I wrote recently about the writing curriculum we've been using this year. My kids have loved the program, so I asked my daughter Jerah to write up her thoughts on the curriculum. Last fall my brother and I started a writing curriculum called One Year Adventure Novel (also known as OYAN). Before I started OYAN, […]
How to Teach Alphabetical (ABC) Order Without Worksheets
Teaching alphabetical order using letter tiles can make learning a game. Here are some easy, hands-on activities that can help your children strengthen their alphabetizing skills. These activities don't cover alphabetizing by the second of third letter (and so on), but they can greatly improve that all-important underlying skill of quick-recall of basic ABC order. […]
Homeschool Teaching Tips from Gandalf
The Five J's are huge Tolkien fans (in fact we named our homeschool after Gandalf), so I was amused when I found this article about "How to Teach Like Gandalf." But the article wasn't quite what I expected. It's actually quite thought-provoking. Author Nick Senger expounds on these five unusual tips, challenging us to be […]
Free Bubble Test Form Generator
A lot of homeschoolers avoid testing on principle, because they know that testing alone isn't an accurate measure of education. It's important, however, that our kids know how to take tests, especially if they're college-bound. A lot of homeschool curricula include fill-in-the-blank, matching, and multiple choice tests, but what about those fill-in-the-bubble type? Unless a […]
U.S. Government Games
Sheppard Software, a site we use frequently for geography, now has a U.S. Government game. Each game starts with some basic facts on each topic, and then you have to match up the right information. It's not an in-depth look at U.S. government, but it's a fun introduction. As you can see in the image above, […]
How do you homeschool when Mom is ill?
When you are ill either occassionaly or constantly how do you continue to homeschool successfully? A reader emailed me last week with a question I feel entirely inadequate to answer. I'm hoping that you, my readers, may be better equipped to offer some words of encouragement to this homeschooling mom. This is what she wrote: […]
Pajama School (a book review)
"I'm not sure any of us knew what they meant when Mom and Dad announced that they had decided to withdraw us from our beloved school and homeschool us. It was something akin to a death sentence." And thus began Natalie Wickham's experience as a homeschooler. Pajama School: Stories from the Life of a Homeschool […]
Visual Latin (a curriculum review)
Visual Latin is a unique Latin curriculum that we've been using for several months in our homeschool. It's not your typical curriculum — not in the least. It's even better! What is Visual Latin? Visual Latin is a curriculum of sequential videos recorded by instructor Dwane Thomas in which he introduces the student to the […]
Free English Grammar Curriculum
Remember the book Elements of Style by Strunk & White? That wonderful classic work on grammar and writing that so many of us read in our high school or college English classes? I recently found an online version of sorts created by the University of Bristol that not only goes through many of the concepts covered by […]
Wordsmyth: An Online Educational Dictionary for Kids
In looking for an online educational dictionary for kids I have found Wordsmyth to be exceptional and free. Whenever I need to look up the spelling of a word, I use Dictionary.com. However, Dictionary.com has a lot of extraneous material on the results page which makes it difficult at times to find what I'm looking […]
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