Free Homeschooling Resources to Help Parents Raise Lifelong Learners
One could argue that the study of idioms falls under the umbrella of the three R’s, but in reality, idioms are generally taught—if at all—only haphazardly in regular language arts curriculum. Yet understanding idioms is so important. And it’s not because our children need to be taught how to use idioms in their daily speech; [...]
Welcome to my Build Your Own Homeschool Library series where I'm sharing with my readers some of my favorite books from my homeschool shelf. Please note that all the posts in this series contain my own opinions, and I have not been compensated by any publishing company for any of the content. Overview Written for both [...]
I've found that even after five years of homeschooling, I'm still making a lot of adjustments to our curriculum each year. This coming year some of the adjustments are due to the fact that I need some subjects to be independent for my kids, hence the self-teaching math my older two are switching to. As [...]
Every homeschooling mom longs for that one, perfect curriculum. That magical homeschool program guaranteed to transform her children into the kind of students who will ace their SATs and attract the attention of prestigious universities. If you're one of those homeschoolers searching for that Holy Grail curriculum, I'm sorry to disappoint you. It doesn't exist. While your choice of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I love to read. My husband loves to read. My two daughters love to read. But my son has been staunchly opposed to reading since he first learned how in Kindergarten. He'll read if he is required to for school, but he has never really sat down to read a real book just for the [...]
My kids and I are officially beginning our study of first aid this week since our science curriculum for the year is already done. The basic text we’re using is a Community First Aid & Safety manual from the American Red Cross that I picked up for free somewhere. We won’t be reading over each and [...]
Judging distances and measurements, especially large measurements, is difficult for kids. 10 feet? 50 feet? Visualizing how long those distances actually are is a challenge. What we've found that really helps is having something familiar and concrete to compare distances to. So for my own kids, I decided to give them some models for comparison, [...]
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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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