Homeschool and Educational Resources to Help Parents Raise Lifelong Learners
Whenever I need to look up the spelling of a word, I use Dictionary.com. However, Dictionary.com has a lot of extraneous material on the results page which makes it difficult at times to find what I'm looking for. I can wade through the extras, but it would be nice if there were a trimmed down [...]
I recently read several articles arguing that public school students are better prepared for college than homeschooled students. While the authors of the articles seemed quite ignorant about how homeschooling really works, they did bring up a few valid points. In response to the articles I read, here are four tips to help you prepare your [...]
During this Christmas season, I have heard a lot of controversy over terminology. Some Christians seem to be very offended when they see "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" on a store sign. Others seem to be even more offended by the use of Xmas instead of Christmas. I obviously have my own views on [...]
Memory tricks have always helped me when it comes to remembering both random and not-so-random facts. My kids have picked up on this, and they've come up with several of their own memory tricks to remember the US postal abbreviations. Not all these memory tricks will work for everyone, but maybe they will give you [...]
I've mentioned before that I love geography. Not only are maps fun (for me at least), but they're also ideal for teaching and understanding history. And the map below is no different. It illustrates 5,000 years of the history of religion in 90 seconds. Since Joely has been reading about Islam in The Story of the World, we [...]
What if Jesus had been born in modern times — during the social networking and Facebook era? This very thoughtful video answers that question in a unique way. You'll definitely want to watch it all the way through. It might even spark an interesting discussion with your children about the true meaning of Christmas. If [...]
If you've read the book Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, you may remember that the main character, Nathaniel Bowditch, taught himself several languages simply by using a dictionary, a Bible, and a grammar in that language. Reading the new language in a familiar context helped him understand the vocabulary, grammar, and syntax quickly. I don't necessarily [...]
Take a few minutes and look through these gorgeous aerial photographs by Yann Arthus-Bertrand with your kids. These beautiful images explore the beauty and uniqueness of our world and its diverse cultures. Here are couple of my favorites, but there are many, many more to be seen here. If you look at the full set [...]
Baking bread is a skill many think is old-fashioned. Why spend so much time and energy to bake bread when you can just buy a loaf of tasteless, preservative-laden bread for less than a dollar at the store? (Yes, sarcasm completely intended.) That time-and-energy argument is quite valid, which is why in the past I [...]
Several years ago we bought a world history atlas that shows the political divisions of the world at different points in history. It's come in handy several times as we studied history. Now there's an similar type of map for European history available online. You choose your period of history, from before 900 B.C. all [...]
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Joy is the wife of Jeff and mom to three more J's — Jaden, Jerah, and Joely.
She and her husband have been homeschooling their children since 2005, when their children were 3, 6, and 8. Joy works from home as a web & graphic designer and spends what little free time she has with her nose buried in a good book.
Joy's motto for parenting, homeschooling, and even business is “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” And that's what FiveJs.com is all about — teaching our children to "fish."
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