(I am not affiliated with any of the companies or compensated for any of the links in this post) I have one child left in homeschool. My older two have graduated; one is continuing at the community college where my kids did dual credit, and the other has maxed out her community college contribution to… Continue reading What we are using for 10th grade English Language Arts
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Tip #31 Top 10 Chemistry Lab Tools
(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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Teaching Tip #28: Back-to-School sales on school supplies
(This post contains Amazon Affiliate links to products. Purchases made through these links help to support the blog. Thanks!) The Back-to-School sales have begun! Admittedly, I get less excited about this now than I did when my kids were younger. When we were homeschooling pre-k and elementary school, I purchased ample supplies of crayons, washable… Continue reading Teaching Tip #28: Back-to-School sales on school supplies
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Time Saver: Exams Aligned to the Curriculum
For homeschool moms of high school students, finding curriculum is one of the biggest summer jobs (and stressors). I created a FREE year of lesson plans for biology for the homeschool community, but until this week, all of the exams were only available with the individual Unit Bundles or the Complete Biology Curriculum Bundle. I… Continue reading Time Saver: Exams Aligned to the Curriculum
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Tip #22: Leave space on Fridays
I am a huge believer in a four-day school week for homeschool, especially high school. Life always happens. Days get interrupted. Leaving space on Fridays has the solution. When my children were in elementary school, I left space on Fridays, but in a different way. We used Fridays for field trips, hands-on centers, and educational… Continue reading Tip #22: Leave space on Fridays
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Simplifying my life by making laundry detergent at home.
This may sound backwards, but I have made my life easier by making something at home: laundry detergent. Doubters, hear me out. I use four ingredients: dish detergent, Borax, and washing soda, and water. I mix them in an empty one gallon water bottle and then use 1/4 to fill a quart size bottle that… Continue reading Simplifying my life by making laundry detergent at home.
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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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Tuesday Teaching Tip #16: Knowing when to pivot
Homeschooling is not all sunshine and rainbows. Do not get me wrong, I love the educational opportunity and lifestyle that homeschool has given us. In fact, I am planning a future on post on reasons to love homeschooling. But sometimes, things are just not working and a change is required. Not because of a rough… Continue reading Tuesday Teaching Tip #16: Knowing when to pivot
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Five ways for your students to fall in love with Biology
Use videos to help explain complex topics, like Amoeba Sisters and Crash Course Biology. Teach concepts with fun, hands-on experiences. Labs can be engaging and fun without specialized equipment or complicated prep. Use models! Engage students by building models of biological systems. Explaining the process and drawing parallels between models and real-world phenomena utilizes critical… Continue reading Five ways for your students to fall in love with Biology
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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
