This spring the world was taken captivate by the colorful paper dresses of a four year old girl named Mayhem. In a short period of time her following on Instagram grew from a few hundred to almost four hundred thousand. Many things converged to create … [Read more...]
Learn Place Value by Playing War
Learning place value can sometimes be a challenge for young math students. This is because they are moving from a concrete counting system of objects that they can manipulate or can imagine manipulating to a counting system that is bigger than their … [Read more...]
A Fresh Encouragement for Homeschooling In 2014
How is your homeschool year going? Did you plan out your entire year in July? Are you right on schedule - not even one page behind in the math book? I know that is not true in our school. We have the year planned, but are not on target - life has … [Read more...]
Resources For Teaching Your Middle Schooler How To Program
This post is a part of the series How To Be a Coder. You can read other posts in this series: How To Be a Coder and Teach Your Toddler to Program. Beginning around the age of eleven our oldest boys started expressing a desire to learn to program. … [Read more...]
Ten Favorite Resources for Learning About A Charlotte Mason Education
If you have heard about the philosophy of Charlotte Mason and wonder why it appeals to so many homeschool families you can read my post Ten Reasons To Choose Charlotte Mason. This post is also part of the Homeschooling Voices column. Charlotte Mason … [Read more...]
History According to Bob
I am an avid podcast listener. With a daily commute of at least 30 minutes each way I have lots of time to listen and learn. Of all the shows I listen to, History According to Bob stands out as my favorite. With almost ten years of podcasting to his … [Read more...]
Finding Affordable Books to Build Your Homeschool Library
This is the second post in the series Starting a Homeschool Library. You can read the first post in which I discussed resources for learning which books to buy here: Starting a Homeschool Library I began our homeschool library from the shelves of Jan … [Read more...]