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Homeschool Lesson Objectives
Is this a skill, topic or project-based lesson? Lesson planning for homeschool starts with a lesson objective – a purpose to the lesson. The learning objective may be to teach/practice...
TV as a Teaching Tool
Screen time is one of the most contentious phrases when it comes not just to education but to parenting in general. How much is too much? Will TV rot their...
Using Audiobooks in Home Education
The purpose of writing is to transfer thoughts, stories or information via words to someone else. Once written on paper and passed to us, we call the process of absorbing...
Homeschool Supplies
It is very easy to get carried away shopping for homeschool essentials! But the truth is, you don't actually need a lot of supplies to homeschool efficiently.
Using Documentaries in Home-Ed Lessons
Why use documentaries in home-ed lessons? Encouraging homeschoolers to sit down and watch TV sounds counterproductive but if what they’re watching is entertaining enough to pass as TV, if the...
Take Lessons Outside..
Never be within doors when you can rightly be without Charlotte MasonVol 1: Home Education Part II Out of Door Life For The Children A daily dose of nature is...
Writing a Homeschool Lesson Plan
Lesson planning can be an overwhelming thought when you’re starting homeschooling. You might know what you need to teach, but how to teach it..isn’t that something teachers train for years...
Teaching Shakespeare at Home
Poetry, prose, etymology.. Shakespeare’s writings are something no literature curriculum is complete without. If you’re not an English teacher the idea of teaching Shakespeare might be daunting – even if...
Virtual School Trips
There is nothing to compare with the experience of physically visiting galleries and museums with your homeschooled children, but sometimes it’s just not possible. If you aren’t able to visit...