Taking Off the Blinders
Thursday, 23 April 2015
When we learn more about issues affecting us and those around us, it’s as if the blinders are taken off. When we understand, we are better equipped to do something to bring about a positive outcome and to fight for justice. Mock Trial with Deborah Burton, a homeschooling mother of two and a licensed attorney,
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The Type of Writing
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Have your kids ever asked to type an assignment on the computer instead of writing it by hand? There are benefits to both, and both can be improved upon. Everyday Copywork helps students practice their penmanship, in both print and cursive, through copying Bible portions, excerpts of literature, grammar, foreign language, and much more. The
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Up, Up and Away
Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Let your students get up and Ditch the Desk with SchoolhouseTeachers.com. Twenty-four weekly and monthly unit studies examine topics such as being an author or illustrator, backyard critters, baking with math, banishing boring book reports, birds, the life of frontier photographer Evelyn Cameron, fairy tales, growing up Dutch, the ocean, the weather, and even candy
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Archaeology and Arithmetic
Monday, 20 April 2015
Middle and high school students can learn about the past through Regan Barr’s Classical Archaeology course. Regan is an archaeologist, educator, author, and homeschool parent who has firsthand experience in the topics covered in this course. Students will study the ancient world, as presented through archaeological evidence, from a Biblical perspective. They will visit Ephesus
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Special Delivery
Saturday, 18 April 2015
Speaking in public is one of the most common phobias, though it is typically required of us all at one point or another. Why not learn how to speak well and overcome your fear? Middle and high school students can join Rebekah Bell for Public Speaking. This five-unit course is presented in a video format,
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Change Your Focus
Friday, 17 April 2015
When it comes time to evaluate the role media plays in your life or the lives of your children, join Dr. Lisa Dunne for her Media Socialization course. Middle school and high school students can examine the effect that media has in their lives, become more media literate, reflect on the power of words and
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It All Makes Sense Now
Thursday, 16 April 2015
Are you looking for a great way to teach your young children their alphabet? Do you have a high school student who struggles with physics? SchoolhouseTeachers.com might be able to help make sense of it all. Sensory Learning for Toddlers with Beth Gorden is a 26-week hands-on class for toddlers to learn their alphabet while
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Gleaning from the Great One
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
We are fortunate to be living at such a time as this. So many great books have been written from which we and our children can obtain knowledge and understanding of literature and the world around us. Classics-Based Writing with Janice Campbell is a writing class for middle and high school students that studies 11
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