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Flip Books for Fun and Learning
Flip books are low-tech fun that still appeal to kids today, especially if they are creating them themselves with normal office supplies that you probably have sitting around.
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Pilgrim's Progress Homeschool Unit Study
A study of Pilgrim's Progress is a great choice for a homeschool unit study, literature study, or even Bible study. Here are ideas and resources for customizing your own Pilgrim's Progress study.
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Reading Journals
Keeping a reading journal is a fantastic way to encourage a child to think deeply about whatever he his reading. It works especially well with fiction novels, but can be used with non-fiction as well.
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How to Keep a Poetry Notebook
Poetry notebooks can contain copied poems, composed poems, illustrations for poems, analysis of poetry, and biographies of poets. And any age student can keep a poetry notebook.
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Hink Pinks
Hink Pinks are rhyming riddles. This word play is fun to solve and to create. Add hink pinks to your homeschool language arts lessons for some silly fun.
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Elements of Fiction
Every story has the elements of fiction whether it is a short story, a novel, a play, a movie, or even a television sit-com. The story you told your husband at dinner last night probably had these elements as well. And your child, even if he has...
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Homemade Calzone
Pizza to go -- a calzone! Wrap the fillings in a pretty braided dough with this photo tutorial.
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Celebrate National Dictionary Day!
Celebrate Dictionary Day, October 16, the birthday of Noah Webster, with some language arts lessons.
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How to Make Homemade Chicken Croquettes
My favorite type of croquette is a chicken croquette, and here I'll show you how to make them. Made from ordinary ingredients you normally have on hand, these will get rave reviews from your family!
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Composer Study -- Charlotte Mason Style
The Charlotte Mason style of studying composers is an easy & inexpensive way to expose children to the masters of music so that they grow up appreciating classical music and knowing a bit about it.
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Tchaikovsky Composer Study
Study the Master of Romantic Music -- Tchaikovsky -- in this homeschool composer study.
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Transitioning to Living Math
Forget math textbooks and breath life into math with a living approach!
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Science Notebooking
If you're new to notebooking, you'll discover that science is a great topic to begin with. Because science is so broad and lends itself to a variety of methods of expression such as charts, diagrams, paragraphs, and photos, it's perfect for...
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Vermeer Artist Study
Vermeer makes a great artist for a Charlotte Mason styled artist study because there are no lengthy biographies to distract us from enjoying his art. Just dive in and enjoy his paintings.
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Hands-On Ways to Teach Fractions
Fractions are a big part of mathematical understanding. Make it easy for kids to grasp by selecting hands-on activities.
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How to Make a Shadow Puppet Theater With Your Child
Making a shadow puppet theater is an inexpensive family activity that will build memories. Here's a guide to creating your own with your child.
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Tangrams
Seven tans make up the puzzle we call tangrams. These tangrams can be used for fun homeschool lessons!
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How to Make a Flag Book
It's a bit hard to make, but the payoff is worth it because this minibook is impressive!
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How to Make a Three Square Unfolding Book
This is a tricky minibook to create, but once it's worth it. It starts out small and explodes into a HUGE surface for writing or drawing.
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How to Make a Salt Dough Map
How can a little flour, water, and paint become a fantastic hands-on geography project full of educational benefits? With salt dough maps, that's how!
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Ancient Egypt Lapbook
Make a lapbook about ancient Egypt with these book ideas, links to free printables, and activity suggestions.
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Grammar for Homeschool
Is grammar outdated or still necessary for a homeschool education? Learn the pros and cons and find some great, free resources for teaching this often maligned topic.
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How to Plan a Lapbook
You don't need to buy pre-planned lapbook kits; planning one yourself is easy! As an added benefit, you can customize the learning to your child's interests.
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Picasso Artist Study
Say art and 9 out of 10 people will think "Picasso." Introduce your children to this artist with a homeschool artist study.
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Cassatt Artist Study
How to plan a homeschool artist study for Mary Cassatt.
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How to Make a Matchbook
Called a matchbook because it's folded like a book of matches, this minibook is just a few folds away.
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How to Make a Four Corner Minibook
A quick minibook that's perfect for four bits of information -- the four corner minibook is an easy addition to any homeschool lesson.
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How to Make a Wheel Book
With just cardstock and a paper fastener, you can make an interactive learning tool for homeschool lessons -- a wheel book.
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How to Make a Tabbed Book
Making a tabbed book is quite easy! You simply need instructions. Do you have scissors, a ruler, a stapler, and some paper? Then you can make it right now!
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Using Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes
Here is the record of our homeschool journey into drawing, using Mona Brookes' Drawing with Children as our main resource.
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How to Make a Diorama From a Shoebox (4 Easy Steps)
Whether it's a school assignment or a project for fun, a shoebox diorama is a great craft to tackle. Here are tips, ideas, and printables to help you make a very cool miniature model.
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Make Your Own Notebooking Pages
Save money and create personalized products by making your OWN notebooking pages for homeschool
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Lapbooking Versus Notebooking
Learn the differences between lapbooking and notebooking and discover how you can merge the best of both into your homeschool lessons.
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Shakespeare for Children
How to introduce Shakespeare's plays to young readers.
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Human Body Lapbook
When you study the human body for a homeschool science unit, create a lapbook do document what you learn.
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50 States Notebook
What better way to learn about the United States of America than to create a notebook filled with facts about each state? Here you will find printables, books, ideas, and supplementary activities.
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Mini Offices
A mini office is a particular application of lapbooks. Each child can make his own mini-office -- a lapbook filled with reference pages for his own learning. The sky is the limit on what you can include. Fill the mini office with the charts that...
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A Super Easy Way to Begin Lapbooking : The Simplest Lapbook Ever
Lapbooking seems overwhelming at first, but it doesn't have to be a huge production. Keep it simple with these easy getting started steps.
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Timelines for Homeschool
Timelines complement to any homeschool history curriculum and are especially good for visual learners because they offer a view of historical events in a pictorial way.
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Artist Study -- Charlotte Mason Style
How to implement artist study in your homeschool, the way that Charlotte Mason outlined.
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Nature Study -- Charlotte Mason Style
Get outdoors as often as possible -- even daily -- and enrich your homeschool experience with nature study.