I realize that the term “Complete Preschool Homeschool Curriculum” can be polarizing. I get it. In our home, however, Older Daughter taught herself to read prior to her 3rd birthday. She was (and still is) a sponge for learning and information. By reading great books to her and giving her
Before we talk about how to teach the art of STEAM in your homeschool, we need to backup one step, subtract the “A,” and talk about STEM for a moment. Probably all of us have heard of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education. STEM helps us learn by questioning, designing,
How to organize your homeschool for summer break sounds a bit like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Summer break is often when we put all the homeschool curriculum and supplies away and enjoy some time off. That’s for sure where our family is at this year. Swimming lessons have already begun
I can’t even say how many years we’ve been homeschooling, because it just became a natural part of our lives. Even before we began “formally” homeschooling, we were already teaching and training our children, and they were learning. Homeschooling families choose that educational path for a variety of reasons. Certainly,
When Older Daughter wakes up on October 31 and wants to write a Reformation Day rap…I say “Yes, let’s!” We had fun writing it together! © 2017 Nikilito’s WillmingTunes Check out our Reformation posts HERE and HERE.
We weren’t planning to purchase an actual curriculum from any company until Older Daughter was entering 1st grade. However, I asked my husband to look at the Sonlight website one evening years ago, and that was all it took. My husband, a true bibliophile, decided that night that we
Science studies can go in so many different directions these days. The inevitable Creation vs. evolution debate comes into play. Will you do dissections this year or avoid the formaldehyde for a while? Do you want to plan a lot of field trips or do mainly book study? And what