How to Write a Short Story: A Guide for Homeschool Children
Have you ever made up a story in your head? Maybe you imagined a talking cat, a magical forest, or a thrilling treasure hunt. Stories are everywhere! Learning how to write a short story lets your imagination run wild, helps you practice writing, and even makes it easier to express your thoughts and feelings.
Essential High School Life Skills Everyone Should Learn
High school is a critical period in a young person’s life, where they develop academic knowledge, social skills, and the foundation for future success. However, beyond traditional subjects like math, science, and literature, there are essential high school life skills that every student should learn to navigate adulthood with confidence.
National Library Lovers’ Month
Although Disney Land is often called “the happiest place on earth,” there is another place that many would argue deserves that title. A place where hours have been spent experiencing new places, people, and ideas. It’s easy to get to and doesn’t cost a dime. It is known as the Public Library. Get to know your local public library this National Library Lovers’ Month.
Creating Trivia For Kids In The Classroom
Trivia is bits of unimportant information and it can be used as a powerful tool for your child’s learning by using classroom trivia games.
Guide to Homeschool History Curriculum
Homeschool planning usually begins with listing out the subjects that you want to cover with your children. After deciding on your math, science, and language arts programs, you are now faced with the question of how to integrate the study of history with the rest of your choices. Let’s examine the many different factors of choosing the best homeschool history curriculum for your family.
How to Homeschool: Embrace the Chaos, Enjoy the Journey!
In this blog, we’re going to take a look at the biggest question homeschooling parents have when learning how to homeschool:
Back to School!
I don’t know about your home, but in my house, there is only one person who complains more about going back to school than my children do…me! When I’m out and about, I hear parents excited about the day their little ones go back to school. Not so in the homeschooling world! Here, back to school takes on a completely different meaning. It means that, somehow, we’re going from the busy, packed days of summer, to still getting all those activities done while also teaching a full day of school.
Use Your Words
Life is stressful. Being a parent is stressful. Homeschooling is stressful. Just about anything that we face in life is going to add a bit of stress. Teaching our children is less like the middle of Sound of Music where Maria is skipping through the fields playing a guitar and more like the end of the movie where there’s running and screaming and hiding. At least, that’s the way it is at my house.
Extracurricular Activities
I’ll be the first to admit, I’m a stay-at-home introvert. I don’t like to go out. I don’t like shepherding children on outings. I don’t enjoy the stress of making sure my kids don’t kill themselves, kill other people, get kidnapped by serial killers, or, worse, make a scene in public. When I had five kids I quit taking them all to the grocery store. It was too much. When I had seven kids I was pretty sure I was never leaving the house again. What with Amazon Prime, Walmart.com, and Walmart Grocery Pickup there was no longer any reason to enter a store.