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[TAG0] Homeschooling Without Textbooks: How We Make It Work ~ Written by Jessica Waldock of The Waldock Way I think homeschooling without textbooks sounds amazing. Teaching without textbooks isn’t just possible, it’s how we homeschool and we love it!  If you’re interested in following an interest-led homeschooling approach, you’ll definitely want to keep reading to see how we make this work in our homeschool. I’ve got tons of resources to help you get started and show you how it works for us. Plus, I’ll share how we keep track of progress and homeschooling records while following our child’s interests, passions, and natural...

Here’s the reason I’m writing this list of the best Christian workout songs: A few years ago when the song Gangnam Style topped the charts, my eldest son was in kindergarten at a local elementary school. His gym teacher found this particular tune to be an asset to the implementation of the physical education curriculum. And by the end of fall semester, my son had not only learned to do a funky gallop dance, but had also memorized all the intelligible words to the chart-topping hit. (Yippee.) Yes. I do mean all of them. This detail I discovered by accident one...

It’s been an exciting and sometimes terrifying ride in our first official year of homeschooling.I’ve experimented with several different curriculums and have found the following to work the best for us. Bellow is an overview with links to resources if you want to check them out yourself! Quick disclaimer that I am not sponsored or endorsed by any of these companies. I’m just sharing what is currently working for our family.I’ve kind of give up trying to identify a specific philosophy to our homeschool, however if you’re curious here is a great introduction to all of them! BackgroundI started homeschooling...

What we need is a habit of taking our minds out of what one is tempted to call “the domestic rag-bag” of perplexities, and giving it a good airing in something which keeps it “growing”… Is there, then, not need for more “Mother Culture”? “MOTHER CULTURE” PARENTS’ REVIEW – VOLUME 3 Hoarfrost on one of our aspen trees. We’ve had a lot of it this year. Our yard pet. She comes to us almost daily (either while we’re outside or climbing our patio door screen) asking for peanuts. My sales table at the Charlotte Mason Educational Retreat! Just a few...

Happy Easter weekend, my friends – Friday’s good because Sunday’s coming! Weekend homeschool links: Homeschooling When You Are Exhausted Picture Books About Slavery and Freedom Tips for Helping Your Child Become a More Fluent Reader Among many US children, reading for fun has become less common Stanford researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online  8 years ago on Simple Homeschool: How to read aloud every day In case you missed it this week: How to introduce Shakespeare in your homeschool This week on Instagram: Weeping May Remain for a Night Featured Sponsors: Are you starting to...