Generating Details with SARQS and FIRES

April 18, 2012

  Generating sufficient details is hard for many young writers. It does require a certain level of creativity to think of new ideas. And some children have not had a lot of life experiences upon which to draw support for their paragraphs. Simply telling them that their ideas are not adequate is not helpful. They [...]

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Foolproof Essay Introduction Tricks

April 17, 2012

Every writer is different. Some are compelled to write an essay from start to finish. Others are fine with writing the body paragraphs first and then going back to write an introduction and a conclusion. Either method is fine, of course. But if your child struggles with starting an essay, even after doing quite a [...]

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How to Use Prewriting to Make Essay Writing Easier

April 16, 2012

Welcome to my 10 Days of Teaching Writing Series. These posts will run today, April 16, through April 27 (only on Monday through Friday). Today I start at the beginning of teaching writing which is teaching how to think about writing, often known as prewriting. Before your child puts pencil to paper to write a [...]

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Ask Yourself these 6 Questions to Prevent Curriculum Disasters

April 12, 2012

During the spring, many of us homeschool moms start thinking of curriculum. We attend homeschool conventions and used book sales which present a myriad of choices. Sometimes it is overwhelming to make purchasing decisions:  either everything looks great or nothing looks just right. Then there is the added fear of making an expensive mistake with your family’s resources. [...]

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10 Days Series is Coming!

April 11, 2012

Have you already heard the news? The 10 Days of Homeschool Series is on the way! I hope you have time to devote to reading blogs for the next two weeks because there are going to be some amazing posts in the blogosphere for homeschoolers April 16-20 and 23-27. Look at this lineup of bloggers. [...]

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Sponsor Shoutout

April 10, 2012

I’d like to use this post to thank the current sponsors of Jimmie’s Collage and encourage you to visit their sites. Thank you, sponsors! 1. Heritage History SPECIAL OFFER FOR Jimmie’s Collage SUBSCRIBERS through June 30: Use code jimmiescollage for a $19.99 discount when you buy any curriculum CD Library plus Early America. If you missed my [...]

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Ancient Roman Art

April 5, 2012

We have taken a break from our usual artist study to do study the art of Ancient Rome. As our spine, I used Ancient Roman Art from the Art in History series. [In previous units, we have used Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece from this same series.] It was a simple study, just reading a few [...]

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Charlotte Mason Carnival

April 3, 2012

  Welcome to the Charlotte Mason Carnival. I am pleased to have you here. I know you will enjoy the fantastic links in this week’s carnival. They are not many, but they are high quality. And isn’t that always more important? Living Books Domestic Serenity has some great thoughts about Building Booklists for Children. Danielle is [...]

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Heritage History Living eBooks Curriculum Review

March 27, 2012

Over the years, I’ve tried a lot of different living books based curriculum. I started with Sonlight, shifted to Winter Promise, used Beautiful Feet, and now I’ve started falling in love with Heritage History. Although the basis was always living books, there is a definite thread in my choices. I went from high structure to [...]

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WonderMaps for Living Geography

March 22, 2012

We have a living approach to geography. It’s not a separate subject but one that we occasionally integrate into our normal curriculum by studying maps as the opportunity arises. Basically all we need is an atlas and some outline maps. But I had a big gap in my resources when it came to historical maps. No longer. [...]

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