Most of my time planning for homeschooling is spent searching for history information. I'm sure this is a huge surprise for everyone, but I want to find good materials, and I want a wide variety of materials to share with my kids. History lessons are my favorite part of our … [Read more...]
You can homeschool math, even if you haven’t taken Calculus
The last math class I took was over 20 years ago. Since I was an elementary education major, I only had to take "Math for Elmentary Teachers," basically it teaches you how to teach math. The last time I took a high math class was Calculus in high school, way back in 1996. It was … [Read more...]
Teaching Medieval History for High School
I have always been intrigued by teaching history through literature. I love reading historical fiction, and any primary sources I can get my hands on, which can include what was then realistic fiction. You can learn so much about a time period from reading books, but I've always … [Read more...]
Prepping for college with Making the Grade
I was actually going to write about a game we have called Ex Libris, but have zero pictures, and then I started working on our Modern history lessons landing page, but that is a monster of a post, and my brain is fried from a week of working with the kids on Making the Grade. … [Read more...]
Learning “how to adult” can be fun!
In middle school, I took a life skills class. My two big takeaways came from two wildly different activities. First, and the reason I took the course, for two weeks we carried around a sandbag baby. I remember seeing the kids carrying them, and how they decorated them, and found … [Read more...]
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