I talked, in a previous post, about the art seminar I took.  This time I’m going to explain how that seminar relates to our homeschool music curriculum.

I was talking to some moms at the seminar about one of my daughters that I think is talented in music but hates practicing and lessons.  She used to listen to music and then go over to the piano and poke out the notes until she was able to play the song.

Now we were to the point where she couldn’t even stand sitting down at the piano.  What had I done wrong?  After listening to the concepts talked about at this art seminar Read more »

What does Black Friday Shopping have to do with homeschooling?  Plenty!  If you are homeschooling, you most likely have children, and if you have children you, more than likely, will be buying some sort of Christmas presents!The adventure of Black Friday Shopping has been a tradition in our extended family for years now.  I thought I would pass on some tips Read more »

I have collected some Thanksgiving resources for you to use this season.  I will be posting more right up until Thanksgiving.  Let me know what you think.

Here’s a great site – Thanksgiving crafts for ages K-3.  In order to get the PDFs of the booklets you have to be a member of their site, but you can still get many great ideas here.  There are all kinds of craft projects Read more »

I’m going to spend this week of posts giving you some great Thanksgiving resources.  My favorite Thanksgiving resource is the children’s book Cranberry Thanksgiving.  My children and I have enjoyed this book so much.  We read it Read more »

A homeschool art curriculum sounds like such a good idea. I’m not creative, nor can I draw, so this is even more appealing to me. My views of art were challenged when I recently attended an art seminar presented by a local art therapist.  She works with all kinds of people from children up through senior citizens.  This day she was talking to homeschool moms.

One of the things she shared with us was that we are born 100% creative Read more »

I met Raymond and Dorothy Moore at a homeschool seminar about 10 years ago in Ohio.  They were pretty advanced in years even at that time, but had such a wonderful heart that transcended their years.  They talked at the seminar all day Read more »

What kind of supplies or tools do you need to teach homeschool Math?  Math doesn’t have to be a chore.  When things get stale, change things up and have a good attitude.  Whole some writing is required in math, in the early grades you can teach Read more »

A few months ago I became aware of a program for homeschool High School students who want to homeschool college or at least get a head start on college while in High School.

This is such a cool concept, I wish I had come up with it myself. Read more »