I’m sure many public school teachers have heard of ABC Teach, but I don’t  know how many homeschoolers have ever seen this great site. You can find over 5000 pages of free worksheets and pages you can print to use for homeschooling. If you like what you see and want even more, Read more »

Originally posted 2009-10-30 08:57:09. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Summer is almost here and life is changing a little in our house as Dad is off for the summer. This prompted me to think about what we are going to do this summer.

My philosophy is that whether you homeschool all summer or not, whatever you do, make sure it is the best thing for your family. We do a lot of swimming and gardening in the summer and this year I will be working with several children on their spelling and athletic skills. I have many friends that do various things with their summer. Some keep right on plugging away with their school work and some put all the books away.

I’ve written a whole page on this topic at my website Homeschool How To

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For the elementary grades I always recommend using picture books for homeschool Science. You can use boring textbooks if you want, Read more »

I keep finding more Internet field trips, so I’ll just keep sharing them here and telling you what is out there. Read more »

You might think it’s too late now to help another family this Christmas, but I say it’s never too late for Christmas giving. Even if you don’t find someone to help before Christmas, people who need help will still need it after Christmas too. Read more »

We’re getting down to crunch-time now so I thought I would include some holiday planning tips. You’re probably feeling the pressure Read more »

That last post became quite long, so I decided to continue my list of educational toys for Christmas here…. Read more »

While it’s easy to slip into the buying frenzy of Christmas, I think most homeschool parents would prefer educational toys for Christmas because it fosters learning.  At our house, I find that most of the toys that are bought end up just sitting around cluttering the house up because they just aren’t that interesting anymore.

My son has a whole shelf unit full of toys, but usually prefers to “build houses” with our camper cushions or use pieces of fabric wrapped around to make clothes for himself and others.

Here are my ideas for educational toys for Christmas that your children 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 »