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Inside Our Homeschool

My New Favorite Digital Homeschool Planner

ecently I found a new planner option that was both easy to set up and easy to use. Transferring my lesson plans took less time to transfer to Syllabird than it did to create my spreadsheets. Now, that is a homeschool planner I can use!

How To Start Your Homeschool Preschool and the Early Years

Each and every stage of homeschooling looks different and is equally rewarding. Homeschooling the preschool and early elementary years can feel less stressful because they are so young and it’s harder to mess up. Our homeschool journey started during the preschool years and keeping it simple is key!

How to Teach an Independently Responsible Learner at Home

Teach by Dennis Dinoia, also known as Mr D, from Mr D Math which gave me ideas on how to teach my kids to become more independent in their learning. It was also encouraging to me to read how some of what we were already doing was successful for others as well, even in traditional classrooms.

Starting The College Search As A Homeschooler

My oldest is barely into the high school years in our homeschool but college is already on their mind and ours. We are starting a discussion about which of their interests could lead to different careers and what will be needed on a transcript. Behind the scenes, Dad and I are thinking about the financials of it as well.

Java Programming for Beginners, a High School Elective Option

This year, my 8th grader asked for a Computer Science elective. She was ready for a real world programming language after several years of Lego Robotics and other coding activities using Scratch. Thanks to her interest in Minecraft, we began looking for a way for her to begin to learn Java programming for beginners. Thanks to being a part of the Timberdoodle Blog Team, she got to take Java programming as an online self paced course.

Evan-Moor Science Workbooks Encourage Exploration

Using workbooks for science is new this year, we have not studied science this way before. I’m not usually a fan of workbooks in homeschooling because there are so many other ways to learn than sitting at a desk.

Welcome to our Neurodivergent Homeschool

Neurodivergent is an exciting new word meant to represent all of the different ways our brains are wired and an acceptance that having a brain that is wired differently is not “weird” or “defective” or “less” than anyone else, it’s just different. Differently wired brains can have various labels such as Autism, Dyslexia, ADHD, etc.

The Homeschool Coding Teacher You Will Love

so I’m actively looking for programming opportunities and classes for him outside of the robotic competitions. When I heard about Eureka Champs Online Coding Classes it sounded like a great opportunity to build his skills.

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Teaching the Editing Process in Your Homeschool Writing with WriteShop 1

One of the biggest things that attracted me to WriteShop was that, like the program we used last year, my student was in control of the topic of each writing assignment. This choice was important to me because my neurodivergent writer will not be motivated to write about something they aren’t interested in.