by Patricia | Nov 15, 2013 | Field Trips, Home Schooling
Nature Study for Kids in Florida Going to the Everglades on field trips has been not only fun, but reenergizing as well. We’ve seen our share of alligators basking in the sun awfully close to us hikers, beautiful anhinga birds fiercely chasing their prey,...
by Patricia | Nov 8, 2013 | Home Schooling, Math Games
How to Help Your Child Succeed in Math Playing Math Games Playing games is such a fantastic way to help children master math facts and concepts. Reassured by our own experience teaching Math Games at both of our local homeschool co-ops, we strongly believe...
by Patricia | Nov 6, 2013 | Curriculum Reviews, Home Schooling, Science
Hands-On Science: Electricity and Magnetism for Kids We had bought a few of Thames & Kosmos science experiment kits at Barnes and Noble a few months ago, and have been exploring them further recently. We’ve all been thoroughly impressed by the quality,...
by Patricia | Nov 4, 2013 | Field Trips, Home Schooling
Field Trip Everglades National Park We have gone many times to Everglades National Park, this is one of those places one can never visit too many times. Short and beautiful, the Anhinga Trail teems with wild life, movement and wonder for those of us who get to...
by Patricia | Oct 31, 2013 | Home Schooling, Homeschooling for Free, Secular Curriculum
7 More Free Teaching Resources Websites to Spice Up your Homeschool Here’s the second part of the list of excellent free teaching resources I’ve been gathering as I find them. It’s really amazing all fantastic free resources that one can find...
by Patricia | Oct 28, 2013 | Foreign Languages, Home Schooling, Homeschooling for Free, Secular Curriculum
Free French Learning Resources for Adults and Kids As promised, here are the FREE French learning resources I’ve gathered to complement our lessons. As I said, most (not all) of these are not intended for young elementary kids, but they are either very well...