The Subject I Enjoy Teaching Most

Most of the time when favorite homeschool subjects are being discussed, someone is asking one of your students, “What’s your favorite subject?” In my house, the answer would be, “Anything but math!” But this week’s Blog Cruise is a fun one! We are asking members of the Crew which subjects are their favorites to teach! … Read more

A New Subject for Charlotte Mason . . . Technology!

Three years ago when I started homeschooling, one name kept coming up in conversation: Charlotte Mason. She was everywhere. Then I discovered she’d been dead for over 80 years, and I started to wonder what she had to do with twenty-first century homeschooling. So I started digging. I discovered her premise contained twenty basic principles, … Read more

Homeschooling on the Other Side of the Earth

When I asked my children what they felt was different about homeschooling in China, versus our experiences homeschooling “back home” in Canada, my nine-year-old daughter’s first response was, “It isn’t really all that different from homeschooling in Canada.” And in many ways, she’s right. We study the same subjects, we have the same schedule, the … Read more

Creative Curriculum on a Creative Budget

When we made the decision last February to homeschool (has it really been almost a year?), I knew one of the things I’d have to deal with was little to no budget for buying curriculum and supplies.  Our children were in Kindergarten and Pre-K and had been in public school for the first part of … Read more

The Deals at SchoolhouseTeachers.com and Econobusters.com Continue!

The awesome deals for SchoolhouseTeachers.com and Econobusters.com/Molly Magazine continue this week! If you haven’t read the wonderful reviews of SchoolhouseTeachers from our new Crew members, you can click over now. Maybe you found a little extra cash in your stocking Christmas morning and are wondering what to spend it on? Well, if you have been contemplating trying … Read more

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