Showing posts with label Carnival of Homeschooling. Show all posts
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Wednesday 13 May 2015

Carnival of Homeschooling for May {471 Edition}

Welcome to the 471st edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling where home school families share their home school wisdom with us from all over the world via their blogs.
This month we have over 70 links to homeschool support letters, advice, encouragement, free printables, unit studies, round up posts and much much more.  Grab a cup of your favourite beverage and take a trip around the world wide web for the best of the best encouragement and resources in the homeschool blogging world this month.


Carnival of Homeschooling was started by the Cate Family over at Why Homeschool and has been a tremendous source of home school support and information over the years to the homeschooling community.  We appreciate your support and monthly submissions.
 

This Week
 Why Homeschooling
Every Bed of Roses

 Trivium Pursuit 

 MathFour.com

Notes from a Homeschooled Mom

Solagratiamom
  • The US Preamble and Lichtenstein Art Looking to combine our fine arts with our history studies; we dressed up like the Statue of Liberty, and made some pop art using US symbols! 
  • Fossil Fun Studying the science or Origins and Catastrophism, we explored the fossil layer with some hands on experiments, and had a fun animal themed dress-up! 
  • Gooey Bubbly Elements Fun! Some messy, fun element experiments that are easy to do and loved by kids both young and old! 

 Petticoat Government

Learning Curve
  • How to Build a Solar Oven Hands on science fun as we walk you through the building of a solar oven and the results of two attempts at using it. 
  • World War 2 - Unit Study A live show, survivor interviews and a museum trip are just a few of the interesting educational experiences in this unit study of World War 2. Travel back as you read about living on top of the Battle of the Bulge, George Marshall and the Marshall Plan and a host of books and video resources to enhance your study. 

Let's Play Math
 Journey and Destination

 Fill Your Bookshelf
A Net in Time
  • Missionary Monday: Ida Kahn Ida Kahn was an unwanted Chinese girl... too many children in a poor home. Adopted she was educated and became a doctor to her people. This is her story.
  • Thinking Thursday: Protagoras Protagoras, a greek sophist philosopher. His way of thinking is still current today. 
The Every Day of Education

Journey & Destination
  • Teaching Children to Wonder & Admire Teaching children to wonder & admire - the use of literary books in science; some thoughts on The Story Book of Science by Jean Henri Fabre 
Big Family Blessings

Life at Rossmont

Year Round Homeschooling


Year Round Homeschooling

Gypsy Road

Golden Grasses
  • Spring Dinner Dance Yearly spring Dinner/ Dance for area homeschool high school students with Mystery Dinner served by parents, tons of fun games and of course, dancing!
  • D.D. in 5 Fast and furious trip to D.C. for dh's conference. We crammed in some awesome sight-seeing, ate a Crab shack and dipped our toes in the Chesapeake.
  • 9 Ways to Succeed as a Homeschooler 9 Simple Ways to Succeed as a Homeshcooler

I Choose Joy!

Enrichment Studies Blog
  • FREE for a limited time: Women Artists of the Renaissance Fine Art Pages For a limited time folks can get our full Women Artists of the Renaissance Fine Art Pages collection for FREE when they sign up for our newsletter! This is a $6 art appreciation product. Parents can easily print the fine art pages at home and display them around the house for pain-free, organic art enjoyment. :)

A Peace of Mind
  • Worth Neglecting! What really matters? What do I need to focus on most in this season of life? Do I have a goal for my home and family? Do I have one for myself ? I cannot tell you how many things have come my way recently telling me to list those things that really matter – to relax and ponder and pray more – to seek after joy and peace no matter the mess. And who doesn’t have a mess when you are a homeschoolers with a bunch of eager and creative children?
  • What About Miss Mason Charlotte Mason says “Education is a discipline, education is an atmosphere and education is a life.” She encourages us to see our children as born people — when nurtured on a feast of noble ideas through “living” books, picture studies, nature studies (those things typically considered to be “extras” ) our children are better able to develop their own ideas utilizing all around them: God’s world in nature, art, literature, history, music and, of course, God’s written Word. Surely we want our children to have a worldview with the Bible at the center of it all :-)
  • Do My Kids Hear Joy in the Lifestyle We Have Chosen ? I admit it, if you have been reading lately, we are struggling a bit right now. The passion is waning; the time I put into this ~ our own homeschooling days just aren’t so full of joy. In fact, I’ve been feeling sort of burnt out on the whole homeschooling thing. There are days I really do want to toss my kids on a bus to someone else.
  • Book Nook - Folk Tales I think my son wants to be a lumberjack when he grows up now; I do know that he cannot wait to try some of this out himself one day! yikes. Even I had no idea about some of this; the things these guys do ~ Its amazing!

