Free Homeschooling Resources to Help Parents Raise Lifelong Learners
As you know, if you homeschool, it's really, REALLY important to plan ahead. This printable school calendar is a very easy way to plan for the school year, especially since you can easily color code things for readability. I've again included three versions of the the 14-month calendar so you can choose one that starts either […]
This is a guest post from ConsumerSafety.org Awareness weeks are a great way to introduce serious topics to kids in the classroom, and with National Fire Prevention week spanning October 9–16 this year, it’s time to begin planning out a few lessons. When it comes to adults, it’s much easier to get people to follow […]
Last summer I created a 200+ page printable homeschool planner. I've now updated it for 2016-2017 and I'm offering it for free to all Five J's readers. The free homeschool planner includes over 200 pages and is divided into 13 separate PDFs (to make it easier to find things). Each PDF also includes bookmarks so […]
This upcoming year is going to quite different—in a good way—as I'll have two in college and only one child that I'll be homeschooling. Joely will be a 9th grader this year, and since she has plans to become a gerontological nurse, her special focus (beyond core curriculum) is going to be on nursing. She will […]
Teaching kids to question authority isn't a bad thing. In fact, it's imperative that we do teach our kids to question authority, just not indiscriminately or with a rebellious attitude. "Just because someone says it, it doesn't make it true." This is something we tell our children at every opportunity. Whether we're reading a book, surfing […]
For my 16-year-old daughter's junior/senior year, I put together a health and nutrition curriculum that includes hand-picked information covering a wide range of practical topics. By no means is it a standard health and nutrition curriculum, but it does cover the majority of topics covered by a typical high school health textbook (and many of those […]
I was a private piano teacher for 15 years, and in that time I saw a lot of kids whose parents were real assets to their learning experience; but I also saw many students who had parents that actually hindered their learning. So for those of you whose children are taking piano lessons, I offer this list of Do's and […]
Our first efforts to homeschool were a disaster but our child's experience in school made us reconsider our decision to chose homeschooling.
This is the first post in a series written by my good friend (and fellow homeschooler) Jennifer Bruce. Jennifer introduced me to essential oils while we were fostering our two boys last winter and we've been using oils ever since. (Note: This post contains affiliate links.) Over the course of this series, we'll be discussing the […]
I've been accused on more than one occasion — okay, more like a thousand occasions — of being a grammar nerd and a book worm. But I'm proud to wear those titles, and I hope that some day my kids might be accused of the same thing. Because if they are, that would mean they […]