(As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn commissions for purchases made through links provided in this post. Thank you for your support!) If you read my Top 10 Biology Lab Supplies post, you know that I try to keep homeschooling costs low by buying lab supplies that can be used for several years. Many of the… Continue reading Tip #31 Top 10 Chemistry Lab Tools
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Tip #30 Top 10 Biology Lab Supplies
(As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn commissions for purchases made through links provided in this post. Thank you for your support!) The decision to homeschool through high school is not an easy one. The stakes are higher. The curriculum is more rigorous. The need for expensive lab supplies seems eminent. I have discovered you do… Continue reading Tip #30 Top 10 Biology Lab Supplies
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Tip #25: Buy the label maker and the high volume printer
As this school year wraps up, my household is getting super excited about summer. As teachers, out summers are spent half preparing for next year, but in a good way. Surely I am not the only one to find joy in restocking supplies, finding awesome back to school deals, and maybe picking up something new… Continue reading Tip #25: Buy the label maker and the high volume printer
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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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Teaching Tip #18: Getting started with dual credit classes in homeschool
(This post contains an Amazon Affiliate link) My high school senior is at our local community college right now in her Intro to Psychology class. She is also enrolled in College Algebra and Art Appreciation. This is the first year when she has taken more than on dual credit class in a semester. Looking back… Continue reading Teaching Tip #18: Getting started with dual credit classes in homeschool
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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
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Teaching Tip Tuesday #13: Using Google Classroom in homeschool
One of the changes that I made to our homeschool this year was moving from a traditional paper planner to a digital planner for daily lesson planning. I still have a planner binder that I use to store documents for school, clubs, events, etc., but the day to day lessons are organized on Google Classroom.… Continue reading Teaching Tip Tuesday #13: Using Google Classroom in homeschool
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Tuesday Teaching Tip #8: Make a Christmas Around the World unit for December
(As an Amazon Associate, I receive commission for purchases made through Amazon links in this post.) If you ask my youngest, who is now a freshman in high school, what her favorite things about being homeschooled have been, she will tell you she loved centers on Fridays (preschool and elementary school) and Christmas Around the… Continue reading Tuesday Teaching Tip #8: Make a Christmas Around the World unit for December
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Tuesday Teaching Tip #6: Use an art cart
Throughout the years, I have tried various means of keeping up with art supplies. When the kids were younger, the paper, washable markers, crayons, glue sticks, and little scissors were kept tidy on a shelf in the pantry. As they grew older and our art lessons branched into paints, watercolors, chalk pastels, oil pastels, etc.,… Continue reading Tuesday Teaching Tip #6: Use an art cart
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Tuesday Teaching Tip #5: Homeschooling is not a one time decision. It is a daily one.
Whether you teach in a classroom or at home, there are good days and there are no-to-good days. In the classroom, the kids go home at the end of the day. There are breaks for lunch, gym, and recess. In a homeschool setting, the kids are always there, along with the household demands. There are… Continue reading Tuesday Teaching Tip #5: Homeschooling is not a one time decision. It is a daily one.
