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What’s Your Why? The Heart Behind Homeschooling

What’s Your Why? The Heart Behind Homeschooling

What is your goal? This is the heart of your homeschooling. It’s important to know your why before you start. In homeschooling, there’s likely a major reason you chose to homeschool. Perhaps it was safety, special needs or content control. But there are also deeper reasons that are at the core beliefs and values of your family dynamic that spur you towards homeschooling. Your child may be very good at reading or writing and you want to give them opportunities…

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Homeschool On the Rise: Safety

Homeschool On the Rise: Safety

Homeschool Rising for Safety & Environment Public and Private School Statistics According to the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES): one of the top three reasons for homeschooling in the last five years has been safety. Over 80% of parents chose safety as one of their primary reasons for making the switch to homeschooling in the past few years. [1] So what does “safety” mean to parents when they are deciding to homeschool? It can mean safety from bullying, harassment, physical harm,…

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Homeschooling & Working Full Time

Homeschooling & Working Full Time

Homeschooling & Working: How to Balance Work and Teaching Working full time and homeschooling IS possible. Working full time and homeschooling can be a challenge. Whereas many families have one parent working and the other staying at home to homeschool, more families these days are making working and homeschooling a possibility. It just takes a bit of upfront organization and commitment. Anyone can work and homeschool with a bit of planning and support. From managing hours to working from home…

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Before the First Shot: The Road to Civil War

Before the First Shot: The Road to Civil War

Unit 1 Curriculum: How it Began (1860-1861) I’ll be honest – I am not a history buff and I am definitely terrible at history. Growing up in public school, my history consisted of 20 minutes a week tops for history vocab words and few lectures. I don’t know if I ever truly learned about the history of my own country. But creating this curriculum for our almost highschooler was eye-opening. Who would’ve thought that I would learn more about history…

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How to Homeschool All Grades in One Day

How to Homeschool All Grades in One Day

How can you teach all grades in one day easily and with organization? A friend of mine with four children recently asked me about the ideas I might have for homeschooling so many different levels in one day. And I realized that yes, those of us with multiple children are bound to encounter seasons of life when our children are all at very different levels. And it can get a little overwhelming sometimes. Right now my friend has an early…

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Warhol Wonder: A Vibrant Printmaking Adventure for Kids

Warhol Wonder: A Vibrant Printmaking Adventure for Kids

Printmaking, pop art color lithographs and soup cans. Many pop art projects for any age depending on what challenge level you wish to undertake. After reviewing many books about Warhol and his pop art, I decided to get ambitious and try “Kitchen Lithographs” by using everyday household items to create the common prints that Warhol made. While intentions were good and materials were decent, the result was more challenging than I expected. This is an art project for older students….

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Fresh ingredients being prepared on a rustic wooden table, showcasing vibrant vegetables and hands at work.
Homeschooling in the Kitchen: Home Ec Cooking

Homeschooling in the Kitchen: Home Ec Cooking

Get home ec cooking in your homeschool everyday… Whether intentional or unintentional is a great skill for anyone in any generation! For our family, cooking is a necessity. Three growing teen boys who are “starving” all the time, we have to cook and cook creatively. Otherwise, we’d be broke. Oh wait, we are. Never have I believed the sentiment more: “eating us out of house and home.” Whether you have a large family like us or a small one, cooking…

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Set Sail & Steal: A Pirate’s Life in Plunder

Set Sail & Steal: A Pirate’s Life in Plunder

Loot, Betray, Repeat playing Plunder board game that has tactical thrills and is a tactile joy. Plunder is a beautifully designed strategy-based, nautical-themed board game where players command pirate ships in a race to dominate the seas. The objective is to be the first to collect 10 Plunder Points by expanding territories, upgrading ships, and engaging in battles. Gameplay Overview: How to Play: Setting up this fun board is half the adventure. If you’re looking for a board game that…

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After the Empire: Competitive Medieval Fun

After the Empire: Competitive Medieval Fun

A fun and intriguing board game with cards, resources and building. Set up a colorful board filled with options for gathering resources, cards for bonuses and more. Be careful to build your castle before the invasion! Choose your region (with you be the North men or the vikings?) Then start your castle of wood and begin to upgrade. But beware! At the end of every round – after you have made your selections for that round, you will be attacked!…

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Van Eyck’s Man in a Red Turban: Renaissance Brilliance

Van Eyck’s Man in a Red Turban: Renaissance Brilliance

A study in Self-Image, Symbolism, and Innovation in Early Northern Renaissance Art – with Van Eyck’s Red Turban Few portraits in Western art history are as quietly compelling—and curiously witty—as Jan van Eyck’s Man in a Red Turban. Painted in 1433, this striking image of a man with a piercing gaze and boldly wrapped headwear has fascinated scholars and art lovers alike for centuries. But beyond its technical brilliance lies something deeper: a subtle interplay of humor, self-awareness, and personal…

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