It may seem like a blast from the past! But paper dolls are a really useful thing to keep in your homeschool toolkit. We used paper dolls for years throughout our homeschooling and found all kinds of uses for them. They helped us to bring literature to life, explore history and culture – … More
Educational coloring books are a great tool to have in your homeschool toolkit! Not only do they develop hand and eye coordination, but coloring activates the logic part of the brain, and generates a creative mindset. My children have always loved coloring books (and still do!). Choosing educational coloring books to go with our homeschool project really … More
I normally see a lot of new people on the site in January, so I thought to kick off 2016 I would share a list of my top ten favorite homeschooling books (in no particular order!). It is quite an eclectic list – something for everyone 🙂 They are mostly books about homeschooling – or ones … More
I love the way that life will often present to me two sides of a coin, and leave me to draw my own conclusions. Take the case of two ladies that I know. JM didn’t have a very academic education, and gave up her chance to go to university to clear the way for … More
I have talked a little bit about technology and homeschooling on this blog before, so I thought you would all be interested in an article from today’s guest blogger. Lindsey Wright is fascinated with the potential of emerging educational technologies, particularly the online school, to transform the landscape of learning. She writes about web-based learning, electronic and … More
One of the great things about homeschooling is that we can really tailor our kids education to their individual learning styles – and to our own unique homeschooling styles. Of course one of the problems we face is how to make this work when we join our kids up to a class – or bringing … More
One book that has had quite a big impact on my life is ‘What do I do when I want to do Everything’ by Barbara Sher.* In the book she discusses the concept of ‘scanners’. A scanner is someone who thrives on having several projects on the go – or moves on from a project … More
I love that we as homeschoolers literally have the whole world at our fingertips! Internet access gives us access to so much knowledge and information – and to people that we otherwise would never have access to. I came across this interesting video about connectivism – a theory that learning exists not within a person … More
