Home School Resources
The Power of Integration – Using a Topic Wheel to Study Music
We’ve been having fun with topic wheels in our home lately to generate fun dinner conversations. My son and I are studying music theory this year with a text book called “Math in Motion” and have really learned a lot. We decided that we would center our conversation around music and see what we could…
Read MoreCultivating Leaders by Developing Research Skills
This post is sponsored by The ADRA If we want our sons to grow up to be leaders of their generations, they have to be able to lead themselves first. They won’t be much good to anyone if they are blown to and fro by every strong idea that blows past them. Equipping our children with the…
Read MoreLet’s Talk About Math with Mr. D
Conversations cultivate understanding. This is the heart of the dialectic stage of the “Trivium” in classical education. Why is it that when most people think about math, they think of a student sitting quietly calculating answers and scribbling computations on quad-lined paper. I think as a homeschool mom who’s trying to do it all, this…
Read MoreLet’s Learn About Rocks: Rocking Rock Resources
We’ve been learning about rocks this year, and I love gathering resources for my kids to explore. Rocks happen to offer a wealth of opportunities for cultivating observation and practicing comparison. They also have the dirt factor going for them. You know, anything that mom approves of that you can get dirty without getting in trouble…
Read MoreHow to Memorize the Periodic Table Painlessly
I’ve had this secret nerdy desire to memorize the periodic table for a while now. We’ve run across it in our memory work a couple of times and my kids and I have been so proud to master the first ten. It took time, effort, and what felt like blood, sweat, and tears. Then last…
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