Character Matters When we started having children it wasn’t hard to keep track of undesirable behavior in one or two of them. As more children came along, we realized it was getting harder to keep track of each and every issue that could potentially produce bad character traits. We can plead, promise, talk or yell, […]
Make Reading Lessons Easy Welcome to my house! Today was a successful reading lesson. Today we spent a whole 15 minutes on a very successful reading lesson, in our phonics book. We are still working in Alpha Phonics, one of the best phonics books I know of. My little reader is 7, and only recently started
Logic of English is a great experience! For the past several weeks our children have been working through Essentials 2nd Edition from Logic of English. Upon opening the box, I was delighted to see the quality of all the materials, but I wasn’t exactly sure if this was going to be a fit for our family. The
I love unit studies. I’m not great at them. I need my hand held through most of it. I need the book lists, activities, vocabulary ideas, per subject inclusion and more. I don’t want to spend 5 months on one unit study, or neglect my current schoolbooks to incorporate one. I don’t want to have to
Teaching Young Children [clickToTweet tweet=”I was stressed about my younger children not ‘doing’ school, until I realized they learned more by just playing.” quote=”I frequently stressed about my younger children not ‘doing’ enough school, until I realized they learned more by just playing.” theme=”style1″] Preschoolers are the young children I’m talking about. Just because some
Another G.A. Henty story comes alive in Heirloom Audio Productions, The Dragon and the Raven! Reviewing this was delightful, and it has fast become a family favorite. Our children love a good history story, but they especially love stories told in dramatic form – stories like this stick to our conscience, produce good morals, and spur actions
HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections It’s always exciting when a new President of the United States is on the horizon! We have been blessed to review HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections by one of our favorite homeschooling companies, Homeschool in the Woods! [clickToTweet tweet=”HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak:
The Election Process and Upcoming Review! Today we started on HISTORY Through the Ages Hands-on History Lap-Pak: U.S. Elections! The election process will be our history through the next several weeks. I’m so excited to be teaching our children about the process of elections, the easy way! Although the suggested grades are 3-8, I’m enjoying learning this over again!
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We will soon be celebrating the blessing of freedom! I love seeing homes all pretty in patriotic colors. However, we remember the cost of freedom – the toil, the bloodshed. Learn about the patriots, the men, and women who helped in the cause as a mighty God guided them. I love looking for older books. Elbridge Brooks
Outside Activities • Record when pumpkin flowers open in the morning (if you are growing them). Record when they start to close in the evening and how long closing takes. Watch them on a rainy day. • Count how many seeds are in a dandelion seed head. Count the number of blossoms and/or seed heads
Our Favorite Fall Books for Children! From Joyous Home’s bookshelves… posting this makes me want to go to the library. 🙂 Too Many Pumpkins, by Linda White We found this treasure several years ago, and it has been a favorite ever since. The children want to read it over and over again!
