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What is the Eclectic Homeschool Style?

What is the Eclectic Homeschool Style?

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What is the eclectic (flexible) homeschool method? What does this mean in the day-to-day? Eclectic homeschooling means it’s going to vary from family to family depending on their life and child needs. Example: You can start school day once children wake up with reading materials like Charlotte Mason texts, classical style in the afternoon such as Latin and Writing, then multiple intelligences or Waldorf style for arts and sciences. There may be online supplemental activities for math or reading and…

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How to Homeschool Online: Top Five Picks

How to Homeschool Online: Top Five Picks

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What is homeschooling online? It means that the student learns using the internet courses provided on a computer through various resources. The lessons, assignments and even testing are done through the course online. Wherever you may have internet access, you can complete these lessons. Homeschool online may be a good option for you if you are working full time and trying to homeschool or if you have odd work shifts, or if you are traveling or move a lot. If…

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Unschooling: Learning Led by Life

Unschooling: Learning Led by Life

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What is Unschooling? What is unschooling? Unschooling is an educational approach where learning is guided by a child’s interests, curiosity, and everyday life rather than a fixed curriculum or traditional classroom structure. Instead of formal lessons, tests, or grades, children learn through real-world experiences like reading, playing, exploring hobbies, asking questions, and engaging in conversations. Parents act as facilitators by providing resources, support, and opportunities, trusting that children naturally learn when they are motivated and interested. The goal of unschooling…

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Spies, Ships, and Survival: Civil War Activities Made Engaging

Spies, Ships, and Survival: Civil War Activities Made Engaging

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Activities and Engaging extensions that go beyond the battles! Learning about the Civil War can sometimes be boring. Let’s face it. Most of us do not have the priority to major or minor in History. Some of us may be history buffs or have a fascination with history but overall, I’d say most of us do not prefer that over another hobby. This curriculum is designed for THREE boys who have very different in learning styles and personalities, I decided…

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How the Civil War Battles Redefined America

How the Civil War Battles Redefined America

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UNIT 5: Civil War Final Battles Review & Paper Review Units 1-4 regarding the civil war and the major battles to prepare for your final paper. Unit 1 Overview of How it Began Unit 2 Overview of Battles Unit 3 Overview of Continued Fighting Unit 4 Overview of Final Battles Other Content/Info Paper Outline: Civil War Essay Criteria (for grading purposes) Write a 5-7+ paragraph essay about the Civil War from start to finish including: Here’s a rubric template that…

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What is the Charlotte Mason Method?

What is the Charlotte Mason Method?

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Charlotte Mason was a British educator from the 1800’s-1900’s who challenged and changed the ideas of standard learning through use of living textbooks and life experiences to teach students. She was a dramatic reformer in the ideas of what “learning” and “education” meant. She believed that children naturally learn in their environment through experience. Using discovery methods and creative storytelling, Charlotte Mason is a teaching style that incorporates topics and skills while also learning character and life skills with “living…

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What is the Montessori Method?

What is the Montessori Method?

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Who is Maria Montessori? Maria Montessori is a fascinating woman born in the 1800’s who defied the odds of gender and psychology. After gaining a degree in physics-mathematics, then a degree as a Doctor of Medicine and then a degree in psychology, she changed the fundamental ideas of education principles. Montessori boils down to one key concept: children explore and learn at their own pace with spontaneous interest. While she learned and gained her degrees, she worked with and observed…

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Who is the Modern Artist Damien Hirst?

Who is the Modern Artist Damien Hirst?

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Formaldehyde animals and dot art? Who is the wild and controversial modern artist Damien Hirst? When considering my modern art unit to teach our three boys, I wanted to pick something fitting of the “modern art” name. Strange, quirky and a little controversial, I thought this wild artist would entertain my three boys. As with most modern art, there is controversy and questions about “is this truly art?” and “what defines art?” Different from the classical art lessons before, Hirst…

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Civil War: Battling to the Bitter End

Civil War: Battling to the Bitter End

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A Civil War Curriculum that brings history to life… The Civil War is a vital time in our American culture in which the tides of civil liberties turned. Fresh off the Revolutionary War, the country wanted independence. Although there were concerns about President Lincoln leading the country, there was also a deep conflict between the North and South regarding slavery and industry booming. Since I wanted to teach our son the Civil War but make it unique to his age,…

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How to Handle Homeschool Burnout

How to Handle Homeschool Burnout

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Why a short term change up and breather is good and can help with homeschool burnout. As a party to homeschool burnout right now, I felt this article was necessary because I know our family is not alone. Our family had been forcing the schoolwork for a long time and our three wild boys were going stir-crazy. We were feeling the burnout because of sickness across our whole family and feeling forced to get long checklists done. Then a long…

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