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 […]
High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek Three
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 […]
Tuttle Twins in a Nutshell
Individual liberty. Fair Competition. Entrepreneurship. Civics. Economics. About a year ago, we grabbed some books that simplified these complex ideas so that even our youngest son could understand and engage in meaningful conversation. The series has easily become a favorite in our home. Even our teens have enjoyed the books — and the cartoon! The […]
Calculus for Everyone
I recently mentioned something I would have done differently if I could turn back time and homeschool our oldest two sons through high school once again. There’s another thing I would have done differently, especially because they both ended up as STEM majors in college. Neither were math whizzes, but surprisingly, one decided to major […]
Launching Teens into Adulthood
Character building. Vision casting. Goal setting. These are life skills needed to launch successfully into adulthood. As parents, we strive to instill these qualities in our children, and yet, especially in the current economy and culture, we find that many young adults are not launching into adulthood. Although I recognize that college is a time […]
Rock the Rock Cycle Lesson Plans
Now that we’ve had an introduction to minerals, we’re diving into a short study of rocks with our rock cycle lesson plans! For this lesson, students will need a hand lens, some rocks, some minerals, a die, and the Rock Cycle Diagram print-out (included in our Introduction to Rocks and Minerals Lesson Packet). This lesson uses the […]
Mineral Identification Stations & Flowchart
Here’s where my love of rocks meets my love of teaching. I keep coming across a recurring question amongst moms when it comes to earth science: What on EARTH do we do with all these rocks? Most of what I’ve found regarding rocks and minerals is complicated to sort through – and a bit complicated to understand. […]
High School Science: Discover Physics
As our oldest children have progressed through high school, we found that among the homeschooling community, there’s a general lack of interest in pursuing high school physics. This has somewhat shocked me. Not only is physics the most basic of all the science disciplines (due to its practical aspects and the principles of physics that […]
Orchestra & Famous Composers
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Woodwinds and Brass and Percussion and Strings, These are a few of my favorite things! Once upon a time, I played flute, piccolo, bass drum, cymbals and baritone (but… not all at the same time). In high school, I placed my flute on a shelf to collect years […]