Richele is a Christian homeschooling mom to four children, writer and business owner. Her collegiate background is in educational psychology. Although it never prepared her for playing Candyland, grading science, chasing a toddler, doing laundry and making dinner at the same time.
Homeschool Live Online Class {at a glance} Product: CurrClick Live Online Classes Format: Connects using Adobe Connect Grades: Kindergarten thru High School depending on class chosen. Classes: Science, Math, English, Foreign Language, Art, etc. Teachers: Qualified and screened teachers, CurrClick publishers, and homeschool parents. Cost: Varies on class chosen. What are CurrClick Live Online Classes? CurrClick Live is a division of CurrClick the site for downloadable curriculum in a click. CurrClick Live offers a variety of homeschool online classes. If the prospect of entering into the world of online learning is overwhelming, then let me alleviate your fears. The site is easy to … Continue reading →
What is Dew Learning? Dew Learning is first and only K-12 Christian Curriculum for the iPad and accessible through any internet device. Exciting news for online learners and even more exciting for iPad owners who can take their entire curriculum with them wherever they go. Non-traditional schooling is just that…non-traditional. Education takes place on the road, while swinging in the backyard, at the dinner table, library or a restaurant. Now you never have to leave books behind or break your back trying to carry it all. Dew Learning comes on the most portable device on the market to give you ultimate … Continue reading →
Homeschool Minder is a record keeping (web-based) software for homeschool teachers. It is intuitive and interactive as it tracks grades, achievements, skills learned, lesson plans, assignments, and your calendar. If it involves homeschooling it goes in Homeschool Minder. Yes, you can input field trips. Yes, you can input appointments. Oh yes, even days at co-op. It is the only record keeping system you will need. Really…it is that exhaustive. You may be overwhelmed at first but navigation is easy and bypassing anything you don’t feel you need is simple and won’t get in your way. If you state requires attendance or you submit … Continue reading →
I squinted to make sense of scattered letters through the glare on my screen. Focused attempts at deciphering HTML became distracted by bursts of giggling from the other side of my window. Rejoicing from finally making a text box that scrolled, I missed a small excited voice asking me to “look at me”. Dripping hair and sopping wet footsteps ran inside to beckon me to join their mini water park complete with a blow up monkey pool. Promising just five more minutes I shooed away wet fingers from my computer. Next I looked up and the time for sprinklers, popsicles, and water slides … Continue reading →
Happy Birthday Crayola! Crayola makes me smile. I know it may sound a bit silly but bringing out a new box of Crayola crayons is one of my favorite things to do with my kids. Afternoons spent with a new set of crayons, plenty of paper, and giggling kids, will always be some of my favorite memories. And yes, it must be Crayola. We are crayon snobs in my home and only Crayola will do. When my son was little he thought crayons equaled Crayola and was surprised to learn other crayon companies existed. My oldest daughter used to organize … Continue reading →
All the materials below are ebooks and can be downloaded in an instant! The ABC’s For Godly Children is a comprehensive, Bible eCurriculum centered around teaching children ages 4-10 about the God they serve and how to have a heart like His. By using each letter of the alphabet a Bible lesson is presented in an understandable and interactive format to teach core truths concerning the Gospel, Godly Character, and Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Your children will learn their ABC’s and a necessary Biblical foundation as they connect them through Scripture memorization, detailed lessons, simple crafts, and interactive song. ~$8.00 each The Dig for … Continue reading →
Product: Ooka Island Adventure Format: Computer Game Ages: 3 to 7 Focus: Literacy, Phonics Use: Supplement to any reading program, extra practice, fun and learning game Rating: 5 out of 5 golden pencils What is Ooka Island? Learning early literacy skills was never so much fun! The game teaches phonics and letter/sound recognition. A friendly robot named Zobot guides your child in a mission on Ooka Island. Your child will visit the Cave of Sounds, Alphabet Mountain, Bubbly Troubly and more! Once your child visits Popcorn Mountain she will get the chance to read books. What did I love about Ooka Island? An approach to teaching … Continue reading →
Pray. Ask the Lord daily to order your steps each morning. Pray for wisdom in how you conduct your day. Always take time to pray over involving yourself in any activity, ministry, job, or program. Just because something sounds like an amazing opportunity does not mean it is the opportunity God has for you now. Understand your role in the Lord. There are things you never need to wonder if you should put time into being a wife and a mother if God has blessed you with being a wife and a mother. You already know God has called … Continue reading →
The most popular decision to homeschool is faith followed by dissatisfaction with the school system. However, some chose to homeschool for other reasons. The choice to homeschool is personal. Yet, it is still the unusual choice so we wonder, why homeschool? Here are what some had to say about their decision to homeschool: My husband and I were both homeschooled. There was never any other option for our children in our minds. Home is best. ~Amy I never considered it until my sister-in-law married a man who was homeschooled, and they planned to homeschool their own children. After that I … Continue reading →
Goodnight Moon is an American children’s book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. First published in 1947, this book’s popularity, charm, and quality still remain constant to this day. All of my children proclaimed this book to be a bedtime favorite at some point. The book is simple, sweet, and a wonderful way to gently lay your children down to sleep. Due to how loved the book is by so many children it is a great place to start a book study for little ones. Creating lessons from favorite books will encourage your child to read and … Continue reading →
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