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outdoor learning homeschool activities
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Friday, 08 May 2020 / Published in * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

25+ Fun Outdoor Learning Homeschool Activities

  Have you considered taking your homeschool outdoors? A wide variety of outdoor homeschool activities await your child. Not only does outdoor learning help foster decision making skills, independence, and confidence, but it also gives your child a chance for hands-on, kinesthetic learning. Create an outdoor backpack with a water bottle, nature journal, Bible, and
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teach fractions
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Wednesday, 06 May 2020 / Published in * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Using Literature to Teach Fractions

  Many of us use a curriculum to teach math, but using literature to teach math can be a great teaching tool. I am continuing this math literature series with some of the best books to teach fractions. With my love for literature and math, it only makes sense to combine the two so I
homeschoolhomeschoolingsusan reedusing literature to teach fractions
school outside
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Friday, 01 May 2020 / Published in * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Take School Outside!

  Spring has sprung! The world outside is filled with flowers, the grass is a little greener, and the sky is a little brighter. How on earth can you stay inside and do school? It’s time to take school outside! I was in elementary school in the late sixties, early seventies. Some of my teachers
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make your own quill pen
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Wednesday, 29 April 2020 / Published in * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

History Project: Make Your Own Quill Pen and Ink

  We’ve been studying the early modern period this year in our homeschool, so we decided to do a project that would help us to experience what life was like during this time in history. We wondered how much more work it may have been not to have a modern pen to write with but
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jelly beans at easter
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Tuesday, 28 April 2020 / Published in * Holidays, * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Jelly Beans at Easter

  As Easter rolls around, one of my favorite candy treats hits the shelves… jelly beans! Traditional, sour, theme-flavored – I like almost all of them (well, maybe except those weird flavored ones and black licorice). But jelly beans are so much more than candy when it comes to Easter and a great way to
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teach division
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Friday, 24 April 2020 / Published in * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Using Literature to Teach Division

  Many of us use a curriculum to teach math, but using literature to teach math can be a great teaching tool. I am continuing this math literature series with some of the best books to teach division. With my love for literature and math, it only makes sense to combine the two so I
homeschoolhomeschoolingsusan reedusing literature to teach division
nature study
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Tuesday, 14 April 2020 / Published in * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

Joys of Nature Study In Your Own Backyard

  With the whole world locking down because of the Coronavirus, it’s time for some creative nature study right in your own backyard! Here are some great ways to explore and enjoy nature that are simple, easy, and fun!   Birds Birds are so beautiful. There are so many species to enjoy in any given
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curriculum
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Friday, 10 April 2020 / Published in * Teaching Methods, Articles, Blog

It’s Not Working

  Tears filled my eyes as I stood watching my son. He threw his paper on the floor and curled his body in a ball. Our choice of curriculum worked academically and was a perfect fit. Or so it seemed. Fighting and attitudes were the norm in our school. My daughter trembled as she fumbled
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