The Arrowood Zoo
  • Dyslexia Myths & Tips" As I have watched 2 boys (one dyslexic, one not) have learning issues and them personally give there all these are myths and comments from various sources that have really bothered me at some point and time. They are lazy. Oh, they will grow out of it. They really should try harder."
  • Dyslexia Reading Stages "In order to become a good reader, a child will need to first learn to decode words and have word recognition skills. Some children naturally progress easily with minimal help and guidance, like my daughter however both of my boys have been totally different. A child with Dyslexia will not be able to learn easily and they will need lots of assistance and instruction tailored to their need."
  • DIY Whisper Phone "Whisper Phone... Your probably doing just like I was - What in the world is a whisper phone? Like we need more phones - right? Whisper phones are used so that the child can HEAR what they are saying. The phone supports and helps build phonemic awareness, which helps build their reading skills. My son has a problem saying one sound and thinking it is another and actually just not being able to hear himself has caused him a lot of trouble while reading and spelling."
  • Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Homeschooling... "I have been homeschooling 9 years this August and time and life has changed so many times over the years. When I started homeschooling my family didn't even have internet! Learning the ropes was extremely hard and unforgiving.
    Here are a few things I've learned over the years:
    1.Don't worry about what everyone else is doing.
    2. You don't have to answer the phone in the middle of a lesson - Nor feel guilty about it.
    3. A meal plan is your friend."

Counting Our Blessings

In All You Do

Homeschool Coffee Break
Puddle Jumping

Tales of a Homeschool Family

Tots and Me...Growing Up Together

Daily Life
  • Free Printables for 30 Days In honor of turning 30 I am posting a new free printable on my blog every day for 30 days. There will be different subjects and age ranges. This is the first post and will have links to each day's printable.

Our Worldwide Classroom

Some Call It Natural
Carnival of Homeschooling for June {472 Edition}

Next months Carnival will be hosted over at Notes From a Homeschool Mom


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Saturday 14 June 2014

Carnival of Homeschooling {Edition # 441}

Welcome to the 441st edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling where home school families share their homeschool wisdom with us from all over the world via their blogs.


Carnival of Homeschooling was started by the Cate Family over at Why Homeschool and has been a tremendous source of home school support and information.


This Week

Over at Why Homeschool  Janine shares 10 things I have learned about educating children over our 15 years of homeschooling.

  Sharon from over at Awakening Your True Self shares: " There is much fanfare over the first day of the New Year and many people make resolutions about things that they will start or stop doing when January 1st rolls around. I do not limit myself to starting over on the first day of January, as sometimes the early days or months of a new year seem more like what I wanted to leave behind than what I planned to carry forward. " Creating the Life You Want To Live


Sola Gratia Mom shares The Wisdom of a Weed I need to weed my garden more often, so I don't have those weeds that take up residence and are difficult to remove. There is much wisdom in the weeds....


Kerin from over at Vocabuverse is still writing a dictionary! Be sure to take a look at this clever rhyme What is 24 Hour Time ?

Jennifer encourages us to remember that Sometimes, It’s Okay To Turn Back over at Home Grown Mommy


Carol asks: "Do any of you, like me, have curriculum sitting on your shelf, that if you are honest with yourself, you will probably never use? I want to share some experiences I’ve learned about money and homeschooling in a podcast with guest Susan Raber." Read more about Money Myths Homeschool Moms Believe. Dollars and Sense Show #13 over at Homeschool CPA

 Over at Today's Trial is Tomorrow's Testimony Jennifer shares some thoughts on beginning homeschooling..

