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Determining How to Plan Time for Homeschooling
Life is learning and learning is life. I say this time and again. If we live that way in our homeschools then planning specific time for homeschooling can look a bit chaotic to those on the outside looking in. State Requirements for Time for Homeschooling If you, like I, live in a state that has a listing of requirements that you are to meet then most likely the state government has set a minimum standard for the number of hours you are to educate your children. In my previous state of Ohio, those hours were a minimum of 900 hours while in Missouri they are 1000 hours with the majority…
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A Visual Exploration for How to Memorize the Periodic Table
I can remember back to junior high school when I took earth science from Mrs. Garrett. One of the lessons we worked through was an introduction to the periodic table of elements. Mrs. Garrett diligently divided the table into their appropriate categories and assigned us memorization work for each segment. It was hard. Now, don’t get me wrong. Mrs. Garrett was a good teacher and I remember her fondly throughout my schooling years, as she was the homeroom teacher for my class and in our small rural area our school was a combined junior and senior high school. So I had her for several classes. She was a good teacher who…
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Finally an Online Course that Challenges a Math Mind
To say that it’s difficult to challenge my math gifted son would be an understatement. From a very early age he has progressed through math as if he has some hidden foreknowledge of how it’s all supposed to work. For him, it just clicks. Over the years I’ve tried various challenge math options, bought published printed materials for gifted children as well as tried a variety of online math programs that I had hoped would allow him to explore math in a way that challenged his mind. Typically, he will figure out those programs or lessons quickly, progress rapidly and then get bored and will not want to continue. Disclosure:…
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How to Solve a Pre-Teen’s Creative Writing Struggle
The Creative Writing Struggle Disclosure: I received these products for free to share with you how I am solving my pre-teen’s creative writing struggle, and I am being compensated for my time. All opinions about Rainbowresource.com are my own and I gladly share them with you because they are my go-to resource for all things educational supplies for homeschoolers. It’s no secret that my pre-teen young man is not a fan of creative writing. It’s been a struggle between he and myself from the earliest of homeschooling days. Each summer, I search high and low for a solution to this problem and by 8-10 weeks into school, I’m ready to…
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25 Resources for Awesome FREE Homeschooling
There are times when a family has to tighten the budget. Sometimes, it comes from making the hard decision for one parent to come home from working outside the house in order to homeschool. Other times it’s because of job loss or changes in employment status.Whatever the reason when you have a tight budget, it’s important to know you can homeschool on any budget. In fact, FREE homeschooling is entirely possible. This post contains affiliate advertisement links to 3rd party sites. Recently, my friend Caitlin posted about this very thing, she explained that there is really only one thing you need to homeschool. Find out what it is. But…
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She’s Trusting God to Supply Her Needs
I’d like to introduce you to homeschool mom, Dawn Cole. She is mom to 8 children. The oldest has graduated, the youngest is too young for school. That leaves 6 children that she is currently homeschooling at Cornerstone Christian Academy, they are in grades 12th, 10th, 7th, 4th, 3rd, and 1st. That is certainly quite an array of ages/grades to cover in one academic year isn’t it? When her oldest child was about to turn 5, Dawn dreaded the idea of sending her little girl away from home for school. Couple that with seeing others whose kids were struggling in that environment she tells me that her inner voice kept…
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Instagram Homeschool Wishlist Cash Giveaway
I’m excited to share with you all this fantastic giveaway that the bloggers of iHomeschool Network have pulled together for you. It’s a $500 Homeschool Wishlist Cash Giveaway. This giveaway is being run on Instagram, which is a mobile app that allows you to instantly share photos to Facebook or Twitter. In order to be eligible to win, you simply use your Instagram account, it’s free if you don’t have one, and follow the link below, click follow of the person’s account, in this case my account, then find the next blogger tagged and click follow, continuing to follow the tagged person until you reach the 1st person you started…
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Bottom Line, She Wanted a Different Path for Her Children
Real Life Superhero Homeschool Mom, Fee Rocha I’d like to introduce you to Fee Rocha, Christian, wife, mom, and painter, just to name a few of the roles she fulfills. She is mom to 3 children, an 8th grade 13 year old girl, a 4th grade 9 year old boy, and a 3rd grade 8 year old boy. She is homeschooling her children in the Rocha Learning Academy. Fee likes the challenge of homeschooling and thinks that being able to make school scheduling fit her family’s schedule, is ideal for her family. She thinks that homeschooling has allowed her family to grow closer together. Why Fee is a Superhero Homeschool Mom Fee and…
