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Poetry Inspired by Brian Jacques

My 10-year-old daughter has been reading a lot of the Redwall series, and she's been inspired to write some animal-related poetry herself, in a similar style to Brian Jacques. Here are here first three poems.
"The Little Folk"
by Jerah Miller
All the little folk run around
One ant says to another
‘Turn that frown upside down’
Be happy like the [...]

Good Books for Boys

I have to pinch myself almost everyday when I see my son with his nose buried in a book. I never thought I'd see the day when he would willingly pick up a book to read, let alone stay up until midnight reading in bed.
The Redwall series kick-started Jaden's adoration of the written word, and [...]

Learn about Atoms with a Photographic Periodic Table of Elements

Yesterday Jeff informed me that Joely, our 7 year old, had been asking him about what atoms were. He said he'd tried to explain it in terms she could understand, but that he didn't think she had really 'gotten it.'
And so I was assigned the task.
Well, I love science, so I eagerly took up the [...]

A Better Way to Divide: Short Division

Four months after I made my first math video about multiplication, I finally made the long-promised video about how we do short division. You can watch the video below or on YouTube here.
You'll notice that the short division method really isn't substantially different from the long division method most of us learned in school. However, [...]

What Kinds of Life Skills Should Kids Learn?

This morning my husband told me about a series of blog posts he's been reading about "lost knowledge," and it really made me start to think.
Have you ever wondered what would happen if some world-wide event suddenly rendered all technology useless? How would we fare as a nation? I'm not talking about the immediate aftermath [...]

Vocabulary Curriculum for Homeschoolers: Wordly Wise 3000

Have you been looking for a vocabulary program that's more than just lists of definitions? One that teaches not only the definition of a word, but also its connotation? How about a curriculum that teaches your children the words well enough that your kids actually incorporate the vocabulary words into their everyday speech?

We've been using [...]

4 Easy Steps to Help You Fail at Homeschooling

Thousands of books and internet articles have been written about how to succeed at homeschooling. But I'm going to offer you something a bit different.
If you've ever wondered how to fail at homeschooling, you've come to the right place. Here are four easy steps to help you fail as at homeschooling. This vital information has [...]

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