Do you know how very excited I am to share a review of Tapestry of Grace with you? About as excited as I was when Little Sanctuary introduced me to this resource. Won’t you join me today at The Curriculum Choice? We’ll talk Tapestry… Have you found a curriculum you and your children absolutely love? […]
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Tapestry of Grace at GHEA Convention
This weekly wrap is posted early because this homeschool mama is off at the Georgia Home Educators Association at the Georgia International Convention Center. (I’m in booth #311 if you can stop by!) Hodgepodgedad and our two middle schoolers will get to join me tonight. We’re looking forward to hearing Ken Ham of Answers in […]
Tapestry of Grace
Links updated! Read my review of Tapestry of Grace at The Curriculum Choice. A scrapbook of our Tapestry of Grace (TOG) studies… I sometimes feel like a Tapestry cheerleader. I love it! We love it! Tapestry is the best! Hip, Hip Hooray! For families with children on several different levels it is a major blessing. […]
Tapestry of Grace in Workboxes
We delved into workboxes at the same time we started an Olympic unit study last month. Doing both new things together made for a good transition. I wondered how workboxes would work out when we returned to our Tapestry studies. Here’s a sample schedule to show you how: History reading – book in a box […]
Homeschooling With The End in Mind
As a homeschool mom, I have the end in mind. Now that I have high schoolers, that picture of ‘the end’ is more clearly focused on the goal of them as adults. The most important thing is of course their relationship with The Lord. But, yes we also aim for academic excellence. You may have […]
When You Need to Catch Up in Your Homeschool
How to catch up? My best tips and a plan for when you need to catch up in your homeschool. Practical ways to fit in learning throughout your homeschool day. The calendar turned to March. March. We are usually finished with our school year by the first week of May. That’s because we sometimes start […]
A Homeschool Mom’s Guide To Homeschooling Preschool and First Grade
A homeschool mom’s guide to homeschooling preschool and first grade. Includes weekly learning activities and encouragement for the day to day! Today I’m highlighting the little ones – our preschooler and first grader. Here we are half way through the year. Here we are in February and that makes me want to cling to the […]
A Mom’s Helpful Habits for Homeschool Standardized Testing
A mom’s helpful habits for homechool standardized testing includes practical tips from what test to use to how to schedule testing for multiple grades. After we took a homeschool spring break, we started our week with required standardized testing. It was a productive yet interesting week of juggling things with our multiple ages. I am […]
Homeschool Night Classes and Other Benefits of an Alternative Homeschool Schedule
Homeschool night classes might just be the alternative homeschool schedule you are looking for! In addition to meeting needs with a changing schedule, you can build memories together as a family! Though I share about homeschool habits almost every week here at Your Best Homeschool (formerly Hodgepodge), ours seem to be changing daily! We have […]
Writing Workshop for Homeschooling Multiple Ages
I decided we would call this week a Writing Workshop for Multiple Ages. Something about a workshop makes it a little more fun, don’t you think? A workshop implies all sorts of things and reminds me to pull out all the resources. Writing Workshop for Homeschooling Multiple Ages Sometimes in our homeschool we just need […]
Homeschool Independent Learning
What homeschool independent learning looks like with multiple ages from elementary all the way up to high school. Including extracurricular learning. An overall theme for this month has been homeschool independent learning. It’s something we’ve worked on for all our years of homeschooling. Busy, blessed and – forced rest! That is what our homeschool looked […]
A Homeschool Mom’s Guide: How To Make a Salt Dough Map
This homeschool mom’s guide on how to make a salt dough map shares how this is a perfect hands-on learning option for geography. Great for fun afternoons of creating together and making memories! We made a salt dough map as part of our Tapestry of Grace homeschool history arts and activities assignment. A Homeschool Mom’s […]
Hands On Geography for Multiple Ages
The last few weeks we’ve been heavily hands on geography. What we found out is that when you actually make a model of something you have to pay attention to its qualities. The details. The boundaries and borders. These hands on geography activities also help the child see the big picture. To think of the […]