I want to start American History with my 7yo and 5yo now that I've read through "A Child's History of the World" with my oldest. Up until now I've...
I started a thread about this a year and a half ago, but maybe something has changed or there are new resources available. Does anyone know if...
I noticed this big series in the children's room at the library. Has anyone read the books? Is it any good or is it inaccurate/fluffy/not worth...
I can't tell you how excited I am about the summer homeschool schedule I worked up for my kids. We're going to push through the next 8 weeks...
I rarely order new homeschool books, but when I do... DS can't get his hands on them fast enough. I was excited to get this art book to do...
My son is a total science geek (and I love it!!), is a phenomenal reader, and does just fine with math, although it's not his favorite thing. His...
This last year I have been teaching the 3-4yo's Sunday School class, which consists of just three boys, one of which is my own. Another boy in...
OK, I can't brag about this in front of DS (see my "Different grade levels" post), but we just finished up his first grade testing. Wow! For a...
OK, my son is way ahead of the game academically. He just turned 6 and will be doing second grade starting in a couple weeks no problem. He's...
Does anyone else have this problem? I want to share with other moms (my friends) what my homeschool plan is for the coming year. I guess I'm...
Hi, I'm homeschooling my son and this is the first year I've had to think about evaluations. He just turned 6 and I've been doing "1st grade"...
It's kind of funny with me--I can't seem to decide how to go about teaching my son. I think I want a curriculum, then blow it off and do my own...
Hello Friends, My 5-yo son doesn't really understand the value of money yet, but he is ready to learn and DH and I are ready to teach him....
Hi all, My son (5 1/2 years old) is about 3/4 of the way through the Alpha workbook. We didn't bother with the DVD because the concepts are so...
I've had my 5yo son doing Math-U-See for the last year and a half. Really taking it slowly, but I'll pick it up in September when we officially...
Hi all, So we've decided to officially register our 5yo son into 1st grade. We were conflicted as to whether or not to hold off a year just...
Here's another question about choosing a curriculum. We are faithful believers in Christ, and I know that God created all things. But personally,...
In TWTM, the author suggests teaching history chronologically, so that the younger ones get ancient history first. This doesn't make as much...
I just saw a cover for Newsweek, and one of the teaser headlines is "Are Homeschoolers Out Of Their Minds?".... anyone know what that's about?
Most of this year with my almost-5-yr-old son has been me slacking off. I blame pregnancy for a lot of that, but I know I can't use that excuse...
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