Tools for the Homeschool Handy-Mom
Most gardeners probably started looking over the seed catalogs in February, and are looking forward to getting that garden started in the spring! It is a perfect time of year to study the fine art of gardening, and you don’t have to wait for perfect outdoor weather. Try this Indoor Gardening unit by Elece Hollis, [...]
Student News Daily is one of our favorite current events sites and one we have recommended for years. Designed with the idea that “all students can think critically about the news when it is presented in a manageable format,” SND provides news articles and food-for-thought aimed at high school students. Here is how the site [...]
On this day, February 24, in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII decreed the Gregorian Calendar the new and official calendar. The purpose of the Gregorian calendar was to correct the errors in the previously used Julian calendar. At that time it was thought that the year was 365.25 days long, so the Julian calendar had 365 [...]
Modern education has a problem: It tends to teach children how to take tests, rather than how to think. Students who work a practice book before a test do in fact score better on the test. They play that game to score as well as they can. But does it make them better thinkers in [...]
Imagine sitting down and having a conversation with someone who lived nearly a hundred years ago. What did they do to occupy their time? How did they view the events of the world during the time in which they lived? Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote many articles for publication in farm journals and women’s magazines during [...]
If you are looking for a formal electronics course, here it is…free. Lessons in Electric Circuits by Tony R. Kuphaldt is a six-volume course suitable for high school or college credit. Volume I covers basic DC electric circuit concepts and components. Volume II begins AC circuits including filters, transformers, and motors. Volume III covers semiconductors [...]
Although not officially opened for traffic until November 17, 1869, on this day, February 17, in 1867 the first ship made a transit of the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal has had a wide and varied history starting in ancient times when it is believed Senausert III Pharaoh of Egypt (1874 B.C.) dug a canal [...]
Do you have a child with an interest in electronics? Do you find small bits of wire hiding in your fuzzy house slippers on a regular basis? Are you intimately familiar with the smell of smoking ICs? Here are some of our family-tested, favorite resources for the electronically inclined explorer. Snap Circuits Great [...]
Sometimes science can come alive through reading literature. Particularly during the younger years, by including hands-on activities and kits, exploring science through books can whet the appetite for formal science during high school. In fact, one science-minded homeschool dad goes so far as to say that the science learned even in high school is not [...]
Looking for a fun way to learn world geography? Globalmania: Master World Geography in Just 7 Months is offered as a free download from Knowledgequest. This e-book walks you and your family through a study of world geography one continent per month, one day per week. That means within seven months you will have circled [...]
Memorial Day, May 27, 2013 We have updated our Memorial Day Holiday Helps page. You will find background information and history, activities, crafts, lesson plan ideas, a recommended book, and … Continue reading →
