Playful Ways to Encourage Young Kids to Write

It’s never too early to start writing. Young kids can get a jumpstart on writing skills through what they know best–play! Give kids writing tools, simple suggestions, and the rest is up to them. It’s best not to push or require kids to write, but to encourage writing and see where it leads. Give ideas, … Read more

April Homeschool Collection

Welcome to the April Homeschool Collection brought to you by the Homeschool Review Crew. If you are looking for some fabulous real down-to-earth blogs and social media accounts to follow be sure to take a look through our Blog Roll. The Homeschool Crew have had a wonderful month exploring new products on the market and … Read more

Using the Community in Your Homeschool

Homeschooling can be a daunting task when you think that you were in charge of coming up with all of the educational material for your children. Luckily if you know how you can utilize your community in your homeschool. There are so many different resources and places that you can find educational materials and experiences … Read more

Reading Comprehension for Any Book – Questions to ask your Child for any Book

We love taking novels and turning them into novel unit studies — as evidenced by our ever-growing list of free novel studies!  Sometimes, however, you just want to read the book without doing an in-depth unit…and that’s why we’ve created this list of questions for any age, any book… Setting Where does this story take place? … Read more

The 5 W’s of Scripture Memorization (who, what, when, where, and why)

Scripture memorization is something I have done with my kids for as long as I can remember. It was something I did as a child with my parents. I was involved in Bible Drill at our church, where we had to memorize 25 verses, 10 key passages, and the plan of salvation each year. When … Read more

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