Cusco, Peru, Day 4 of our trip to Machu Picchu When my husband Jim told me he had booked a trip for us where we would hike into Machu Picchu over several days, I was not pleased. In fact, I was...
Cusco, Peru: Days 1 through 3
Before traveling to India in December of 2013, I wrote my travel blogs on Facebook. I have been meaning to transfer the photos and information to my WordPress blog for a while. When the daily photo...
Secular Academics for Homeschoolers Webinar
Secular Academics for Homeschoolers Webinar I was so busy moderating the session Secular Academics, I did not really listen to it until just now. What a great talk! What an amazing group of...
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Crew
Crew: Once There Were Vikings, and that Is the Last Time Any of Sean’s Relatives Rowed! Rowing, or crew as I am just beginning to call it, has been the surprise favorite this year. My husband’s...
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Language Arts
Language Arts: How We Came to Be Homeschoolers My son Sean was an early reader; I was an early reader; my father was an early reader; my paternal grandfather was an early reader. We all started...
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: History
History: A Repeat of a Favorite Class and Volunteering The Course: A Brief History of Humankind: This is a Coursera course, , that repeats regularly. It is the best history course I have ever taken...
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Science
Science: A Parent’s Passion I LOVE science‼ My son likes science. This is the main area of handcrafting Sean’s education that has focused on the passions of someone in his family besides him...
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Computer Science
Homeschooling Coding: A Student’s Passion I have been very thoughtful handcrafting this academic area. I will go through the process of how I did it, so you can see what I mean when I...
Handcrafting High School: Year 1, The First Four Months: Homeschooling Math
Homeschooling Math: How a Weakness Became a Strength The Textbook: Harold Jacobs Elementary Algebra: This text is well thought out and thorough. It is the best high school algebra text I looked at...
A question in the Co-op: Scientific Theories
What happens to scientific theories when definitions change or new information comes to light? I love this exchange, and I thought many of you would too. There has been quite a bit of interest about...
A Science Fair in Your Co-op Class
A science fair in your homeschool science co-op? You bet! I did it, and you can too. This will be the highlight of the entire year of great science!
Using REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 for a Co-op
REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 is a great choice for a science co-op, however because it was designed to be done 2 days a week it presents some scheduling challenges when conducting the labs in 1...
Materials List for a REAL Science Odyssey Biology Co-op
Pandia Press I received an email asking about how the material list is affected when teaching a co-op with RSO Chemistry 1. I thought it was a question that deserved an answer for RSO Biology 2 as...
