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Using Apologia’s Marine Biology in a relaxed homeschool
My teen is 100% in love with the ocean. We are relaxed, interest-led homeschoolers, but I like to have at least one key resource to build our curriculum around. This year, for her, it’s been Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Marine Biology. We’ve used other Exploring Creation books in Kathryn’s elementary years, and I’ll use them…
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U.S. Atlas for Homeschool geography
Because we’re relaxed homeschoolers, I like to keep good resources handy. It’s one of the best ways for the kids to learn, even when I haven’t assigned them specific work. One of our most recent resources is a pretty little atlas of the United States. Disclosure: I received this product for the purposes of review,…
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Hands-on Kids’ Crafts from Kiwi Crate
Let’s be real: even though I have an entire Pinterest board full of kids’ crafts, sometimes (ok, lots of times), planning those projects and making sure we have all the supplies just does not happen. Although Kathryn has free reign with our craft supplies at any time, I haven’t given the little kids that privilege…
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College Alternatives for Homeschoolers
As I shared last week, our homeschool has been evolving in order to keep focused on our key goals. College is only necessary for certain specialties. Though I have been inspired by reading Leadership Education: The Phases of Learning, one thing I disagree with is the authors’ heavy focus on college as the best way…
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Homeschool Online Hebrew Language Lessons
In June, Kathryn completed two years of mitzvah classes at her dad’s messianic synagogue. Her mitzvah classes included Hebrew instruction, and she enjoyed these lessons so much, she requested to continue to learn Hebrew this school year. I try to follow her interests in homeschooling when possible, but this was a subject I’d have to…