Family, Faith, and Fridays

Michele over at Family, Faith, and Friday's shares their favourite curriculum choices for 2013-2014.


 This week Sarah over at Delivering Grace shares her insights on The Cost of Home Education.

Jen has made some FREE Workbox Labels over at the Chestnut Grove Academy for you. Jen also has a tutorial to make a DIY turning an Ikea Lack Table into a Light Table.

 If your looking for a summer reading list take a look at Our Summer Reading Plans at Raventhreads. Be encouraged to Keep Your Children in the Word All Summer.

 Teaching and understanding fractions can be challenging.  The Canadian Homeschooler shares a list of resources to help with Teaching Your Kids About ... Fractions.

Ben and Me

Marcy from over at Ben and Me shares her thoughts on So You Think You Want to Homeschool? 10 Things You Should Know

Finch n Wren


Wren shares her thoughts on her 5th essential for Homeschooling: LOVE over at Finchwren.

For the Display of His Splendor

Ever wondered why some families home educate ? You can read why over at For The Display of His SplendorHomeschool Essential: Kids and Why We Started Homeschooling


Tara over at This Sweet Life shares their favourite 5th Grade Homeschool Curricula. 



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D is for Decisions ?? Kym from over at Homeschool Coffee Break discusses some important things to consider when thinking about curriculum and your homeschool for the new year ahead.

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Are you Considering Homeschooling ?  If you are Jenn over at Simblissity shares some thoughts in this three part series.

In celebration of the World Cup I have put together a post of links for a unit study covering Brazil, soccer and the world cup.

Thank you for visiting the carnival this week may you be as I have been.


Blessings

Chareen 


Next weeks Carnival will be hosted by Constance over at The Foodie Army Wife.
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Saturday 15 March 2014

Carnival of Homeschooling {Edition # 428}

Welcome to the 428th edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling where home school families share their homeschool wisdom with us from all over the world via their blogs.

Carnival of Homeschooling was started by the Cate Family over at Why Homeschool and has been a tremendous source of home school support and information.

This Week . . .

Annie Kate from over at Tea time with Annie Kate shares Not Finishing the School Year We have been learning in a delight-directed way for over a decade and a half, and we've been fallen into some common pitfalls. Once you know what they are, you can more easily avoid them.


Too often schools are trying to push political agendas by Henry Cate over at Why Homeschool. He shares another reason he is glad they are homeschooling.



Denise from over at Let's Play Math shares Pi Day Roundup. Math holiday alert: March 14th is Pi Day! Here are some ideas to help you celebrate…


Eclectic Momma

Christy from over at Eclectic Momma shares some practical suggestions for Everyday Math:  Grocery Store Math  

David shares some insights to Practical Training over at Bruggie Tales.  Now that the oldest have started in the world, we are still able to give some practical training and opportunities, even if it just providing a testing bed for their great ideas!



Shirley from over at There's No Place Like Home shares My Answer to a Common Concern about Homeschooling This post is a response to a common misconception that unschooling is always about fun and games, and, therefore, unschooled kids will never learn about responsibility. I specifically wrote about how our approach for high school is different in that we tailor-made a curriculum around the show "Sherlock" for our daughter.

As We Walk Along the Road

Leah from over at As We Walk Along The Road shares some thoughts on When Homeschooling Isn't Fun 

Julie from over at The Smallest Acre shares: We're still trying to learn how to successfully incorporate field trips. An opportunity came up and we decided to go for it. Fun was had by all. We're already planning our next field trip. Could this be the beginnings of a global student? Read some more at Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum


Today over at Living Life and Learning you can find out more about ways for your toddler to have some fun with straws and work on their find motor skills. Fine motor activity with straw


Sola Gratia Mom shares sometime Korean Lamb Towels & Silly First Law of Thermodynamics "Magic" 


Thank you for visiting the carnival this week may you be as encouraged as I have been reading what has been shared.

