The Library Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder 7 Oct 202026 Sep 2022 The best way to build a vocabulary is to pay attention to vocabulary. We build our vocabulary by developing the habit of becoming familiar with words we do not already…
The Finds Vocabulary Notebook Pages {Free} 5 Mar 201910 Mar 2023 The best way to learn new words is to focus on them. This works especially well when the words are first encountered and there is an immediate purpose behind the…
Activities Activity: Collect Vocabulary 4 Feb 201515 Mar 2023 We've already provided 5 ideas toward a richer vocabulary. The takeaway is that developing a rich vocabulary is directly correlated to the amount of attention paid to it. In other…
How-To 5 Ideas Toward a Richer Vocabulary 8 Jan 201410 Feb 2023 How many of us remember memorizing a list of vocabulary words and their meanings to pass an English test? Funny how those words — and their meanings — disappeared from…
The Library Orthography ~ Free eBook 13 Feb 202313 Feb 2023 Most curriculums suggest students work through a course in word study sometime around the middle school years. There is a very good reason for this suggestion: By understanding prefixes and…
The Library Last-Minute Christmas Gift Idea: The Worst Jokes I Know 5 Dec 20227 Dec 2022 Children love jokes! If you are looking for a last-minute Christmas gift idea for the child — or child at heart — in your home try The Worst Jokes I…
The Library Write Something Every Day ~ New Book 5 Oct 20226 Feb 2023 We are excited to announce the release of our first book — Write Something Every Day: 366 Pencil Sharpeners for Students of Writing. One of the best pieces of advice…
The Library Aldine Speller ~ Free eBooks 26 Sep 202226 Sep 2022 We've covered spelling quite a bit. The main key to spelling is simply to focus on spelling. A student will be unlikely to remember how to spell words outside of…
The Library Common Trees ~ Free eBook 29 Aug 202229 Aug 2022 Common Trees of Pennsylvania is a public domain (free) eBook published by the Department of Environmental Resources in Pennsylvania in 1971. DIY homeschool moms will find it a gem because…
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The Library The Worst Jokes I Know 20 Jun 202230 Jun 2022 Looking for a book of family-friendly jokes this summer? The Worst Jokes I Know (and I Know A Lot) by B. Patrick Lincoln is a collection of "101 Plus Funny…
Tools 20 Common Idioms ~ Free Form 6 Apr 20227 Jul 2022 Don't Paint Yourself Into a Corner One way to interact with literature is to identify idioms. An easy way to do this is to create an idiom notebook. Grab our…
The Library A Biblical Home Education by Ruth Beechick ~ Review 7 Oct 202114 Jul 2022 A Biblical Home Education by Dr. Ruth Beechick has been a favorite of ours for years. Subtitled Building Your Homeschool on the Foundation of God’s Word, A Biblical Home Education…
How-To Interacting With Literature: Idioms 19 Apr 202114 Jul 2022 Idioms are figures of speech that we hear or use every day that are not meant to be taken literally. They make it easy to say something in a meaningful…
Online Poetry Anthology "Birches" by Robert Frost 22 Oct 202027 Sep 2022 When I see birches bend to left and rightAcross the lines of straighter darker trees,I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay.Ice-storms…
Get Started Homeschooling We believe that learning is a lifelong endeavor. Therefore, we favor the natural methods of educating. Some of the elements of natural learning include: Continue reading "Get Started Homeschooling"
How-To 7 Reasons to Read Aloud to Your Children 29 Jan 202021 Jan 2023 Most parents understand the importance of reading aloud to their children. For home educators, shared read-aloud experiences become a large part of our children's education. Recent research indicates there is…
How-To 10 Steps to Build a Better Speller 18 Sep 201929 Jan 2023 We all know the drill: Memorize your weekly spelling word list, ace the test, promptly delete that information — sometimes permanently! If you were one of those students who could…
How-To 14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Poetry 14 May 201911 Nov 2022 Writing poetry may seem like an odd place to start when encouraging a young writer, but some students will find it an easier task than many other forms of writing.…
Site Updates Things to Do: May 2019 1 May 2019 We have updated our May learning calendar for 2019. May is a time for wrapping the year up, planning for a new year, getting outside — and running off excess…
Online Poetry Anthology “The Railway Train” by Emily Dickinson 6 Feb 201915 Oct 2022 I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains, And,…
The Finds 4-H Science Toolkit {Free} 1 Oct 20184 Oct 2022 From the 4-H Youth Development program at Cornell, you can download a free 197-page 4-H Science Toolkit. What a fantastic resource for the DIY Homeschool Handy Mom! These Toolkits are…
The Finds What’s In a Bird Song? ~ Free Download 5 Mar 201810 Mar 2023 Ready for spring? Already hearing a few spring bird songs in your area? Enjoy "What's in a Bird Song?" by Tom Anderson, a free 5-page, full-color download from the Minnesota…
The Finds Amazing Birds Teacher Manual {Free} 26 Feb 201823 Jan 2023 Also from Cornell! Thirty-one page Amazing Birds Teacher Manual download from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that goes with the free Amazing Birds Student Manual we've already linked to provides…
Tools 10 Tips for Homeschooling Gifted Learners 25 Oct 201727 Sep 2022 The concept of "gifted" learners is a tough one. One the one hand, we all know and accept that all children are gifted in some way. On the other hand,…
Tools Things to Do: October 27 Sep 20171 Nov 2022 Fall fun with celebrations, falling leaves, hibernation, and over a dozen free downloads! Balance a checkbook. Explore shapes. Make a bird feeder — out of a pumpkin! Watch an internal…
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