Homeschool Social Studies Curriculum – Let’s Build Yours

The Perfect Homeschool Social Studies Curriculum Includes at least two years of history and a half year of government. Some states require a half year of economics, while others insist geography be taught with history. Fortunately, most states do not regulate homeschool social studies curriculum. This site lists state requirements for public and private schools. … Read more

Unit Studies Homeschool Families Love

Looking for Unit Studies Homeschool Kids Will Be Inspired By? Who isn’t!  You know your homeschooler wants to have fun, but you want him to learn.  Would you be surprised to learn that unit studies are a distinctly homeschool phenomenon?  Consequently, you don’t have to search far and wide for homeschool unit studies.  A google search … Read more

middle school homeschool curriculum

Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Much, Much More Middle School Homeschool Curriculum should be the stuff of high adventure.  You’ve laid your kids foundation in elementary school.  They can read, write and perform calculations.  You don’t yet have to worry about making sure your kid’s high school transcript meets the expectations of their … Read more

Gutenberg Project Books Online

Have you ever heard of Gutenberg Books? Yes?  No?  Well, it doesn’t really matter if you’ve heard of Gutenberg Project books online or not.  I cannot recommend this site highly enough.  When great books’ copyrights expire, the good folks at Project Gutenberg make those books available at no cost to the reader in ebook form. … Read more

Making Homeschool Lesson Plans More Effective With Connected Learning

Brain Science to the Rescue Researchers tell us our brains are vast three dimensional webs of connections.  The more connections we have, the more intelligent we are.  Making homeschool lesson plans more effective is easy when we leverage this way of thinking about our student’s brain. We can connect what we are teaching to what … Read more