Homeschooling the Elementary Years
Finding your rhythm, getting to know your child’s learning style, and encouraging the spirit of curiosity are the keys to a successful elementary homeschool.
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Finding your rhythm, getting to know your child’s learning style, and encouraging the spirit of curiosity are the keys to a successful elementary homeschool.
Rebecca loves the nerdy grammar fun of Michael Clay Thompson’s Language Arts. It may not be for everyone, but it’s definitely for word lovers.
Aminata and Malcolm have discovered that a purposeful morning routine is the perfect start to their homeschool day.
A love of reading comes naturally for some kids and not-so-naturally for others, but you can do a lot to make your home a space where reading is an important part of everyday life.
Truly, the biggest hurdle to cobbling my own history curriculum together has been organizing the resources in such a way that I know where they are, I remember all of the ideas that I had, and I don’t leave anything out.
When you shift your focus from WHAT to learn to HOW to learn, magical things can happen.
This is my go-to recommendation for new homeschoolers — it's designed to help you find your rhythm, build comfort with leading your students’ learning, and keep the learning going as you find your way. It’s basically a six-month, low-cost-investment guide to starting homeschooling.
The one skill kids really need to master in elementary school is the ability to pay attention and stick with a project from start to finish. Happily, that’s a skill homeschoolers have lots of opportunities to practice.
Shelli shares the resources she’s been using in her own homeschool this year.
Shelli reviews a beginner’s Chinese curriculum that’s working well for her 6th and 3rd grader.
Shelli reviews this medieval fantasy, in which a girl learns to channel her inner heroine.
My 7-year-old needs to move all the time. That’s fine with me, but I’d love to find a few ways to make movement part of our everyday learning activities.
Omakayas’s adventures continue as she and her family search for a new home.
Homeschoolers and libraries go together like Junior Mints and popcorn. That’s why a little library unit study makes the perfect homeschool project.
Here’s what a typical day looked like in our homeschool when the kids were in 4th grade and preschool.
If you want your students to care about writing, give them writing projects that actually matter.