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High School Lesson Plans by Subject
Need help (or convenience) with planning for high school? The planning has already been done for you with High School Lesson Plans! We’re separating each subject/course from our Truth Trek High School Lesson Plans Series to offer one-year, high-school level curriculum schedules so you can choose individual subjects and better customize your student’s course of […]
How to Teach Public Speaking
Public Speaking. It strikes a fear and dread into the hearts of almost all of us. A quote often attributed to Mark Twain makes the point more bluntly: “There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.” And yet… this is one of the most important skills we […]
Why Math U See?
In our early years of homeschooling, we tried so many math programs: Saxon, Math Mammoth, A Beka, Christian Light Education (CLE), Master Books, ACE Paces, Life of Fred, Beast Academy, and others I’m probably forgetting. I kept defaulting back to Saxon (unsuccessfully, I might add) until my husband told me to get rid of it. […]
Curriculum Picks & Lessons Learned Revisted
When our eldest son graduated from high school four years ago, I had no idea how much it would shift my priorities and our family dynamic. While it’s been a joy to watch him pursue his post-homeschool educational endeavors (and work in scientific research as an adult), the honest truth is that… when he graduated […]
Learning English Grammar & Editing Skills
Over the past couple of years, our family discovered an English grammar program that not only filled the gaps we had experienced when using another language arts curriculum, but it also emphasized classical and Charlotte Mason principles in design and implementation. That program? Fix It! Grammar from IEW. Fix-It Grammar is a gentle introduction to […]
Bible Readeez: The Word Set to Music
Here’s a blast from the past – a post written in November 2013. Still… after over a decade, our boys still love Bible Readeez. Our oldest two sons (who are now adults but were 10 and 7 when we first started using this resource) still pop up with little scripture jingles from Bible Readeez. (We […]
Four Corners Roadtrip Itinerary
Our goal to see all 50 states with our children before they graduate started as just a whimsical thought just over a decade ago. Little did we know that we would actually visit all 50 states with our boys before our eldest son graduated from college! This roadtrip is what we’re calling our final Ferrell […]
High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek Four
Intimidated by homeschooling high school? You don’t have to be! We’ve done the planning for you with High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek series. A few years ago, we started to pursue a long-term vision of developing a complete course of study for Grades 1-12, one in which families can experience many of the benefits […]