Archive for the ‘Homeschooling’ Category
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HomeschoolMonkey Nominated for Best New Homeschool Blog
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
by Todd Durell Each year the editors at The Homeschool Post give out awards to homeschool blogs in a bunch of categories – Best Homeschool Mom Blog, Best Nature Blog, Best Thrifty Homeschooler, etc., etc. Well, this year, HomeschoolMonkey.com is in the running for Best New Homeschool Blog. I’m stoked! Thanks so much to family [...]
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Edgar Allen Poe Online Exhibition from Cornell University
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
Cornell University’s online exhibition, Edgar Allan Poe: Nevermore, provides high school students of American literature with several short introductory articles on the life and most famous works of this complex and tortured author. The exhibition covers Poe’s family’s history, his work as a journalist, editor, and critic, and is richly illustrated with photos of original [...]
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Kindergarten Handwriting Worksheet Generator
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Our 5-year-old son is beginning to learn to read and write, and we wanted to find some worksheets for him to use. I like this webpage, The Amazing-Incredible Handwriting Worksheet Maker, that allows you to type in your own words or sentences to generate custom worksheets for young learners. (See my own biased example to [...]
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Thomas Jefferson at the Library of Congress
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
by Todd Durell Most homeschool families I know have a keen interest in early American history. Here are some on-line resources about Thomas Jefferson from the Library of Congress that you can use to enhance your history curriculum. Thomas Jefferson’s Library is an online exhibition that focuses on Jefferson’s book collection, which eventually became the [...]
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Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric
Monday, September 27th, 2010
Silva Rhetoricae, a website produced by Dr. Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University, is dedicated to providing information about classical and renaissance rhetoric. The website’s structure is logical and intuitive, with a central content frame flanked to the left by an outline of the major categories in the subject of rhetoric, and to the right [...]
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National Black Home Educators
Monday, September 13th, 2010
National Black Home Educators is a non-profit organization dedicated to “encourage, support and offer fellowship to families who are exploring benefits of home education.” The Christian organization was founded in 2000 by Eric and Joyce Burges of Baker, Louisiana, who have homeschooled their five children. NBHE hosts an annual conference, which will be held in [...]
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Another Good Resource for Homeschool Worksheets
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Marcia, one of our friends from church, recommended this website as a resource for worksheets for homeschoolers. The website is WorksheetWorks.com, and it’s currently still in beta stage. WorksheetWorks offers customizable worksheets in three subject areas (Mathematics, English Language, and Geography), as well as Puzzles and Miscellaneous worksheets. All materials are copyrighted, however the site [...]
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Free Homeschool Spelling Resources
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Here are a few sites that provide free spelling resources: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has lists of spelling words for grades 1 – 6 that correspond to the Houghton Mifflin Reading program. Even though these lists are designed for use with the program, they could also be used as stand-alone lessons in a homeschool setting. Garden [...]
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Little Kids Think Seeds Are Cool: Inexpensive Homeschool Lessons
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Here’s an idea to use for an inexpensive science and art lesson for small children. Our two youngest children (3 and 4 years old) have gotten interested in seeds lately. My wife, Elise, planned a couple of projects for them that they really enjoyed. First, she took them on a nature walk through our yard [...]
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Geography Games for Homeschoolers
Friday, August 27th, 2010
Here’s a neat website with lots of games you can use to reinforce your geography lessons with your homeschooled elementary children. Surfing the Net with Kids offers map games, as well as geography quizzes and puzzles. The activities cover the US and other countries.