Nature has always been a remarkable source of inspiration for human innovation. From the wings of birds inspiring the invention of airplanes to the structure of spider webs informing architectural designs, nature's ingenious solutions have often informed and outperformed human creations.
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We may be closing up the books for summer, but do homeschoolers ever stop learning? Never! In summer, we simply take our learning outside and on the road even more than usual.
Playing in nature allows for a plethora of opportunities to do multi-disciplinary learning as a family. One... Read more
For the past 17 years of homeschooling, I have heard other homeschool moms chat about their summer plans. Some plan to travel. Some plan to relax. Some plan to complete projects around the house and some plan to homeschool through the summer.
We tried homeschooling through the summer once... Read more
When I was an Usborne consultant, I heard one complaint over and over from homeschool moms: My teen’s reading comprehension is too high for these books, and I don’t have time to pre-read every novel they want to read.
And now that my own kids are reaching that stage, I’ve... Read more
As many homeschool parents did in the early 2000s, I began my homeschool journey with a big-boxed curriculum. This curriculum came with a huge teacher's binder, a student binder for work pages,... Read more
