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, … [Read more...] about Using Apologia’s Marine Biology in a relaxed homeschool
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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 … [Read more...] about U.S. Atlas for Homeschool geography
Homeschool, life, and curriculum update
We're a few months into our homeschool year, which means we're far enough in to see what's working and what isn't. Although I don't do any formal sort of mid-year review, I do try to stay tuned in to my kids so I can tweak our plans and schedule as needed, no matter what time of year. 8th 1/2 grade homeschool … [Read more...] about Homeschool, life, and curriculum update
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 yet … [Read more...] about Hands-on Kids’ Crafts from Kiwi Crate