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Homeschool Solutions for Worried Homeschool Mamas
Need Homeschool Solutions? Homeschooling Mamas are inundated with information. From the time we first mention to our friends that we are considering homeschooling they begin to send us links, catalogs and invitation to groups. All of which is, supposedly, to help us find homeschool solutions. But, weeding through all the data can leave one feeling like they have information overload. This post contains affiliate links to products and services at 3rd party external sites. How is a mom to choose what is relevant to her, and what is not relevant? It’s not easy to weed through the wealth of materials and resources to find what is relevant to each individual. I’ve…
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The Ultimate Guide for Teaching Art in Homeschool
Teaching Art in homeschool is one of those subjects that many will think requires a measure of talent to teach. That simply isn’t true. Art can be taught from many different approaches. It can be taught as a study of famous artists, styles or even history. It can also be taught as a hands-on learning endeavor. But, whether one is fully artistic or just dabbles in art, it can be a worthwhile subject to pursue. Teaching art in homeschool can be a bit frustrating for moms who feel they have no artistic abilities. You may also find it difficult to find classes available locally. It’s worthwhile to pursue art because…
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How to Develop Thinking Skills with Brain Games
As I’ve shared with you many times I have a child who is constantly needing more. He is always consuming brain games, puzzle books, mind-twisters, logic puzzles, and more, very quickly. He has an insatiable desire to gain more knowledge, to be challenged more and to need more mental stimulation. That’s why I try to keep on hand recreational math workbooks. So he always discovers something engaging here and there throughout our home. I received these Brain Games, recreational math books, for free in exchange for my honest review and am being fairly compensated for my time. I was not required to write a positive review, all opinions expressed are my…
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10 Places to Find Free Homeschool Pages
Free Homeschool Pages Lapbooks, Notebooking Pages, & Unit Studies Are you just starting to think about maybe homeschooling your kids next fall, but worried about how to afford it? Or, are you facing a new chapter in your life that makes budgeting for homeschool supplies very tight. Whatever your reason for needing to find free homeschool pages, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve been homeschooling for 8 years now. While I do have a modicum budget for homeschooling curriculum, more often than not, I find myself utilizing free printables to keep my son engaged. He grows bored quickly and is often looking for more and more information. More so…
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How to Prepare for Homeschooling High School
I’m preparing for 8th grade. How did that happen? But as I prepare for 8th grade it occurs to me that we need to begin the process of preparing for homeschooling high school. We need to begin researching so that we can lay te groundwork for a successful high schoolThat means, we need to look ahead to determine the probable outcome for our child. This post contains affiliate ad links to 3rd party sales pages which may result in paid compensation for this blogger. We plan to lead him toward college but aren’t opposed to a trade school or a school of ministry for our child. Either way, preparing as if he…
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5 Homeschool Things You Need
The internet is filled with posts like these. Homeschool bloggers abound these days. And, everyone has their own opinion of homeschool things that you will need in order to be successful. This post contains affiliate links to products which may be purchased at 3rd party sites, which may result in paid compensation to this blogger. You might find posts galore about the kinds of pencils to buy, what kind of printer is best, curriculum posts detailing the hows and whys of a certain brand, style or method. But the reality is that in order to homeschool your going to need some more basic things than those. 10 Homeschool Things You Really Need…
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Missouri Architectural Field Trips for Homeschoolers
Architectural field trips may not be your cup of tea, but if you have boys who are interested in building with LEGO bricks, K’Nex rods, Magnetix or even Minecraft they may perhaps have an engineering mind like my son does. Which is why I’m sharing this architectural field trips to explore in Missouri list. This post contains affiliate links to products at 3rd party sites. Purchases made from external sites may result in paid compensation for this blog owner. Field trips, those two words are either an exciting prospect to a homeschooling mom, or serve as another must do check off the list of to-dos for others. For kids field…
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10 Homeschooling Words You Need to Understand
Get to Know these Homeschooling Words Perhaps you are beginning the research of looking into homeschool for your family as an alternative option to public education. But as you research you keep reading about methods, and styles and unschooling and deschooling and you are entirely confused. What do those words even mean and how do they relate to educating a child? That’s why I’m defining 10 homeschooling words you need to understand. This post may contain affiliate ad links to 3rd party external sites. Have you looked around and realized that homeschooling is becoming mainstream? It seems each year more and more families are choosing to homeschool their kids in…
