July 29, 2010 9:20 AM
Homeschooling Resources - Round-up coming - your input welcome!
Working on a new Mommy Moments for July/August - which I will be sending out via email next week. Since many of you will be gearing up for back-to-school - whether homeschool, public, private - this will be an Back-to-Schoolapalooza of ideas, suggestions, and links to get you excited about making the coming year the best it can be for your your kids.
If you have any resources you'd like to share with everyone, please email me.
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I have a few other projects going on - home reorganization and blog stuff - catching up on Giveaways and trying to make my blog more helpful.
Maddy's brother Zach is working on her website, which I will announce when complete.
I am currently sick to death of politics. You know I need a break when I turn to housework first :)
Thank you to some readers who've made major purchases - chandeliers and a video screen - from my amazon link. For anyone purchasing homeschool books and supplies, I hope you will consider going through my site. It's such a win/win situation - supporting this site and saving money at the same time
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I went to the OCEANetwork Home Education conference last month in Portland, Oregon. It was fantastic! My oldest is going into Kindergarten this year, so I'm going to be starting her on "My Father's World" curriculum. http://www.mfwbooks.com/
Two of my friends have used it and love it because it's Christ-centered, interactive, includes inexpensive activities using thing around the house, and most of the recommended books are readily available at local libraries. Also, it's easy to include younger children when needed(as opposed to constantly trying to find a way to occupy them).
Posted by: Rachel | July 29, 2010 7:26 PM
www.timberdoodle.com and www.scientificsonline.com.
Posted by: James | July 29, 2010 9:36 PM
Thanks for the link, Rachel. We're tying to decide between homeschooling or traditional school for our 5 year old and have been looking for curriculums to compare.
Posted by: Lauren | July 29, 2010 11:11 PM
Never give up on homeschooling high schoolers. It is possible. It is rewarding. And, the colleges and universities are now recognizing the potential of homeschooled students.
Apologia Sciences
Saxon Math
Lots and lots of classic reading
Dive cds (for math)
...and "TED talks" (google them) for inspiration !
Posted by: Kathie Hogan | July 30, 2010 5:41 AM
rainbowresources.com is a great place to get many many books and other items at a great price!
Posted by: Tiffany | July 30, 2010 8:47 AM
I found the forums on the Well-Trained Mind website to be the best EVER. Extremely well-informed parents. Everything you could ever want to know about homeschooling.
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/
Posted by: Amy K. | July 30, 2010 11:40 AM
I love the Veritas Press catalog for finding great reading suggestions, and I get them out of the library, when I can't afford to order everything.
Kathie, I hear you that it's possible, but I am homeschooling one high-schooler and sending one to our public school because every family and child has different needs and different seasons. I have taken quite a bit of judgement on this from fellow home schoolers, but we are prayed out and confident that this is the right thing for us. So. I didn't give up, I just choose differently.
Posted by: Sue | July 30, 2010 2:49 PM
We use both Mother of Divine Grace and Catholic Heritage Curricula as our "guide" for overall curriculum. MDG teaches history primarily through the joy of reading history-based fictional stories, in addition to childhood classics - I own the entire set of their lesson plans for this reason alone...but I value their recommendations across the board. My older children RAN to do their history and their science assignments with MDG. Catholic Heritage Curricula is very good at offering balance and I truly love their workbooks. We supplement with a lot of on-hands "stuff" which we generally purchase from Timberdoodle, MDG, Edmond Scientifics and more... My youngest son has high-functioning autism and we will be homeschooling him also. Timberdoodle has a center for autism which offers solidly organized ideas for approaching the education of an autistic child...this resource has been with us every step of the way. However, I think the benefit might vary depending upon the severety of autism.
Posted by: Suzanne Baird | July 30, 2010 3:48 PM