Blessings

Chareen 

Next weeks Carnival will be hosted at To be Advised


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Wednesday 20 November 2013

Carnival of Homeschooling {Edition # 412}


Welcome to the 412th edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling where home school families share their homeschool wisdom with us from all over the world via their blogs.

Carnival of Homeschooling was started by the Cate Family over at Why Homeschool and has been a tremendous source of home school support and information.

This Week . . .

Ben and Me
Marcy from over at Ben and Me shares E is for Everyday Epistles. . You too can become a walking epistle! Memorize the entire book of Philippians in 28 weeks!


A Slice of Homeschool Pie
How We Use Stuffed Animals In Our Homeschool over at A Slice of Homeschool Pie. Read about how this family use stuffed animal toys to create a happy learning environment in their day to day school activities.  Yes Mom plays too :)



 3rd and 4th Grade Grammar and Spelling---How We Do It for Free! Susan from over at Homeschooling Hearts & Minds explains how she is doing 3rd and 4th grade language arts for free, the philosophy behind it, and links to free resources so others can follow a similar path.



 Lisa Marie from over at The Canadian Homeschooler is sharing some thoughts on Bullying Awareness Week. A full list of resources and information for you can be found here.


Cristi from over at Through the Calm and Through the Storm is sharing This Year's Favorite Crew Review Items. Christi has a show and tell of their families top ten products and why they are still using them.



52 Homeschool Tips for Every Homeschooler – #27 Use Bath Time as Learning Time Tawnee is doing a series on Homeschool Tips for Every Homeschooler over at Adventures in Homeschooling and todays tips covers Bath time learning.


Crystal shares all about her families Our Sugar Cube Castle! Homeschool Fun! over at Crystal Starr Blog. See the process and adventures to be had building a Sugar Cube Castle.




Homeschooling and the What If game by Janine Cate over at Why Homeschool. She shares because we, as homeschoolers, have a nearly endless supply of educational options, it can be very hard to be satisfied with our choices.


Annie Kate from over at Tea time with Annie Kate shares Delight-Directed Learning, Part 1: Pitfalls We have been learning in a delight-directed way for over a decade and a half, and we've been fallen into some common pitfalls. Once you know what they are, you can more easily avoid them.


Barbara from over at Barbara Frank online shares some thoughts this week One response to the question, "How many hours a day do you homeschool your kids?" in her post  How Many Hours?


Highhill Homeschool
Julie from over at Highhill Education shares some great resources for a Rome Unit Study - Government and Military. Please join us each week as we continue to learn about Ancient Rome through books, videos and activities. At Highhill Education we believe kids learn best when they are having fun. We do lots of entertaining and education activities which support this philosophy.

Knowing what the Bill of Rights guarantees us and fighting to not let those rights be taken away will keep our country strong. Do your children know what those rights represent? Chris from over at Homeschool vs Public School is working his way through the Bill of Rights with a short post each day covering a different aspect. This week he shares on Bill of Rights 7th, 8th,9th &10th Amendments. 


Sarah over at Mustard Seed Mommy shares An Introduction to Tot School this week. This post is an intro on how Mustard Seed Mommy's family has introduced tot school into their day to day life.


Katherine from over at No Fighting, No Biting shares some thoughts on children learn at their own paceand what to do with extra-curricular activities when a child is in multiple grades?


Suzie's Home Education Ideas

Suzie from over at Suzie's Home Education Ideas shares about the different learning activities her son has been doing to learn about fractions. 10+ ways to play with Fractions contains links to FREE printable resources to help your children learn fractions.




Kate from over at The Alternative Family introduces us to …The ‘Grow-Learn-Go’ Series   a free book for your Kindle.



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Bernadette over at the Barefoot Hippie Girl shares some thoughts on What to Do When You Run Out of Fuel 



Navigating By Joy

 Lucinda from over at Navigating By Joy shares some great resources on Hands-On Russian History

 


Thank you for visiting the carnival this week may you be as encouraged as I have been reading what has been shared.

Blessings

Chareen 

Next weeks Carnival will be hosted at Petticoat Government
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