tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13530437993688091062011-11-27T18:05:04.350-06:00Find out how to get started homeschooling, find free homeschooling resources and read homeschooling product reviews.Jennifer Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01248457027222527947noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1353043799368809106.post-83750349446322981062011-06-11T23:26:00.000-05:002011-06-11T23:26:41.428-05:00

It's that time of year! Most kids are out of school for the summer, but we can still encourage them to read by participating in summer reading programs. Here are a few to get you started! Borders Summer Reading Challenge Borders offers children a chance to earn a free book by keeping a record of books they read. Once your child has read any 10 books of his or her choice, they can choose a free

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Some kids love to read, while others you may have to fight tooth and nail to get them to read. I have both in my family. My son fooled us into thinking he couldn't read for a long time! All because he hates to read. As a result, I've had to come up with ways to make reading more exciting. One thing I have noticed about kids is that they love hearing about themselves...or at least mine do! They

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My kids need typing lessons...and we don't always want to spend money on typing software. There are some great ones out there, but it can be difficult to choose what type of typing instructors are best. But, why spend money when you don't have to? We've found a great free online typing tutor that is perfect for homeschooling! Power Typing has typing lessons for both QWERTY & DVORAK (didn't even

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Textbooks can be expensive! But if you're looking for a free high school algebra textbook, I've found one! It's online, and you can print chapters as you need them. Click the link to access: free algebra textbook Enjoy!

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Field trips are great, aren't they? But sometimes it's just not possible for us to travel to certain locations. Now, through the magic of technology, we can take our kids on educational field trips without leaving home (or school). Virtual field trips allow us to take our children on a fun journey without leaving the comfort of our own homes. Some of the trips they offer include: Deserts

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I have a new site that we have been using with our kids a lot. It's called learner.org, and it has a LOT of awesome things for your kids to do! Our favorite to put the kids on is their interactives page. Here's a short summary of everything this section of the site offers. Math Resources There are a few different categories of math interactives; 2 of these sections are for grades 6-8, and 2

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Teaching a foreign language may be the hardest thing for home schoolers. Especially if you don't speak any foreign languages! I've had a hard time finding resources for teaching my children foreign languages. However, I found a site that has some great resources for all grades! Finding free resources for high school students is even harder...not only for foreign languages, but for EVERYTHING.

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All children need to learn about United States history. But many of the textbooks are quite expensive. However, here at Loving Learning in the Home, we have found a great FREE resource for American History. American Journeys is a website that has thousands of eye witness accounts of American History. From 1000 AD to 1806, you'll find information on explorers and important facts about US History.

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Is it time to teach your kids about human anatomy? That link will take you to a site that offers nice diagrams of many different systems of the human body. You'll find interactive diagrams for the skeletal system, digestive system, muscular system, lymphatic system, endocrine system, nervous system, cardiovascular system, both male and female reproductive systems and the urinary system. Each

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Many high school aged children read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in high school. If you're looking for a free novel study so your high schooler can study themes in this Mark Twain classic, check out the following sites! Book Rags -  Book rags has chapter summaries, discussion on 3 different themes throughout the book - conformity, humanity and picaresque - and information on the plot,

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http://lessonopoly.orgI have found a great new site for free lesson plans! Lessonopoly.org allows you to set up a free account as a teacher, parent or a student. Create plans, browse their library of lesson plans, participate in groups and more. The best part is that you can create a schedule for your classroom. Choose lesson plans (your own, or pick one from their library) and add them to

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Is your child great in math? Home schooled students aren't eligible to join the National Math Honor Society Mu Alpha Theta, but they ARE eligible to join Mu Eta Sigma. Mu Eta Sigma is a math honor society strictly for homeschooled students.Mu Eta Sigma EligibilityRequirements for entry into the Mu Eta Sigma Math Honor Society are fairly straight forward:Grades 9-12 Must be homeschooled SAT Math

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If you're looking for some free homeschooling textbooks, I've found some great ones for math and science.These math and science textbooks are available for grades K-5.Specifically, the math texts are for first grade through fifth grade. There are also online math activities suitable for Kindergarten through fifth grade. Kids love to play games online (or at least mine do)and the ones available on

