Puzzles, Puzzles, and MORE Puzzles

After having so much fun with all the other puzzles I’ve run across in the last few days (here and here) I decided to hunt for a word search maker. What I found what an awesome teacher resource page from Discovery Education. Not only is there an entire page devoted to making puzzles (math, crossword, [...]

Crossward Maker! More Puzzle Fun

Nothing makes me happier than finding a useful homeschool tool that is free to use or download. Today I browsed through different puzzle making programs  online until I ran across EclipseCrossword. Eclipse Crossword is a free download which means you can make your puzzles without having to be online. The download itself was very short [...]

Vocabulary for High School

Last week the vocabulary book we were using came to an end and during the middle of the year money is scarce for extra textbooks. ( i.e. insurance, property tax, Christmas…etc.) I decided to use my savvy as a homeschool mom to come up with my own vocabulary list by browsing for free resources around [...]

ART: Where do I begin?

The definition of the word art is not a simple one. You can not have writing, architecture, magazine ads, television commercials, photographs, paintings, drawings or conversations with out it being a form of art. Indeed, because of its broad definition it can make deciding what you want to learn during art  time an overwhelming decision.
To [...]

Handwriting Worksheet Generators

Today I’ve spent the day trying to reprioritize my schedule and goals. It always happens during the year that shifts in the books we are using and in chores and other routines ends up throwing us off our daily schedule which makes for just more than a little bit of chaos in the house.
After another [...]

Ambleside Online

For those of us who use the Charlotte Mason approach I was introduced to this website last week by a good friend. I’m really excited about it! Here is the introduction from their website, it says it all.
Welcome to Ambleside Online, a free homeschool curriculum designed to be as close as possible to the curriculum [...]

Announcing the 50 States Scrapbook

For those of you looking for a place to scrapbook everything you will learn about the 50 states this is the place to put it. Each scrapbook pages contains a place to:

Place the name of the state at the top of the page.
Draw the state or paste a picture of the state, the bird, the [...]

Math U See: A Review

And as if great curriculum with a teaching DVD wasn’t enough – Steve Demme has the cheapest math on the market that includes video school teaching (to my knowledge). Just take a look at the prices.

What is a Unit Study?

A few years back I got all excited about Unit Studies.  A unit study is essentially where you leave the textbooks behind in search of living books that cover the same materials.  You can do a unit study about trains, bugs, trees, people, nations, etc.  Every bit of learning is drawn from the unit study [...]

Beginning Homeschooling from Preschool

Beginning homeschooling in Missouri is such an easy task.  Although the law says we “may” send in a letter of intent it is not necessary.  I personally have never registered with the superintendent or principal of the public school system.  In this small rural community most people who know me know that I homeschool.  However, [...]