Arguing and the Art of Persuasion This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion is a guide to the art of persuasion by the master of rhetoric, Jay Heinrichs. This updated edition includes tools every student needs […]
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Homeschool Planner for a Year-Round Schedule
A Homeschool Planner for a Year-Round Schedule This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. After trying many different planners over all of our years of homeschooling, I have found that I need something that I can customize to meet my needs and that comes in a format that allows me to move pages […]
5 Tips for Homeschooling Multiple Ages
Help for Homeschooling Multiple Ages (How to make it work when there are more of them and only one of you.) I’ve been getting our curriculum organized for school to start–hopefully we will be ready before the end of this week. So, how do I manage three different ages/grades for school when I’m just one […]
Color Theory Printable Activity
Free Printable Color Theory Activity If you have little learners who are just discovering colors, I have a cute printable activity for you! Click here or on the image below to download our free printable library checklist and color discovery activity! This color discovery printable pack includes Mice Books for Kids Library Checklist and 2 Color Theory Activities […]
Early Chapter Books for Young Readers
Summer Book Choices for Young Readers This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. It isn’t easy to find really good chapter books for young readers. When a great book comes along, we tend to hold on to it and re-read it over and over again. Even though we continue to “do school” […]
Developing Children’s Fine Motor Skills
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. A picture is worth a thousand words, but imagine its value when it also includes corresponding text that not only describes, but engages children and educates adults. In Fine Motor ABC from Skill Builder Books, the photos and […]
Which Version of The Odyssey Should I Read?
How do I choose which version of The Odyssey to read? This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. If you have been assigned The Odyssey to read for literature class, you may be wondering how to choose the correct version to read. Some things to consider are your reading experience, your reading […]
The Berenstain Bears Friendship Blessings Collection
Five Favorite Berenstain Bears’ Living Lights Stories This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. The Berenstain Bears Friendship Blessings Collection is a five-books-in-one collection from the Living Lights series. This series from Zonderkidz is written from a Christian worldview and includes Scripture references and Christian values as the stories teach life lessons to […]
EASE Into Middle School
Is My Child Ready for High School? How do you prepare your middle schooler for high school? High school seems like such a daunting event for many homeschool moms, and “the experts” often make us feel like we are behind before we even start. Once sixth grade gets under way, panic sets in with the […]
5 Ways to Motivate Middle School Writers
Ah, middle school! A time of hormone surges and living in a sort of limbo stage between childhood and adulthood. As a parent, I do sometimes feel like we’re living in the Matrix when it’s time to sit down and focus on “schoolwork.” And English gets a bad rap anyway as a “boring” required class. […]
Circle C Stepping Stones
Andi Saddles Up & Andi Under the Big Top This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Set in the wild west of the 1800s, the Circle C Stepping Stones books by Susan K. Marlow are geared toward early elementary age readers. The first two books of the projected six-book set are Andi Saddles […]
Year-Round Homeschooling
Our Year-Round Homeschooling Journey When we first started our homeschool journey, we pulled my son out of a K5 program three weeks into the school year and started off following the local school calendar. I soon realized that I could cater our calendar to our needs, and not let the school calendar dictate our lives. […]