‘HOMESCHOOLING RESOURCES’ Archives
Resources, Resources: Off to the Summer Olympics!
Resources, Resources: Off to the Summer Olympics! By Rebecca Rupp For the summer Olympic season, try some of these: Brad Herzog’s G is for Gold Medal (Sleeping Bear Press, 2011) in an Olympics alphabet book in which each (alphabetical) Olympic feature is accompanied by a short rhyme and – for fact-lovers - side paragraphs with detailed [...]
Homeschooling Resources, Resources: MANY MOONS
Resources, Resources: MANY MOONS By Rebecca Rupp Anybody studying the moon? It’s a great lead-in to MOON DAY – which falls each year on July 20, the anniversary of the day in 1969 when Neil Armstrong took his giant leap for mankind. And, of course, it’s fascinating any old time. The Moon and Little Ones In Kevin Henkes’s, [...]
MAKE A SPLASH! THE SCIENCE OF WATER
MAKE A SPLASH! THE SCIENCE OF WATER By Becky Rupp Fill your summer with science with these fun water experiments from homeschooling's resource guru Becky Rupp! EXPERIMENT: EXPLODING MILK You will need: A bowl Water Milk Food coloring Liquid soap What to do: Fill the bowl about half full of water. Add a small amount of milk [...]
RATS! One of the Reasons Homeschooling Works So Well
RATS! One of the Reasons Homeschooling Works So Well By Linda Dobson Adapted from The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas: 500+ Fun and Creative Learning Activities The good news is that there is now enough research on learning to fill a set of encyclopedias many times over. The bad news is most of it is ignored by those who determine [...]
Educational Resources Homeschooling Families Love for 3- to 8-Year-Olds
Educational Resources Homeschooling Families Love for 3- to 8-Year-Olds By Linda Dobson Parent at the Helm shares many posts about how to use materials you already have for some fun learning with your 3- to 8-year-olds. Today, this post reveals a few more items that you don't necessarily already have, but homeschooling families consider [...]