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Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices

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Relaxed Homeschooling Curriculum Choices for Eighth Grade

September 24, 2020//  by Sallie

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So we’re now homeschooling eighth grade. We’re about seven weeks in and I wanted to share our curriculum choices for this year. With Caroline’s input, I’ve put together an interesting collection of materials that should make for a good year. If you happened across this post without any context about our homeschooling experiences, the short …

Category: Gifted/2e Homeschooling, Homeschooling Middle School, Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed HomeschoolingTag: Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Twice-Exceptional (2e)

WriteShop for Homeschool Writing and Gifted/2e Learners

March 9, 2020//  by Sallie

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I mentioned that we are using WriteShop for our writing curriculum (Relaxed Homeschooling in Seventh Grade). Up to this point in our homeschooling journey, we haven’t used any formal writing program. I tried a few times, but it didn’t work for us. Caroline is gifted/2e and has diagnosed dysgraphia (among other learning challenges) so I …

Category: Homeschool Curriculum Reviews, Homeschooling Middle School, Our Homeschool Curriculum ChoicesTag: Creative Writing Ideas & Writing Prompts

Relaxed Homeschooling in Seventh Grade

November 5, 2019//  by Sallie

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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 see what worked out and what didn’t. We’re still relaxed homeschoolers in seventh grade. I would still …

Category: Homeschooling Middle School, Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed HomeschoolingTag: Asynchronous Development in Gifted/2e Children, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia

History Timeline for Relaxed Homeschoolers

August 1, 2019//  by Sallie

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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 part of it was the layout. However, I think timelines can be very valuable …

Category: Homeschool Curriculum Reviews, Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed HomeschoolingTag: Dysgraphia, History Learning Activities & Books, Visual-Spatial Learners

Middle School Chemistry for Relaxed Homeschoolers

June 11, 2019//  by Sallie

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We’ve made the official move to year round homeschooling which I’ll address in another post. Today I wanted to share what we’re doing for Science this summer and the following four months. We’re taking a relaxed, living books approach to this and I think we’ve hit a home run with it. (I’ll share more in …

Category: Homeschooling Middle School, Our Homeschool Curriculum ChoicesTag: Science Learning Activities

Nature Study Ideas for Indoor People

June 10, 2019//  by Sallie

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Nature study is a very popular topic in homeschooling circles right now, especially thanks to those who follow a Charlotte Mason style of education. And while I think most everyone would agree that the idea of nature study is a great one, it often doesn’t work for some families for any number of reasons. These …

Category: Our Homeschool Curriculum ChoicesTag: Nature Study

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Relaxed Homeschooling in Middle School

September 3, 2018//  by Sallie

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This year we officially start middle school with sixth grade. How is that possible? But it is! We’ve settled into our relaxed homeschooling approach as it is the best way to do homeschooling for our little family. Although I would really like to be an unschooler, I know after trial and error it won’t work …

Category: Gifted/2e Homeschooling, Homeschooling Middle School, Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed HomeschoolingTag: Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Twice-Exceptional (2e)

Classical Conversations Negatives and Why We Didn't Join 2

Classical Conversations Negatives and Why We Didn’t Join

April 6, 2017//  by Sallie

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One of the most popular homeschooling programs currently available is Classical Conversations (CC). There are many people who enthusiastically participate and current members can be very persuasive when inviting people to join. When CC came to our area a few years ago, I checked it out since I had taught for a year in a …

Category: Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed HomeschoolingTag: Asynchronous Development in Gifted/2e Children, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Perfectionism, Twice-Exceptional (2e)

Homeschooling a Gifted2e Visual-Spatial Learner 2

Homeschooling Curriculum for Gifted/2e Visual-Spatial Learners

July 13, 2015//  by Sallie

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This year my curriculum post is going to be a bit different. (You can see my past ones here, here, here and here.) I’m writing about homeschooling a gifted/2e visual-spatial learner. Kind of specific, don’t you think? And yet that is the world that we live in at our home. 🙂 We’ve undergone a significant …

Category: Gifted/2e Homeschooling, Homeschooling a Highly Creative Child, Our Homeschool Curriculum ChoicesTag: Dysgraphia, Twice-Exceptional (2e), Visual-Spatial Learners

Relaxed Homeschooling Curriculum for a Creative Gifted Child 2

Relaxed Homeschooling Curriculum for a Creative Gifted Child

August 3, 2014//  by Sallie

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Would it be wrong to start off a post about relaxed homeschooling curriculum choices for the upcoming year and admit that a lot of the time I feel like I have no idea what I’m doing? Would it make you feel better to know that I have a degree in education, am an experienced teacher, …

