Love it or hate it memorizing does have its uses: Do you remember the last time you memorized something — even a phone number? With technology ever at our fingertips, we don’t need to commit much of anything to memory now. Yet, rote memory — the process of repeating information until it is lodged firmly […]
10 Favorite Articles {2018–2019}
Ten favorite Articles from the archives: 1. Great Deal on My PERFECT Planner! 2. 10 Tips for Living on One Income While Homeschooling 3. 6 Ways to Cut Homeschooling Expenses 4. 2-Step Daily Schedule 5. Making the Case for Educating Ourselves 6. 10 Ideas for […]
10 Favorite How-Tos {2018–2019}
Ten favorite How-Tos from the archives: 1. Skill Subjects vs. Content Subjects {The Key to Simplifying} 2. Teach a Child to Read: The Natural Way 3. Language Arts the Natural Way 4. 10 Ways to Use Notebooking: #5 Grammar & Spelling 5. […]
10 Favorite Tools {2018–2019}
Ten favorite tools from the archives: 1. 7 Places to Find Children’s Books in the Public Domain 2. Beechick Basics 3. The Principle Approach 4. Drawing & Writing Notebooking Paper {Free Download} 5. Find It {Index} 6. Language Arts the Natural […]
10 Favorite Activities {2018–2019}
Ten favorite activities from the archives: 1. Summer Fun Activity: Build a Sunspot Viewer 2. Balancing a Checkbook 3. Activity: Preparing a 1040 Income Tax Form 4. Activity: Chart the Weather 5. Activity: Create a Timeline Notebook 6. Activity: Pyramid Poem {Learning Alliteration} […]
Things to Do: August 2019
We have updated our August learning calendar for 2019. In August, we are typically winding up the summer fun and looking ahead to a more routine existence! To that end, you’ll find fun, summer-focused activities but also some great resources as we look ahead: 12 free eBooks. 5 of our free unit studies including Smokey […]
10 Favorites from the Library {2018–2019}
Top 10 favorite books from The Library archives: 1. Alpha-Phonics Workbook {Free} 2. The Original Boxcar Children {Free eBook} 3. Self-Teaching Handwriting Course {Free} 4. Christian Liberty Nature Readers 1 & 2 {Free} 5. Home Education Series by Charlotte Mason {Free eBooks} […]
10 Favorite Unit Studies {2018–2019}
Ten favorite unit studies from the archives: 1. Free Nature Studies: Our Wonderful World 2. The First Moon Landing: A Unit Study 3. The Horse 4. Around the World in 80 Days: A Unit Study 5. Mt. Rushmore: A Unit Study […]
10 Favorite Finds {2018–2019}
Ten favorite finds from the archives: 1. 100 Lapbook Templates {Free} 2. 6 Winnie-the-Pooh Printables {Free} 3. Full Electronics Course…Free! 4. My State {Free Unit Study} 5. Free 1-Year Unit Study Curriculum 6. Globalmania {Free World Geography Download} […]
7 Things to Do This Spring
Here are 7 things to do this spring to encourage creativity and learning while persevering as little ones are ready to get outside!
12 Favorite Christmas Read-Aloud Books
Each year we would pull a big wicker basket near the couch and fill it with every Christmas-themed book we had in the house. Here are 12 favs
2018 Election Resources
Looking for resources for the November 6, 2018, general election? We’ve gathered a few to help you out: Student News Daily First hop over to one of our Featured Sites. Student News Daily has compiled (and updated) their election resources including discussion questions, maps, printables, and more. Great resource! Cast Your Vote A fun game […]
