How to Find History Resources That Will Make the Most Awesome Unit Studies
There is little I love more about homeschooling than planning history unit studies. But what I do not love is sorting through all the garbage out there on the internet…
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How to Plan a Simple Bee Unit Study for Your Kids
Today, I cannot wait to share about a recent bee unit study we did in our homeschool. Studying science with my kids is not my forte. But I love studying…
How to Make Writing a Subject That Your Kids Will Love
Writing can be one of the hardest subjects to teach in your homeschool. We’ve tried a lot of different approaches–both from very laid-back to very stringent–and we have settled on…
How to Combine Beautiful Feet Books with Homeschool in the Woods
Putting together a history unit study is really easy if you have the right resources. Beautiful Feet Books and Home School in the Woods are two of my MOST favorite…
How to Make Hands On History Simpler this Year
If you’ve been around here for long, you know hands on history is totally our thing! My boys love history and my girls love hands on activities and I love…
How to Easily Use Beautiful Feet Books for History
When you have a lot of children in a wide-array of ages, it can be tricky to combine curriculum–BUT combining is totally essential to saving my sanity! I’ve received lots…
27 Ideas That Will Make You Want an Echo Dot
I’m not a big tech person. We don’t play a ton of video games or invest in lots of gadgets. Last Christmas, we got a couple of Echo Dots because…
CuriosityStream: the Best Educational Video Streaming Ever
CuriosityStream is my favorite tool for TV learning. Good TV can be hard to find. Shows like documentaries, where my kids are learning and I’m not doing the teaching–this is…
How to Help Your High Schooler Succeed with ACT Prep
Homeschooling your high schooler isn’t all that hard, but there are a lot more boxes to check– like test taking. And for most students, taking an ACT prep or SAT…
How To Actually Love To Teach Writing
Today I’ve got a Faltering Ownership review for you, one of my favorite programs from Brave Writer. I’ve been using it with my 5th and 7th grader this school year…
Need Homeschool Art Your Kids Will Actually Love?
Homeschool art has always been an important part of our week. If it weren’t important to know your math facts, I would fill our entire school week with art projects….
10 Ways Blocks Will Make Your Homeschool More Interesting
Sometimes we make things too complicated, don’t we? We feel like we need all the new-fangled devices and toys and trinkets, but we don’t, do we? We tend to overthink…
What is Blocks Rock + How it Can Save Your Day
I’m always looking for logic resources in our homeschool–especially logic resources in the form of games. So when Blocks Rock! reached out to me about checking out their game that…
Chibi Chip Love to Code Starter Kit Review
If you’re looking for a coding product for your kids to learn with, this is your post. I’m super excited to share our Chibi Chip review today. You know a…
10 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT BRAVE WRITER’S ARROW + BOOMERANG GUIDES
I get asked about Brave Writer’s Arrow and Boomerang Guides all the time. What IS it that we love about Brave Writer’s Arrow and Boomerang guides? Well, besides everything? This…
TEACHING CHARACTER THROUGH LITERATURE: A BEAUTIFUL FEET BOOKS REVIEW
It’s no secret that books are extremely important over here. If you stop by, our overflowing bookshelves are a sure sign that we are obsessed. But we’re also picky about…
AROUND THE WORLD STORIES: STUDYING WORLD CULTURES IN YOUR HOMESCHOOL
I’ve been wanting to share with you guys about Around the World Stories for a long time. Around the World Stories are created by an amazing world-traveling family that then…
HOW WE USE BRAVE WRITER ARROW AND BOOMERANG GUIDES + A VIDEO TUTORIAL
We did something crazy in our language arts a couple of years ago. Basically we ditched all the things. The workbooks were nixed and replaced with our read alouds and…
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