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Practicing the Art of Homeschooling
So how do you practice the art of homeschooling? Here are a few thoughts that hopefully will inspire you.
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Activity: Chart the Weather
Charting the weather is a learning lifestyle activity — learning the natural way! Everything you need to get started.
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How to Grow a Pizza Garden
Round, pie-shaped, full of veggies, and just in time for spring! These 4-H instructions from will show you how to grow a pizza garden & learn.
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10 Tips: How Not to Trip
How not to trip when educating at home!
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Free Bird Studies: Nests and Eggs ~ Updated
Free bird studies: Nests & Eggs has been updated. 50 birds with free notebooking pages!
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Activity: Writing with Alice in Wonderland
Using passages from Alice in Wonderland to practice writing skills the natural way!
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell: “The Chambered Nautilus”
This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main,— …. Poetry study.
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Total Solar Eclipse 2024
From our view the moon moves in front of the sun and for a few minutes covers the sun, casting a shadow on earth.
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A Boy’s Text Book on Gas Engines ~ Free eBook
A Boy’s Text Book on Gas Engines explains the fundamental principles very clearly — replete with diagrams.
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Bryant: “Robert of Lincoln”
Merrily swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name…. Poetry study.
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Write Something Every Day ~ Free Writing Lessons
Three free writing lessons taken from the Write Something Every Day.
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Teaching to Change Lives ~ Review
Seven laws for effective teaching and learning for those who want to make a difference in the lives of students.
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Soil: A Unit Study
Soil is a complex ecosystem, a place where geology, chemistry, and biology (along with a few other sciences) meet. Unit resources.
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Plants and Their Children ~ Free eBook
Plants and Their Children is an illustrated introduction to plants for younger children that follows a regular school season.
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DIY Weekly Planning Template ~ Free
Our free weekly planning template can help you visualize a vibrant and inspiring homeschool experience.
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How to Keep Records ~ DIY Homeschooling
How do you keep records when DIY homeschooling? When those official learning years were completed I could easily pull out the records and create a transcript. Even my own children were astonished at what they had achieved.
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Lowell, James Russell: “The Fountain”
Into the sunshine, Full of the light, Leaping and flashing From morn till night…. Poetry study.
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A First Book in Algebra ~ Free eBook
If you are looking for a self-teaching algebra text, here is a public domain text that a motivated student should be able to work through himself.
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Gould: “Jack Frost”
The Frost looked forth on a still, clear night, And whispered, “Now I shall be out of sight….” Poetry study.
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Monthly Art Appreciation Lessons Free ~ Part 5
Free monthly art appreciation lessons September through June plus resources.
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Longfellow: “The Children’s Hour”
Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower…. Poetry study.
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14 Forms of Writing Series ~ Updated
We have updated our 14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student series, which includes outlining, essays, descriptive writing, note-taking, and more!
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Activity: Rewrite a Poem in Story Form
Using Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” students are encouraged to envision the scene and then rewrite the poem as a narrative story.
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William Tyndale ~ Free eBook
William Tyndale is best known for translating the Bible into English during the Reformation.
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10 Bible Reading Plans for 2024
A list of 10 Bible reading plans updated for 2024.
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The St. Nicholas Christmas Book ~ Free eBook
The St. Nicholas Christmas Book offers nearly 50 poems, tales, and short stories to be read aloud this Christmas season.
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A Book of Christmas Verse ~ Free eBook
In A Book of Christmas Verse, Henry Charles Beeching has compiled favorite Christmas carols, poems, hymns, and verse for children.
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Is There A Santa Claus? ~ Free eBook
Is there a Santa Claus? Free eBook from the early 1900s explains Santa Claus as “the spirit of Christmas.”
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Learning with Meaningful Activities
Meaningful activities are a great way to teach concepts — especially those that are currently resonating with the learner.
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Elements of Woodwork and Carpentry ~ Free eBooks
Elements of Woodwork is a part of an early 1900s vocational series aimed at middle school students, focusing on woodworking fundamentals such as types of wood, tools, and care of lumber.
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Ouida, Martineau, Seton
Additional books from a later edition of the100 Best Books for Children list in Baldwin’s The Book Lover to bring the total over 100: Ouida, Martineau, Seton
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Peck, Kipling, Lang, Mulock, Sewall, Baldwin
Additional books from a later edition of the 100 Best Books for Children list in Baldwin’s The Book Lover to bring the total over 100: Peck, Kipling, Lang, Mulock, Sewall, Baldwin.
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