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This is the ninth in my Getting Started Homeschooling Series. Check out the rest of the articles in this series: Getting Started Why Should I Homeschool? What Do I Do First? Homeschooling Laws The Different Homeschooling Methods What is Deschooling? What is Unschooling? What is the Charlotte Mason Method? Homeschool Distance Learning Choosing Homeschool Curriculum Sonlight Homeschool Curriculum

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This is the eighth in my Getting Started Homeschooling Series. Check out the rest of the articles in this series: Getting Started Why Should I Homeschool? What Do I Do First? Homeschooling Laws The Different Homeschooling Methods What is Deschooling? What is Unschooling? What is the Charlotte Mason Method? Homeschool Distance Learning Choosing Homeschool Curriculum Sonlight Homeschool Curriculum

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Need help homeschooling your high school student? Check out the following resources: Homeschooling The High School Student - Video 1: Presentation by Linda Stehnker, Video 2: Parent Panel Discussion

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If you are looking for a great FREE United States History resource for your home school, you have got to check this one out: FREE United States History ebookThis is a great resource for homeschoolers!! It’s a downloadable ebook, with information on each of the 50 states: things they are famous for, events in history, important people that lived there, when they joined the United States, state

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Y’all, I just found this awesome event!!! It’s too late to buy tickets for this year, but hopefully they will be doing this again in the future…a Texas based Disney travel agency owned by a homeschooling family is partnering with Disney to offer a homeschooling high school graduation ceremony at Walt Disney World!!!This home school high school graduation event is open to all homeschoolers, no

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A great alternative to traditional homeschooling curriculum is online homeschooling. Make use of the Internet to enroll your children in online homeschooling courses.Benefits of Online HomeschoolingOnline homeschooling offers so many benefits it's hard to know where to start...first of all, by enrolling your child in some online classes, it takes a lot of the pressure of you. For those of us who

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I have had an epiphany!!It's hard to meet other homeschooled kids...That's my kids' biggest problem. So I've just had an epiphany...I can create a parent-monitored website for homeschooled children! Here are the thoughts I've had so far:A Homeschooling Social Site for Homeschooled ChildrenI have not seen very many homeschooling social sites...there are a few, don't get me wrong. BUT my idea is to

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I have been looking for something to help teach my son how to read. The boy is SO super smart, he just doesn't like to learn things that he has to stay still for...the only time I can get him to stop moving is to give him a puzzle, or put him on the computer. Therefore, it has been hard teaching him to read! Today, I was surfing the web when I came across Starfall. Starfall is a free website that

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Continuing our series on Great Women in American History, we are studying Abigail Adams today. Abigail Adams was a big part of our American History! There are many resources for teaching your kids about Abigail Adams. I used this one: http://www.nwhm.org/Education/biography_aadams.html as a basis, then turned them loose on the Internet to do some searching.I also use this book, and the one to the

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If you are looking for great, FREE homeschooling curriculum, you have got to check out this FREE American History Curriculum!Created by an experienced homeschooling mom, this FREE American History Curriculum is easily adaptable to grades 2nd through 6th. It was created with a literature-based theme, but tries to incorporate some other subjects as well.American History Curriculum ContentsThis Mom

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We are beginning a study of great women in American History. We all hear about major figures in American History, but I think it's just as important to learn about great women in American History. But what women in American History should we study? There are many great women in American History to choose from: Betsy Ross, Helen Keller, Abigail Adams and Calamity Jane, just to name a few. We

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This is the sixth in my Getting Started Homeschooling Series. Check out the rest of the articles in this series: Getting Started Why Should I Homeschool? What Do I Do First? Homeschooling Laws The Different Homeschooling Methods What is Deschooling? What is Unschooling? What is the Charlotte Mason Method? Homeschool Distance Learning Choosing Homeschool Curriculum Sonlight Homeschool Curriculum

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Reading is an essential skill. Learning to read is the most important (and sometimes the most difficult) thing your child will ever do.There are so many different ways to teach your child how to read. Many people use sight words; I don't like this method, and I'll tell you why in a minute. Other use Phonics, such as "Hooked On Phonics"...and many teach their children phonics but without the aid

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This is the fifth in my Getting Started Homeschooling Series. Check out the rest of the articles in this series: Getting Started Why Should I Homeschool? What Do I Do First? Homeschooling Laws The Different Homeschooling Methods What is Deschooling? What is Unschooling? What is the Charlotte Mason Method? Homeschool Distance Learning Choosing Homeschool Curriculum Sonlight Homeschool Curriculum

