My Experience with My Father's World Adventures in U.S. History

Written by Jessica.

I’ve never been a fan of pre-packaged or all-in-one curricula. I’ve always thought that part of the advantage of homeschooling is being able to pick and choose the curriculum for each subject and come up with a personal plan for the school year that’s unique to each family or child within that family. Gathering curriculum and piecing things together always seemed more frugal, more tailored, more…homeschool-y? And then, there was last summer.

What We're Reading in June 2018

This just in...

Homeschool mother goes to a used book sale and comes home with an excessive amount of books. And also...water is wet!

This was me last week at the Teach Them Diligently Ohio conference, and I'm not sorry. Not even a little bit.

I was giving a few workshops at the conference, but on my downtime, I buried myself under a pile of books in the vendor hall. I came home with a bag full of treasures. (I shared them all in my Instastories the other day. Did you catch it?)

Some of them, I'll be giving away. Some of them, I'll be tucking away. The rest, I'll be passing around to my kids to be read in the coming days.

(We've turned the page on the 2017-2018 school year, so the grade levels listed reflect the graduation of each of my kids.)

Here's what we'll be reading this month.

Teaching Textbooks 3.0: Learning for the Digital Age

Once upon a time, I hated math and my kids did too. But then I Providentially stumbled upon Teaching Textbooks and like manna from the heavens, it was exactly what we all needed. My kids love math now. In fact, it's not unusual for my oldest son to plunk away at long division and complete an entire assignment even before the rest of us have rolled out of bed in the morning.

Top Resources for Developing a Christian Worldview of Current Events

Written by Abby of 4onemore.com.

As a Christian parent, it can sometimes be difficult to keep my kids informed about current events. So many headlines are frightening, gritty, and brimming with adult themes. And while I want my kids to experience the world, I don't want them to be crushed by it. Rather, I want to give them bite-sized chunks of history-in-the-making and teach them to view current culture through a Christian worldview.

Gentle Schooling for Summer 2018

Our school books are closed. Our Math CDs are put away. We've filled out our end-of-the-year interviews and have taken our first-day-of-summer bike ride to the neighborhood ice cream shop. Admittedly, we haven't tied up every loose end of the 2017-2018 school year, but we've no plan to. That's not our way. I'm a firm believer and have seen from the experiences of others that nothing will bleed a homeschool quite like slogging through worksheets and textbooks through the summer, especially for those of us who live in the near tundra and only experience nice, outdoorsy type weather for seven seconds each year.