December 28, 2015 Bible, High School, Middle School 0
Reaching a New Generation with The Lion Comic Book Hero Bible Featuring the Bible’s heroes and villains with majestic comic book artistry, Siku, Richard Thomas, and Jeff Anderson’s The Lion Comic Book Hero Bible is a Bible for a new generation….
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December 18, 2015 High School, Middle School 0
The Importance of Teaching Teens Better Communication This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Why would teens need to worry about communication skills? I spent nine months meeting with teens to get their input for the book…
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November 23, 2015 High School, Homeschooling, Language Arts 8
Love it or hate it, you have to admit that The Hunger Games has become quite a popular book among teen readers and many adults as well. Though some parents might choose not to allow their teens to read it, if…
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November 1, 2015 High School, Homeschooling, Language Arts 0
Discovering the Genius of C. S. Lewis The Surprising Imagination of C. S. Lewis: An Introduction by Jerry Root and Mark Neal is a different look at the mind and works of C. S. Lewis. The authors describe and illustrate Lewis’…
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October 19, 2015 Bible, High School, Homeschooling 0
A Reading Bible The Message 100 Devotional Bible: The Story of God in Sequence is a Bible for reading. Pastor Eugene H. Peterson wrote this paraphrased version of the Bible in modern language in novel form to make the Word of…
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October 12, 2015 Bible, High School, Homeschooling 0
In our homeschool, we learn primarily from “living books” for most subjects, including history. Sharing stories with my kids reinforces learning in a way that you don’t get from a textbook. In our literature-rich home, we read many books aloud together,…
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October 8, 2015 High School, Homeschooling, Language Arts 0
Our teen literature group is reading A Christmas Carol in December, and we will be looking at many literary and life lessons from the book. Charles Dickens’ classic is already familiar to almost everyone, but once you really start to…
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September 29, 2015 High School, Homeschooling, Language Arts 0
High School Skills Learning how to write effective research papers is an important skill for students to master before they head off to college. Research paper writing is a very different type of writing than most students are accustomed to,…
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July 28, 2015 High School, Homeschooling, STEAM 2
What We’re Doing for High School (Homeschool) Fine Arts This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. The course Filmmaking from the First Directors is an online portal class taught by Thomas Purifoy, Jr., which fulfills requirements for either a full year…
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July 7, 2015 High School, Homeschooling, Language Arts, Middle School 9
Daily writing is vitally important for young writers. But it’s often difficult to motivate them to do it. By flexing their creative muscles, students gain confidence in their writing, get better at organizing their thoughts, and learn to play around with…
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