NOTE: This plan was set up prior to Jaden's freshman year. I update the plan toward the end of his freshman year. You can read the updated 4-year high school plan here. I still can't believe it, but Jaden will be starting high school next year. That unfortunately means I can no longer avoid planning! […]
Our Homeschool Math Curriculum, 1st through 12th Grade
In our six years of homeschooling, we've used a number of different math curricula (including Saxon, Math-U-See, Teaching Textbooks, Bob Jones, and even Life of Fred). We loved some and strongly disliked others. But through all of that experimentation, we developed a general curriculum plan for math that we're very satisfied with. In actual practice, my […]
G.A. Henty Historical Novels, Free for Kindle
Right now Amazon.com has dozens of G.A. Henty historical novels available FREE for Kindle. Just look for the Kindle books marked for $0.00 and download them to your Kindle! If you don't have a Kindle, you can download a free Kindle reader app for your PC or Mac. To help you figure out how to […]
BibMe: Online Bibliography and Works Cited Generator
Oh what I wouldn't have done for this free online Bibliographic generator when I was in school. Remember having to write bibliographies for research papers when you were in school? It was fun, wasn't it? Well, it hasn't gotten any easier, especially with the advent of the internet. Writing a research paper is difficult enough […]
Read John Taylor Gatto's The Underground History of American Education free online
The entire text of John Taylor Gatto's The Underground History of American Education:A School Teacher's Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling can now be read in its entirety here at his website. (There's even a printer-friendly version of each chapter should you choose to print it out.) This should prove to be an interesting read, […]
The Secret to Teaching Math Facts: Number Bonds
Below you will see why I think teaching math basics with number bonds is the best way for your homeschoolers to learn math. Over our last four years of homeschooling, I have used several different math curricula. Some I liked better the others, but they all had their own strengths and weaknesses. One of the […]
Free Nutrition Curriculum
The National Dairy Council has produced a nutrition curriculum for primary to upper elementary grades, and it's available for free to teachers and homeschoolers. The curriculum includes lesson plans, worksheets, activities, and more.
Coordinate Plane Homeschool Math Game
Homeschooling is always more fun when using games. This simple coordinate plane homeschool math game is one we found and adapted to our use. It's a fun game that Joely and I have enjoyed playing lately. It has also helped her learn about coordinate planes, ordered pairs, and basic strategy, so she's having a math […]
Rod and Staff English Grammar Curriculum Review
In the last five and a half years of homeschooling, we have used several different English grammar curricula, including Bob Jones, Shurley Grammar, Instructional Fair Diagramming, Write Source, and various grammar workbooks. All of these curricula have their strong points, and we didn’t necessarily switch specifically because of problems with them. Often we chose to […]
How and Why You Should Name Your Homeschool
Why Name Your Homeschool? Many homeschoolers may not think about creating a unique name for their homeschool, but there are many reasons why having a name is not only a good idea, but sometimes even necessary. Some homeschool accountability groups/umbrella programs may require your homeschool to be identified by a name. An official name is […]
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