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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

A Valuable Resource for you!

As a homeschooler I am always looking for ways to get my kids more engaged in their education.  I love finding resources that help me help them.  I have one such resource for you today.

Education.com
Is an educational website that offers service to families and schools.  They have two options for you:
Basic/Free access is available or you can become  member and pay $9.99/month for their Premium service.

Spend some time on their website and find all that they offer.

Who doesn't love a fun worksheet to enforce what our kids are learning?  There is not better way for kids to learn than when they are having fun.  Education.com is here to help.  You can sign up and download worksheets to your hearts content!  That isn't all they offer, though.  Really, you should check them out!

Curious?  Here is a sample from their website:

Let's practice our spelling words as we stroll down the river in our boat. Hang on tight as we head on over to Education.com for spelling resources, games, and printables like this!
https://www.education.com/resources/spelling
Here are some worksheet types to choose from:
  • Maze
  • Matching list of words with images
  • Word search
  • Crossword puzzle
  • Word scramble
  • Subtraction
  • Division
  • Multiplication
And we have a variety of themes to choose from, including crawlies, a school-themed template and seasonal themes.
You can see an example below.

Here is a FREE worksheet for you!

Follow this link to download a FREE word search from Education.com!  

Here is the Answer Key as well!



How is that for cool?  You should go and check out Education.com and see if they are a good fit for your family or school.



Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Next Year...

Now that soccer is over(more on that later) I am looking toward next year and what each girl will do for classes.  Yes, it is only May but for my mind I need to get it organized and set before summer so I can enjoy some downtime!

So, before my schedule changes and I am working pretty much every day I am planning.

Of course I am going to use my Ultimate Homeschool Planner again.  I adore this planner.  It has everything I need and I will be so sad when I can't use it anymore.  You can buy it here.

The girls will be using a planner we found at Mardel's that we just bought here.  Hannah had this one last year and loved it so much Naomi wanted one as well!

Now that our planners are chosen I can move on to the curriculum for each girl.  We are of course sticking with Tapestry of Grace.  This year we are using Year 2.  I have loved this curriculum so much and we have all learned things I never knew growing up.  You should look into it if you are looking for History, Literature, Bible, Writing, Art,  Geography, Government, and Worldview.  Yes, it covers all of that!

For Math, Hannah will be taking College Algebra-I have gone as far with her as my mind will stretch!  Naomi will be doing Math U See Algebra 1.

Science we will be sticking with Apologia.  I haven't found anything we love as much as theirs.  Hannah will be doing Physics and Naomi will move into Physical Science.  I am so glad we found Apologia at the beginning of our homeschool journey!

Hannah will have a semester of Economics for Everybody from Compass Classroom.   While Naomi will be doing Visual Latin.

Naomi will be doing her last year of Growing with Grammar.  This is a solid program that is giving them a great base for understanding English.  

At the moment, that is all I have.  I have more shopping to do for the little extras but at least I have a plan!  Next year Hannah will be a Junior and Naomi will be an 8th grader.

The plan for Bug is to stay in public school for now.  We don't know how long we keep her in public school because I can't see having her in middle school but that is for a different day.  For now, she is loving school and learning so much more than just math and reading.

Now, we just have to finish up this year!!