Tools for the Homeschool Handy-Mom
Here is a tool every homeschool mom needs: a timer! Whatever type of clock or timer you need you’ll find it at Online-Stopwatch – egg timer, split-lap timer, chess clock, metronome, stopwatch or a simple clock. Count up? Count down? Full screen? No problem. Whether drilling math facts, timing a race, or taking a time-out, [...]
Many will be familiar with the book Dangerous Journey: The Story of Pilgrim’s Progress edited by Oliver Hunkin and published by Eerdmans. Popular in homeschool circles, Dangerous Journey is an illustrated introduction to The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan aimed at younger children. Now you can view a retelling of the entire book by watching [...]
Dame Desley is going away on a long journey and must leave her four children, Dick, Lubin, Matty, and Nelly, in the care of a queer old gentleman named Mr. Learning. Mr. Learning will provide each with a cottage called Head and a purse full of silver and copper coins called Hours and Minutes, but [...]
On October 20, 1906, the American Lee De Forest demonstrated what is now called a triode, a type of vacuum tube. This device opened the way to practical radio communications and led to the invention of the transistor. A triode is a device in a sealed glass tube or metal envelope. The tube is always [...]
Ever since she watched her father paint pictures on the living-room walls, Anna Mary Robertson wanted to paint. But there never seemed to be enough time. There were chores to tend to, families to work for, a husband to help, a family to raise and a farm to run. So it wasn’t until she was [...]
In a busy homeschool schedule, the first “subjects” to fall by the wayside are usually art, music and other “extras.” But a focus on the practical at the expense of the beautiful will rarely have the payoff we desire. If we are hoping to educate the whole child, then art and music study will find [...]
Our home has been filled to overflowing (at various times) with amplifiers, bugs, bridges, chickens, dogs, electronics, birds, horses, cows, fish, and better mousetraps -- fortunately, mostly … Continue reading →
