An introduction!
Hello from our little homestead in Western New Jersey (and despite what you may think of New Jersey, we have heaps of farms, and acres of beautiful forest..) I am so pumped to be able to share our homeschooling journey —
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Great Musician Series – Review
Available from Zeezok Publishing, the books can be ordered individually and as a complete set. There are also CDs and study guides available that complement the books. You can also view pdf samples of a few pages from each book. —
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Constitution Quest Game – Review
My husband heard about this game on the radio a while back, and decided to order it. Being the freedom loving people we are, it seemed like a great idea to have a fun game that we could teach some of —
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Lunar Eclipse – Science at Night
There are few subjects our boys enjoy more than science. So when we heard about the series of blood moons coming in the next couple of years, we knew we had to watch at least one of them! For —
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English Lessons Through Literature Level 3 Review
Available through Lulu.com and Amazon. The author of English Lessons Through Literature, Kathy Jo DeVore, was nice enough to send both the Level 3 Book and Workbook for us to review. This is recommended for third to fourth grade students, and —
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Elementary Greek – Review
Elementary Greek by Christine Gatchell, published by Memoria Press. Available at: http://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/elementary-greek For many of us, Latin and Greek are part of a classical education for our children, and we work hard to find solid resources that will give the —
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Teach Map Skills by Geocaching with the Kids
During a recent cub scout camping trip, the scoutmaster tried to help the boys track down a geocache. I had no idea what this thing was, but saw that the kids were really excited about finding this little treasure, and —
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Write for Learning Tangent!
Yes! We are looking for writers to blog on the website and write articles for the quarterly publication. We don’t offer any pay yet, so the best we can do is offer you space to let your voice be heard. If —
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Adding Science & Art to Your Homeschool Day – Part I
We love science and art around here, so it’s easy for us to add them into our day. This was by far the best project we’ve done that incorporated them both into an entire afternoon’s worth of fun. The morning —
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Building the Machine – Review
It was my husband who brought Common Core to my attention a little over a year ago. He asked that I look at it, see what I thought. I did, and we are now homeschooling, but that’s another story for —
