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Home School Science – from blah to yah!

Home school mom — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:45:29 +0000

Teaching Science in homeschool can be one of the most appealing subjects for both parents and their children. Often, however, many homeschool teachers feel intimidated by Science in the higher levels of school. I was reminded of this when I was reading a post called Gross Mold Update on another homeschool blog. It reminded me that the solution to science at all levels is practical experimentation. The goal of your science curriculum should, in my opinion, be largesly about investigative inquiry and research. Facts are facts, but learning how to address a problem, hypothisize a solution, and act on it are priceless and valuable in many aspects of life. Anyway, in the above posting the teacher cultivated mold spores with her students and found out the one that grew the best came from her own mouth – – a classic! It keeps the kids interested though and they will likely never forget the principles. This idea is valid at any grade level.

Teaching US History in Christian Homeschool

Home school mom — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:15:28 +0000

One of the most frustrating things for me when I got to the US History part of my Christian homeschool curriculum was the terrible resources available. The current trajectory of the dicipline of history is left-leaning historians writing revisionist history that goes too far in attacking Christianity’s role in the making of the United States. I am not looking for a glossy portrayl of the situation, but every single textbook that I picked up was a little over the top in its condemnation or even worse subtle reproach of the role of Christianity in the making of the United States. I didn’t want an entirely Christian view of the topic either, but something more balanced. What I learned is that this was largely impossible. This is one of the frustrating things of teaching Christian homeschool. I am not looking to indoctrinate my children, but the unfortunately reality is that there are so few balanced curriculum sets for US History out there. I eventually went with the Alpha Omega Curriculum
edition, just because of my luck with their works in other areas. I cannot say that I was disappointed, but the whole experience made me want to develop my own history curriculum for Christian homeschools that provided a nice balanced approach.

Online Homeschooling for Christians

Home school mom — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:15:08 +0000

One of the biggest trends in homeschooling is online instruction. No matter how innovative and wonderful parents are as teachers, we cannot offer all opportunities to our children. Online collaboration now offers a wonderful supplement to our existing curriculum. One of the reasons you see the Alpha Omega ‘ads’ on this site is because I’ve had so much luck with them. Granted, the stuff isn’t free, but it is top notch. I tried to scrounge up my online homeschooling resources for free, but it took so much time and I often was using pure junk. Part of the reason I created this blog was to help pay for these books . In any event, I will be putting together my favorite books and pieces of homeschooling curriculum to help those just starting out. I will also do a full review of some Alpha Omega products.

Welcome to Christian Homeschooling Help

Home school mom — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:05:31 +0000

Welcome to my new blog, Christian Homeschooling Help. I am a mother of 3 children, two of whom successfully completed their elementary and secondary school education in my Christian homeschooling program. I have one more ‘student’ working to complete his high school degree and head to college. In this blog I hope to provide help and resources for other Christian homeschooling families. Best of luck with your own Christian homeschooling curriculum, if you have any questions, please post them in the comments.