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Are you looking for a fun way to continue homeschooling through the holiday season? Homeschooling with museums can be a special treat and educational at the same time! In my guest series over at Pandia Press, I write about ways to maximize your museum visit.
Homeschool How-To: Using Museums Museums are a valuable resource for homeschooling families. Whatever you’re studying, there’s a museum with resources that can help! In a new series of articles, I present ways you can use museums in your homeschool. You’ll read about the many types of museums that you can visit, and how to make…
November is shaping up to be a busy month for us! We started our very first history study in our homeschool – prehistory! If you’d like some ideas about how to set up your own homeschool prehistory study, read on! We’ll get into some recommendations for books and projects, as well as ideas for further…
Planning Curriculum: Essential Questions Are you teaching history or science in your homeschool? Then my new video about essential questions is for you. You’ll see several examples of units and their essential questions, both in history and in science, and hear my thoughts on why planning units with essential questions is so beneficial. What is…
Are you thinking about buying a microscope for kids? Microscopes are amazing science tools that can greatly enhance your child’s learning experience. Wondering what to buy, which features are important, or how much it could cost? I wrote a recent guest post on Pandia Press’s blog called Microscopes for Kids. Does my child need a…
Homeschool Kindergarten: Plans for 2018-19 It’s an exciting time in our household as we leave preschool behind, shifting into the next phase of our homeschooling: homeschool kindergarten! A few factors came together to produce this change: My son turned five at the beginning of the summer. So the people who’ve been asking us since Age…
Struggling with what to do for homeschool science? Fear not! Citizen science is an easy way for your family to get involved in real science. You don’t need fancy equipment or a ton of space – you can pick a project that works for you! What is citizen science? Simply put, citizen science is real science…