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Teaching Tip #20: Reasons to love homeschooling

Around this time of year in 2014, I had made the decision to homeschool. My husband had suggested it the year before, but as a prior public school teacher it took me awhile to get onboard with the idea. My eldest daughter has autism, and although she had done well in the preschool program for… Continue reading Teaching Tip #20: Reasons to love homeschooling

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Status update on making complete biology units for homeschoolers

Anyone who follows my store on TeachersPayTeachers.com has probably noticed that new biology products have been appearing rather consistently. Since deciding to create a biology curriculum last spring to use with my own homeschool ninth grader, the ideas have been flowing! Biology is best taught and learned with hands-on labs, games, and models. These units… Continue reading Status update on making complete biology units for homeschoolers

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Teaching Tip Tuesday #14: Print on colored cardstock

Printable games, flashcards, and hands-on manipulatives are awesome and low-prep ways to teach students, whether in homeschool or a large classroom. Printing on cardstock is a usually a necessity for these types of resources. Printing on colored cardstock is almost always my preference. Whether it is flashcards or trivia cards for a board game, I… Continue reading Teaching Tip Tuesday #14: Print on colored cardstock