Ocean Unit Study
This study primarily uses 5 different books and online videos. We will also supplement this study with trips to a local aquarium and take a field trip to a good tide pool beach.
Category: eclectic homeschooling
1st Grade Read Alouds
The summer before my son started first grade, I hatched a plan. I scoured book lists and my local library to come up with a list of read alouds that would help my son be able to listen to chapter books read aloud.
The Unschooling Life
Unschooling is beneficial. It is important. I do think it helps foster a love for learning that extends through a whole life time. Learning should be fun although there will always be some things we will have to learn about even if we are not interested. Homeschooling provides my children time to have the best of both worlds. It allows my children to receive a structured education with enough time to pursue interests.
Flexible Time Schedule
To use the flexible time schedule, I decided what subjects we were going to cover for the school year and counted the number of expected school days and the number of hours we would spend on schooling each day.
More Challenging Literature Choices for a Younger Reader
Reading came easy to my oldest child. In an effort to seek to challenge my young reader, I researched classic books that would be appropriate for a younger reader.
Unschooling in the Early Years
Unschooling is all about learning through natural life experiences. During the early years I have found unschooling to be an effective way to teach a young child.
Botany Unit Study
When I first put this unit study together for my boys, we were living in Canada. Now we are living in California. My youngest child wanted to study botany this school year, so I pulled out this unit study and have updated it slightly to reflect where we live and…
4 Ways to Prepare a Young Child for Academics
We all want our children to be successful in school. How do we help our young children learn what they need to learn so when school starts they will be all set? I work full-time as a Speech-Language Pathologist with young children and their families. I go into the…
Human Biology and Health Unit Study
My 5th grader requested to learn more about the human body this school year. I did have a human body study put together, but it was geared toward younger children. As a result, I decided to create another one from scratch. I searched for a spine appropriate for this study…
Story of the World Middle Ages: Video Supplements
My 5th grader will be starting on Story of the World Middle Ages. We are using the audio along with the activity book. My kid also enjoys learning through videos so we are supplementing the activity book with videos. Since we are doing an activity for almost every chapter…
