atop the tree, but law professor Rick Larson wants everyone to take another look at the star that signaled the arrival...
Me On the Map: Unit Study for Preschoolers
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I’ve recently discovered the Joan Sweeney “Me” series and fallen in love! These are great books to create your own unit study with a preschool aged child. They begin simply, and gradually progress to the big picture making each topic easy to read, grasp and explain to your preschooler. In our preschool we...
What My Children Teach Me
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Recently, a follower of mine “tweeted” (twittered? Twitted?) a link to a homeschool conference video. The particular topic of the video was, “What did Your Kids Teach You this Past Homeschool Year?” As humbling a thought as this is for many of us who pour hours (not to mention dollars!) into curriculum and who sweat...
The Study of Whales and the History of Whaling
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Whales…hmmm, what do we know about the history of whales? Well, God created them, then Jonah got swallowed by one…but theres’ more. We’re going to learn about these amazing ocean creatures, how many species, where they live, their unique design and also how they have been useful to man. The oceans are teaming...
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