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First thing is to establish your homeschool philosophy and this book was that for me. It’s on its 4th edition now, but I read the first edition many years ago at the beginning of my journey. This book spoke to my heart of what I desired my homeschool to be and I’ve used it as my guide all these years.
Carol doesn’t ride the homeschool circuit anymore, but her words and wisdom are always available in her books. This is one of a set of 2 she wrote on highly distractable people. The 2nd book, If I’m Diapering a Watermelon, there Where’d I Leave the Baby?, helps us moms who tend to be as distractable as our kids.
Durenda Wilson is another great homeschool mom that waded the waters before us. This book is great for defeating the overwhlem that homeschooling can bring. There is a short blurb about me and my oldest in this book, so I am a bit partial.
Do you remember the sentences you had to correct as a student? IEW has created that idea, but with relevance! Instead of random sentences, the student reads a story as they correct the grammar. The idea is to rewrite the sentence correctly, but if you have a weak writer you can scale this to less writing.
So many of us desire to have music lessons in our home, but can’t afford it or don’t have time to schedule in another outing. Gena has created an amazing music education membership program that we can do at home with our children! I’m in love with all the options!
How to Homeschool my Child has many unit studies to choose from if you just need something to get you over a holiday or need a brain break from regular work. Reformation Day is a family tradition at our home, so this is my recommended unit study.
I love easy to grab, easy to use resources. Classical Conversations offers many different trivium tables for quick information. The one shown is for music, but there are also ones for debate, math, rhetoric and geography.
There are so many math programs out there and it’s hard to choose. I have owned almost all of them! RightStart Math is a very parent involved program, but the kid who needs a hands on approach, needs RightStart Math. There are not very many options when it comes to a multi-disciplinary approach to math.
Life of Fred is an unconventional math program suited for some. It does require reading a story about 5-year old Fred and each chapter only has 5 practice questions. He teaches math in a different order than most curriculums, so I don’t recommend starting from the middle. Just start at the beginning and move through it at the student’s pace.
Ellen McHenry offers AMAZING resources! Most of them are science based and there are many free ones as well. I couldn’t pick just one, so I’m just sending you to her website. These are great for those visual and hands-on learners.