What to Draw and How to Draw was written in 1913 and is one of the public domain books from the New York Public Library on Open Archive online. The book is copyright free and was uploaded by volunteers. You can read it online with your kids, or download it as a free pdf file, e-reader file, Kindle ebook, and more. ...

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The idea behind Spell Up, a new word game and Chrome Experiment is that it helps you improve your English using your voice—and a modern browser, of course. It’s like a virtual spelling bee, with a twist. The goal of the game is to correctly spell the words you hear and stack them to build the highest word tower you can—letter by letter,...

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One of the questions we get asked the most is, "what curriculum do I need?" Let me just say that there is no right or wrong way to home school. The first step is to check the state home school education standards where you live and from there you the parent are able to customize the curriculum to fit each child. The important...

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New Science links, go check them out! New Science links, go check them out! ...

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Today Kindle has some great books available for FREE! ...

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So I was going through my homeschool folder on my PC and located a page I had forgotten all about bookmarking. My son spent all day yesterday doing these fantastic science simulations and playing a space simulation game. I finally had to kick him off my PC at 7pm for dinner! They were made by University of Colorado Boulder. Click to Run If...

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Today was Monday Math Day. Recently we surprised our son with a tablet of his own. OH JOY OF JOYS, he now has something to play Plants vs Zombies on...instead of my phone! The tablet is mostly used for educational purposes, so today he enjoyed a great game called 'Math vs Zombies', where you must solve math problems correctly and in a timely...

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Well not really... I don't know about you, but I LOVE sloths. I think they are the most fascinatingly weird creatures, I think they might be aliens. But anyway, I found a free kids Kindle book all about those 2 and 3 toed algae-growing cuties. Head on over and get it whilst it's still free! ...

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Today we focused on Science, particularly Health. We find it's easier and more efficient to do 1 subject per day that way we can better focus and retain the information we are learning. Here is a breakdown of today's assignments: Human Skeleton Worksheet Human Organs Worksheet Create a vocabulary/spelling list from words on worksheets listed above Have them create sentences using these words...

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Today we decided to take it easy since we have been hard at work this week. I decided to start the baby sign language I've heard so much about this week and we found Signing Time on Netflix and are giving it a try! For those interested in baby sign language I found a great little chart with basic signs for the everyday...

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This is a fun visual strategy to work on vocabulary development. The size of a child's vocabulary has been shown to be related to their reading proficiency. It makes sense that children who have a lot of words in their repertoire face fewer challenges, since fewer words are unfamiliar.To make your own, you will need some window markers or window paint and some...

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Arrrgh! Avast me hearties! Today is Pirate Day!, Savvy? We started out by watching MythBusters on Netflix (Season 2 Episode 11) where they test and debunk several myths about Pirates, ie: reality vs. pop culture version of reality.  We then moved on to this fantastic Pirates A-Z Unit Study packet. Then we rounded out our Pirate Unit with the Pirate Learn To Count...

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After a night of freezing temperatures and extremely high winds, our water it seems has frozen again. So it was a rather sleepless night. Today we are taking it easy and working on a review, nothing major though, just enough to jump-start the brain. Here is what my 2nd grader is doing for his review: 23 Math problems 2 Time Telling Worksheets Winter...

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One of the things I want my children to know is a second language. America has never made learning other languages a priority in its school system, whereas in Europe kids learn 2 or more languages in addition to their native tongue. They taught us elementary Spanish in grade school but it was never conversational, just random words and phrases. That is one...

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Now that we find the holiday break over it is time to get back into the swing of things. We had a few extra days off during our holiday break due to illness. We are now at the tail end of this crud, so we are trying to ease back into our routine. I have spent the last couple of days trying to...

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