August 9, 2017 Elementary, Homeschooling, STEAM 2
Space Themed Language Arts Activity Pack Are your kids excited about the upcoming Solar Eclipse? Or do you have a budding astronomer in your home? To get ready for the Solar Eclipse of 2017, have some fun learning more about…
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February 27, 2017 Homeschooling, STEAM 2
How to Overcome Math Anxiety This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. I’m the first to admit that math is not my forte. As an English major, I was lucky to escape the ‘hard’ math classes, so…
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October 24, 2016 Homeschooling, STEAM 0
Could using a calculator hurt your child? I don’t remember when I was first allowed to use one, but I do have a memory of it being a novelty at the time. As a child of the seventies, I was…
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September 19, 2016 High School, Homeschooling, Middle School, STEAM 2
My kids have been participating in homeschool art classes for several years, and we have seen many benefits to setting aside this time each week. Sometimes, it is easy to get caught up in just getting the basics covered in…
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September 16, 2016 Elementary, Homeschooling, STEAM 0
Slime Science This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Have your kids ever played with slime? My boys have had tons of eerie-gooey fun with this experiment to make homemade slime, and they have been behaving like mad…
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August 15, 2016 High School, Homeschooling, Middle School, STEAM 2
Teaching to Their Interests This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. My eighth-grader has become passionate about filmmaking, from script writing to directing to camera-operating. He started with a flip camera, then added a camcorder and a stop-motion animation…
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August 7, 2016 Homeschooling, STEAM 4
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. A brilliantly illustrated and fun introduction to the contributions of women in STEM fields–Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who…
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April 22, 2016 Early Learning, Elementary, STEAM 0
Discovering Your Gifts with Baby Wren This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Discovering the gifts inside each of us is a journey, and in Baby Wren and the Great Gift by Sally Lloyd Jones, children accompany the…
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February 26, 2016 Homeschooling, STEAM 3
The M-word Math is one of those things that gave me a stomachache when I was in school; in fact, it still does. Never, in my wildest dreams, did I think I would be teaching math one day. I didn’t always feel…
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January 15, 2016 High School, Middle School, STEAM 6
Applied Engineering: Studies of God’s Design in Nature Applied Engineering: Studies of God’s Design in Nature Parent Lesson Planner along with the books Made in Heaven, Champions of Invention (Champions of Discovery), and Discovery of Design make up the Applied Engineering: Studies of God’s Design…
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