The world is in the middle of an environmental crisis. The first step to solving this crisis is to understand the science explaining it. Climate change, Global warming, The greenhouse effect: You...
Review of R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Astronomy 2
Review of R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Astronomy 2 R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Astronomy 2 from Pandia Press brings top quality secular science into your home or classroom in an engaging hands-on manner...
Observing the Perseid Meteor Shower
Observing the Perseid Meteor Shower Just imagine your children’s faces when you tell them that you will be waking them at 2 in the morning. When I wrote R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Astronomy 2, my...
When Experiments Don’t Work, That’s When the Science Really Gets Fun!
We have all been there, even me. It is the situation where your child and you set up and perform a science experiment only to have it fail. For most people this is frustrating. When this happens...
Homeschooling Saved My Life
Homeschooling Saved My Life By Beverly Burgess There’s a place that I don’t like to visit. I stayed there for quite a while a few years ago, and some days it unwillingly calls me back. Instead, I dig...
Why Study History?
Why Study History? History is our story, the record of our triumphs and tragedies. Without history, everything is new and surprising; history does not predict the future, but it narrows the...
Our Journey Together
About 11 o’clock Friday night February 3, I got the call every parent with a teen aged driver dreads. My 17-year-old son had been in a car accident, and they were taking him to the hospital. He will...
How to Put Together the Best Science Field Trip
How to Put Together the Best Science Field Trip Field trips aren’t just fun; they are also educational! Field trips give kids opportunities for hands-on learning, allow for new experiences, and lead...
Unschooling When You Can; Teach When You Must
By Kate Laird Kate Laird will be participating in SEA Homeschoolers’ School of Choice Week, 2017, airing from January 22 to 28, 2017. Kate’s podcast will air on January 25. Our school is...
Mom, it isn’t really math. it’s too fun.
Mom, it isn’t really math. it’s too fun. The idea that math…of all things…is fun, well, who would have thought it! Lilac Mohr’s self-published book, Math and Magic in...
Another Fun Game in Honor of Banned Book Week, 2016
Another Fun Game in Honor of Banned Book Week, 2016 Written by Kat Hutcheson Continuing our celebration of Banned Books Week, here is a fun little quiz to see if you can match the quote to the banned...
