Elementary School
Review of Raddish Cooking Subscription Box for Kids
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…
Read MoreHow do I homeschool upper elementary: Third grade? Fourth grade? or Fifth grade?
The Easy Way to Homeschool Upper Elementary Grades Since my posts on homeschooling kindergarten, first, second and high school many people have been asking me, “How do I homeschool third… or fourth…. or fifth grade?” These years are, in my opinion, the golden years of childhood. Kids are old enough to take care of their…
Read MoreThe Best Homeschool Curricula for Elementary Grades 3-5
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…
Read MoreHomeschooling 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…
Read MoreHow 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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