I've been working with Compass Classroom for several years now—doing a lot of graphic design work for their products mostly—and I'm always impressed with what they offer. (See my review of Visual Latin) Through this Wednesday, August 12th, Compass is having a Back to School sale with up to 50% off their DVD curriculum. You […]
Archives for 2013
4 Steps to Help Your Children Choose a Career They're Passionate About
When I was in elementary school, I wanted to be everything from an astronaut to a police officer to a chemist. Other kids my age wanted to be firefighters, baseball players, or teachers. But I don’t think any of us were seriously thinking about our future career plans. At what age should children seriously consider what their […]
Review: Art Lessons & Tutorials from The Virtual Instructor
I was recently introduced to a great art & drawing lessons resource for homeschoolers called The Virtual Instructor. The site offers both free and premium art lessons via video tutorials. The instructor, Matt Fussell—who is not only an excellent artist but a wonderful teacher—contacted me a few weeks ago to let me know about his […]
Our 6th, 9th, and 11th Grade Homeschool Curriculum
There are a lot of changes going on at the Five J's home. For starters, my husband is retiring from full-time music ministry in a few weeks and will be working from home with me at Five J's Design (and helping me develop a curriculum we hope to have out by the beginning of 2014!). […]
How to Critique Your Young Writer
This is my husband Jeff's third post in his series How to Raise & Encourage Your Young Writer. I made mention last time of ways to encourage the young writer in your household. One of the things on my list was something to not do, namely trying to offer critiques during the creation stage. There’s […]
Cover Story Middle School English & Writing Curriculum
My family is so incredibly excited about the brand new middle school writing curriculum called Cover Story coming out this summer. The curriculum was created by our favorite writing teacher, Mr. S, who is the brains behind the incredible One Year Adventure Novel curriculum which I constantly rave about. Joely will be using this curriculum […]