Welcome back as we continue our 10 Days of Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Homeschooling! We’re doing something different today! Dana from Roscommon Acres and I have this same problem in common — we both tend to cut out all the fun stuff too easily!! And we want learning to be fun. Because, it SHOULD be, right? ~~ Cutting Out The Extras by Dana I think I once pictured …
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ABC’s of Homeschooling ~ Documentaries
Oh, Netflix. I adore Netflix (even after the price hike – we use it enough we’re still getting a good deal.) One of the many things we watch on Netflix are documentaries. I adore documentaries. So do my kids. Mostly. We use documentaries to supplement in areas we’re already learning about, learn about new things we’re just curious about, or my favorite-for educational “entertainment” on teacher sick days. Yes. You …
Literature & Resources for Mystery of History Vol 1, Semester 2
Inspired by the book list I’ve created for history next year, I’ve gone ahead and made a reading list for the remainder of Mystery of History for this year. (We’re stretching history out over the summer.) I need a range of books — from books to read to the 5 yr old, books to read to all of them, books the older ones can read by themselves or books they …