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Amber recently asked me why we had a heartbeat. Why do we have a heart? So, I decided it was time to learn about the heart and our circulatory system. I found a great resource for learning about the heart and circulatory system. Check out this heart and circulatory system learning guide.On that website, you will find entire curricula on the heart and circulatory system for kindergarten and grades

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This is the fourth in my Getting Started Homeschooling Series. Check out the rest of the articles in this series: Getting Started Why Should I Homeschool? What Do I Do First? Homeschooling Laws The Different Homeschooling Methods What is Deschooling? What is Unschooling? What is the Charlotte Mason Method? Homeschool Distance Learning Choosing Homeschool Curriculum Sonlight Homeschool Curriculum

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If you live in Alabama, you have 2 options for homeschooling. The first is to enroll your child in a church school; the second is to hire a private tutor to home school your child. Alabama homeschooling law dictates that children must be enrolled if they are between the ages of 7 and 17. Alabama does not require specific subjects to be taught.Alabama Homeschooling Option 1: Church School

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This is the fourth in my Getting Started Homeschooling Series. Check out the rest of the articles in this series: Getting Started Why Should I Homeschool? What Do I Do First? Homeschooling Laws The Different Homeschooling Methods What is Deschooling? What is Unschooling? What is the Charlotte Mason Method? Homeschool Distance Learning Choosing Homeschool Curriculum Sonlight Homeschool Curriculum

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I just wanted to let y'all know that I haven't forgotten anyone! I haven't been able to post in a while because I've had so much going on...my brother just came home SAFELY (Thank the Good Lord!) from Iraq, so we've been spending time with him. We delayed Thanksgiving so that we could have it with him. It was great.Aside from that, I have been so busy working and getting ready for the holidays,

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This is the second in my Getting Started Homeschooling Series. Check out the rest of the articles in this series: Getting Started Why Should I Homeschool? What Do I Do First? Homeschooling Laws The Different Homeschooling Methods What is Deschooling? What is Unschooling? What is the Charlotte Mason Method? Homeschool Distance Learning Choosing Homeschool Curriculum Sonlight Homeschool Curriculum

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This is the first in my Getting Started Homeschooling Series. Check out the rest of the articles in this series: Getting Started Why Should I Homeschool? What Do I Do First? Homeschooling Laws The Different Homeschooling Methods What is Deschooling? What is Unschooling? What is the Charlotte Mason Method? Homeschool Distance Learning Choosing Homeschool Curriculum Sonlight Homeschool Curriculum

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OK, just found this great homeschooling resource! I've often gone looking for math worksheets with a specific math problem set in mind...but haven't been able to find the perfect math worksheet! Sound familiar? Then here's the solution!Math Master lets you create your own math worksheets! You can choose from the normal operations, fractions, skip counting, even telling time! So if you want to

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I'm working on teaching my son how to read...and I came across these Word Wheels. Not surprisingly, I found the word wheels on Super Teacher Worksheets! I love that site!What is a Word Wheel?A word wheel is 2 circles of paper (I used card stock for my word wheel) pinned together with a paper fastener. A "window" is cut out from the side of the top circle, so that you have a little view of the

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New to homeschooling? You have GOT to buy The Complete Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling.For those of you who are new to homeschooling, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling will help you learn the legal aspects of homeschooling, organize your "classroom" and show you how to find social groups for homeschooling and homeschooling support groups.If you are wondering where to start on your

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Have you thought about homeschooling, but aren't sure how to get started? Guess what? I'm going to write a series on how you can get started homeschooling. This is just an introduction. When I started homeschooling, I thought I had done all the research I needed to do...it turned out that I hadn't, and I'm paying the price for it now. I hope to save some of you the troubles that I have gone

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Ashley (my ninth grader) is studying The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I wanted to share with you what I'm using for our The Grapes of Wrath novel study.This Grapes of Wrath resource site has a lot of information useful for a The Grapes of Wrath novel study. The website is a mess, and isn't organized very well, but it does have a lot of information that you can use in your The Grapes of

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Peter and the Wolf is an absolutely awesome way to introduce small children to music, symphonies and classical instruments.I used it for Dakota and Amber. The others listened in, but only because it was on. However, the other kids liked listening for the different instruments on Peter and the Wolf, and associating the instruments with the Peter and the Wolf characters.Each character in the story

