Tag: homeschool how to

  • Daily paragraph bingo

    Daily paragraph bingo

    When my kids were in upper elementary their writing skills were not where I wanted them to be. They needed to work on their editing and their ability to quickly write a paragraph, so I sat down and started creating some writing prompts. I then turned the prompts into daily paragraph bingos and it became…

  • How I teach using hands on learning

    How I teach using hands on learning

    I love hands-on learning. We used it all the time in our homeschool and I thought it could be helpful to give everyone an idea of how to add it in to your different subject areas, and some tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years of our hands-on homeschool. As part of my continuing…

  • The Homeschool How To Series

    The Homeschool How To Series

    I’m over halfway through my homeschooling career as a homeschool Mom, which is a very strange thing to realize. Through the years I’ve come to realize there are many necessary skills we don’t think to teach as a homeschool parents. Necessary life skills they need to know. We talk about preparing our kids for life…

  • How to get the most out of your timeline

    How to get the most out of your timeline

    Years ago when I first started homeschooling I had a history co-op with another family. One day the mom showed me the cool new timeline she’d gotten for her history lessons. I loved it, it was amazing and in particular, it had a placement guide. Remember this, because it’s going to be relevant to my…

  • Homeschool Inservice: Teach by Dennis Dinoia

    Homeschool Inservice: Teach by Dennis Dinoia

    Years ago when I launched my newsletter I called Inservice in my INbox, going back to when I was teaching public school and we’d have an in-service day to learn more about teaching. Eventually, I phased that out because I kept forgetting what number I was on. Now Teach by Dennis Dinoia is that teacher…