Category: Gifted/2e Homeschooling, Homeschooling a Highly Creative Child, Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed Homeschooling

How We Ended Up Relaxed Homeschoolers and What It Looks Like 3

How We Ended Up Relaxed Homeschoolers and What It Looks Like

February 19, 2014//  by Sallie

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I realized we were relaxed homeschoolers somewhere along the beginning of Caroline’s second grade year (this year). I had kind of wandered in the wilderness of trying to figure out how to answer the question when people would ask what kind of a homeschooler I was. This was mostly due to trying to figure out …

Category: Homeschooling a Highly Creative Child, Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed Homeschooling, Right Brained LearnersTag: Dysgraphia

How I Teach History – Relaxed Homeschooling in the Early Elementary Years Series 2

Relaxed Homeschooling History in Early Elementary

January 16, 2014//  by Sallie

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So we’re on my favorite learning subject – history. So far I’ve done almost no formal history with Caroline because she has been taking those classes at our homeschool co-op. (It’s rather ironic since my Elementary Education degree came with a Social Studies major and I love history.) We’re blessed with a really good Christian …

Category: Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed Homeschooling, Right Brained LearnersTag: History Learning Activities & Books

How I Teach Science – Relaxed Homeschooling in the Early Elementary Years Series 2

Relaxed Homeschooling Science in Early Elementary

January 15, 2014//  by Sallie

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My approach to science in our relaxed homeschooling family has been very relaxed. My philosophy is that all children really need in early elementary is exposure to science topics and to develop a healthy curiosity about the world around them. If a child is curious, she will learn plenty even in an unstructured way. Relaxed …

Category: Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed Homeschooling, Right Brained LearnersTag: Nature Study, Science Learning Activities

How I Teach Math – Relaxed Homeschooling in the Early Elementary Years Series 2

Relaxed Homeschooling Math in Early Elementary

January 14, 2014//  by Sallie

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Since I’ve already written at length about how we ended up as relaxed homeschoolers in my series intro and language arts post, I’m going to jump right into explaining our relaxed homeschooling math approach in the early elementary grades. Mathematics versus Arithmetic In The Right Side of Normal: Understanding and Honoring the Natural Learning Path …

Category: Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed Homeschooling, Right Brained LearnersTag: Dysgraphia, Math Learning Activities

How I Teach Language Arts – Relaxed Homeschooling in the Early Elementary Years Series 2

Relaxed Homeschooling Reading and Writing in Early Elementary

January 13, 2014//  by Sallie

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I almost feel like it is dishonest to say how I teach language arts because I sometimes feel like I haven’t. I have facilitated a lot of learning. If there is any area where I feel like I’ve really embraced relaxed homeschooling and can see how well it can work, it is relaxed homeschooling language …

Category: Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed Homeschooling, Right Brained LearnersTag: Reading Learning Activities

Relaxed Homeschooling in the Early Elementary Years – A How To Series 2

Relaxed Homeschooling in Early Elementary – A Series

January 12, 2014//  by Sallie

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One of the benefits of observing homeschoolers for many years before I was blessed with a child is that I had the opportunity to read lots of articles and blogs posts written by moms who shared their mistakes. They wrote of the things they wished they could do over, what they would change, their regrets, …

Category: Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Relaxed Homeschooling, Right Brained Learners

Homeschool Curriculum for a Right-brained, Spirited Child 2

Homeschool Curriculum for a Right Brained, Spirited Child

August 5, 2013//  by Sallie

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I’ve been thinking off and on all summer about our right brain homeschool curriculum choices for my spirited child for this coming school year. I’m one of those people who has to investigate, read, and then let it all ruminate in my subconscious before I can make a decision. Now we’re getting to the time …

Category: Homeschooling a Highly Creative Child, Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices, Right Brained LearnersTag: Dysgraphia, Spirited Children

ABC Mouse Website for Toddlers, Preschool, and Kindergarten 2

ABC Mouse Website for Toddlers, Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade

May 29, 2013//  by Sallie

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Perhaps the best website I’ve used with Caroline is ABC Mouse. It is by subscription, but worth every penny in my opinion. There are two things that set ABC Mouse apart from other learning websites. The first is the high quality of the site in general. The graphics and production level are far superior to …

Category: Our Homeschool Curriculum ChoicesTag: Kindergarten, Learning Websites, Reading Learning Activities

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