National Poetry Month Homeschool Ideas
National Poetry Month in April is a great time to introduce your children to the world of poetry if you haven’t already. By starting with highly engaging poems, you increase the chance of …
Relaxed Homeschooling Curriculum Choices For Eighth Grade
We are now homeschooling eighth grade. I wanted to share our relaxed homeschooling curriculum choices for this year. With Caroline’s input, I’ve put together an interesting collection of …
Homeschool Curriculum For Studying The Middle Ages – Homeschool in the Woods
If you are looking for a hands-on way to study history, then Homeschool in the Woods has something fun called Project Passport. Project Passport is a series of homeschool curriculum units that help …
Relaxed Homeschooling In Seventh Grade
Last year I wrote about relaxed homeschooling in middle school. I shared our plans for not just last year but the middle school years in general. It was interesting to go back and read it just now to …
History Timeline for Relaxed Homeschoolers From Homeschool in the Woods
I attempted to do a wall timeline with Caroline a number of years ago. For a variety of reasons, it did not work for her. I think part of it was her age, part of it was her learning challenges, and …
Homeschooling a Child with Language-Based Learning Disabilities (LBLD)
When I submitted my name to review Helping Your Child with Language-Based Learning Disabilities, I thought it would be worth checking out as something to maybe refer to from time to time. I …
10 Reasons We Enjoyed the Tween Years
There are so many warnings out there to enjoy your children when they are little because the tween years hit and things are never the same again. It’s strongly implied that the years are …
Middle School Chemistry For Relaxed Homeschoolers
Today I’m sharing what we’re doing for Science this summer and fall. We’re taking a relaxed, living books approach to Chemistry and I think we’ve hit a home run with it. It is …
Standardized Testing With a Homeschooled Gifted/2e Child
We recently completed our first standardized testing. This is not required in our state, but I did want to get a snapshot of where Caroline is at this point in our relaxed homeschooling journey with a …
Stanford Achievement Test For Homeschoolers
Up to this point in our homeschooling journey, we had not taken any standardized tests. Caroline did complete tests as part of her gifted/2e testing, but that has been it. When I had the opportunity …