You Don't Have to Finish Everything You Start ~ Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins “Oh my gosh, science is terrible,” I whispered to my husband as we made dinner the other night. I’d just spent an hour helping our youngest kids build “model animal habitats” out of plastic baggies and straws, …
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6 resources that inspire a love of learning
This post contains affiliate links. Jamie C. Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool, also blogs about motherhood at Steady Mom Finding the right resource for your homeschool at the right time is a breath of fresh air. It can feel like the missing link, the answer you've been looking for, the …
Summer art and science fun
Written by contributor Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. Once a year, our local museums - children's, history, art, and one aquarium - have a night in which, if you're a member of one, you can rotate through all the museums. They have a shuttle that takes members from one museum to …
Exploring Online Learning in our Homeschool
Written by Heather Bruggeman of beauty that moves I’m not sure I would have been a very good homeschooler fifteen years ago. You see, the internet is such a valuable, expansive place for us. I’m amazed nearly every day by the endless variety of resources available, both free and paid. We love …
4 Simple Methods for Teaching Elementary Science
Written by contributor Renee Tougas of FIMBY. This past spring all of us here at Simple Homeschool shared our curriculum choices. In my contribution to that series I talked about the curriculum we’ve used so far for elementary reading, writing, and math. But of course there is a lot more to …
