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From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Giveaway at ZestyCook…and How You Can Support the Food Bank

Cory over at ZestyCook is hosting a giveaway to celebrate the launch of his new clothing line. What's really cool about his clothing line is that all proceeds from the sales will go directly to the food bank.
So head on over to ZestyCook to enter the giveaway, and then stop buy Zesty's clothing store to [...]

13 More Good Books from my Homeschooling Shelf

Last week I shared 13 books from the top shelf of my homeschooling bookcase. This week, I'm going to finish off the top shelf with 13 more great homeschooling books.

How to Write Clearly: The Meaning Approach. Written by Ruth Beechick, whose writing and philosophy I greatly admire, this book dispels many of the English grammar [...]

FREE! Online Drawing Curriculum

I love drawing, and my kids love to draw, too, so I'm always looking for good resources that I can use for school. It's no wonder I was thrilled when I happened upon these two great sites!

Donna Young's drawing lessons: These lessons work on a child's ability to draw exactly what they see. Each day [...]

How I Schedule Singapore Primary Math

Our last 12-week term of the school year begins next week, so I've been spending this week planning out all the kids' work and entering it into Homeschool Tracker so I don't have to do any more planning once school starts. But I always find it difficult to plan out Singapore math on a daily [...]

Important Information About the Parental Rights Amendment

I received this information about the Parental Rights Amendment from HSLDA today and wanted to pass the information on. In light of all the changes in our government recently, this amendment is more important now than ever before. Please read!
Introducing H.J. Res. 42
Dear HSLDA Members and Friends:
The introduction of the Parental Rights Amendment in the [...]

Glasses Concerto: Playing Mozart with a Little H20

Glasses Concerto

A Homeschooling Goldmine!

I clicked a little link on Glimpse of Sonshine's site tonight and found an absolutely fabulous site that all homeschoolers are certain to love. WorksheetWorks.com generates custom worksheets for math, English, geography, and so much more. I'm extremely impressed with the quality of the worksheets you can download. I especially like the handwriting sheet generator. [...]