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So, today I was looking for biology worksheets on taxonomy...activities to get it stuck in Kia's head. I found this great biology site that has biology worksheets on so many topics you have GOT to check out!!Biology Corner has everything you could possibly want to teach your child biology. This is an amazing biology resource. To see their "old" biology worksheets, click here. These are where I

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Kiara & I are doing a novel study on the book A Wrinkle in Time. I loved A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle when I was her age!A Guide To Using A Wrinkle in Time in the Classroom will help give you ideas on how to incorporate different lesson plans from A Wrinkle in Time. Other resources for an A Wrinkle in Time novel study are outlined below.In addition to the book described above, I am

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Another great resource for homeschoolers is Super Teacher Worksheets. They offer a wide selection of free worksheets.I use them for spelling words. They offer free spelling word lists and worksheets for grades 1 through 4. Amber's in second grade, so I get the free worksheets and free spelling word lists for grade 2. I like it because they also have free spelling lists for holidays.Free English

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What Your Fifth Grader Needs to KnowI use What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Knowto plan activities for my fifth grader.Subjects Covered by What Your Fifth Grader Needs to KnowLanguage and LiteratureHistory & GeographyVisual Arts>MusicMathematicsScienceWhat Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know provides a wealth of information for your fifth grader. What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know is a book you

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Yesterday I had an interesting encounter...with the police! Let me give you a little background first.Every morning, I allow my children to play outside for an hour or 2. This lets them get out any excess energy before I sit them down to do some hardcore school work. It works.Yesterday was no different. The kids were all playing outside (except A. who decided she wanted to get some of her

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It just occurred to me. I have had many, many negative reactions to my decision to homeschool...and yet, all of the concerns that would come to MY mind when considering my childrens' education are not included in these objections. What qualifications do I have? How can I teach advanced subjects if I have no knowledge of these subjects? How will my children do lab sciences without access to an

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Sometimes it can be difficult to figure out how to teach your preschooler basic math skills. There are workbooks galore that offer different preschooler math activities, but many of them are just that: workbooks. How many 3-4 year olds do you know that want to sit down and actually work in a workbook?Many preschool math skills are difficult to recognize as math skills: shapes, sorting, and size.

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Need an idea of what your kindergartner needs to know by the end of kindergarten? If you're homeschooling, this list may help you determine the basic kindergarten skills you need to teach her. This list is based on my daughter's evaluations from kindergarten, and homeschooling research I have done online.Kindergarten Language SkillsRecognizes all capital lettersRecognizes all lowercase lettersCan

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I've still been trying to finish up Ashley's curriculum. So far I've done the yearly plan for the following courses:US HistoryBiologyEnglishHealthI still have to figure out Spanish (her selected language elective), Geometry (having problems finding course info for Geometry), Music, Art, Web Design, and Forensics (another elective she chose). I'm not even halfway with her curriculum! This isn't

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Elementary Grades Free Math CurriculumI have started creating my other kids' curriculums for the coming school year. Ashley's math curriculum isn't complete; she's going to take Geometry, and I haven't found a resource for that yet. :-( So in the meantime, I decided to work on the younger kids' math curriculum.I found a wonderful FREE elementary grades homeschool curriculum that I plan to use for

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I am currently working on creating Ashley's 9th grade curriculum, and I realized that I don't have any ideas for her journal entries...sometimes she has a hard time deciding what to write about. Therefore, I've been looking for English writing prompts for her journal writing, and I found some great ones to use that I wanted to share. I was surprised when I found ones that I can use for some paper

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My oldest daughter is starting high school this fall. I am trying to find a good secular curriculum for high school. It's not easy! I've been having a really hard time!Until I found this web site. It has a wealth of links to free high school homeschool curriculum. Here's a list of what this website offers for homeschool high school curriculum:High School EnglishEnglish CompositionEnglish

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One of my biggest problems last year with homeschooling was finding time for everything. If I did every subject with all 3 girls, I didn't get laundry or vacuuming done...if I did some of my housework, I didn't have enough time for every subject in school. I would try to make schedules for the kids to adhere to, only to find that incidentals didn't allow us to stick to the schedules, and our

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My children have been begging us to go to public school. The main reason for this is that we weren't successful in finding groups for the kids to participate in activities, and be around other kids.When my husband and I discussed sending them back to public school, we actually agreed to send them back. However, we kept changing our minds, and ultimately couldn't decide one way or the other.I

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