Raddish is an easy and fun way to teach your children basic cooking skills and augment your homeschool curricula with math and reading activities. So I am dreadfully behind on my reviews, but I am gradually catching up. Raddish sent me a complimentary box to review several weeks ago. Let me first say I love…

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Curricula for Homeschool Grade 3, 4, 5

If you haven’t already read my post on designing a homeschool program for third through fifth grade you should read that first.  Otherwise this is a round up of all my absolute best homeschool curricula for elementary school.  Keep in mind while some of these are affiliate links and I will earn a commission on…

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homeschooing first and second grade

What’s the best way to homeschool first and second grade? Parents are often shocked at how little time it actually takes to homeschool first and second grade. Because homeschooling is geared to a specific child and not a classroom full of kids with differing levels and interests homeschooling parents are able to give the child…

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How to teach homeschool spelling

This one is easy: Don’t. You heard me correctly.  Don’t teach homeschool spelling.  Well, not as an independent subject at least.  All my kids are excellent writers and I gave up spelling lists within the first couple weeks of homeschooling.  There are several reasons for this: Spelling programs are, as a whole, BORING to teach.…

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