Let’s talk typing! Many people now consider it a more essential skill than handwriting (and especially cursive – but that is an entirely different discussion!). All schools eventually administer some kind of typing, keyboarding, and/ or word processing course. Even if you homeschool learning efficient keyboarding is essential. While many…
Teaching place value takes abstract thinking and concepts to hands-on fundamentals that children need to build their entire mathematical understanding. For some kids it is easy to pick up for others it takes a few different approaches before the concept “clicks.” We have used many options in our own homeschool…
Disclaimer: I don’t know Getting Nerdy. They’re not paying me. I just think it looks cool – and, I’m cheap! I ran across these 3-D Paper Dissection Models at Getting Nerdy and thought they looked really good. If you’re not going to use a real one then these would be…
If you’re into Classical Homeschooling like I’m into Classical Homeschooling, then you are down with The Well Trained Mind (referral link). I love this book so much I actually buy the new editions when they come out. I know, weird. By the by, memorization is part and parcel of the…
Chemistry is the suggested science for third grade in the Classical cycle. As another year begins on our homeschooling journey we hit this milestone. Like years before, my process begins by rereading The Well-Trained Mind, by Susan Wise Bauer. It is basically the classical home education Bible. Seriously, I love…
Earth Science and Astronomy are the sciences suggested for Second Grade in the Classical Cycle. For our homeschool, we use (sometimes loosely) the framework in the book The Well Trained Mind, by Susan Wise Bauer. The book is in invaluable for the classical or classically-inspired homeschool. It is suggested that…