Homeschool Blog Post Round Up

Welcome to the first blog post round-up for the 2021 Homeschool Review Crew year. We are so pleased you have joined us. The Crew is busy exploring SchoolhouseTeachers.com, and we are looking forward to their reviews next week, Tuesday, 5 January 2021.

We invite you to grab a cup of your favorite beverage and join us for some home education encouragement and inspiration.

Chareen @ Every Bed of Roses shares

• Homeschool 4 Free – Find some resources for your homeschool in one of six categories: General, Language Arts, Science, History, Geography, and Fine Arts.
• 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea {Unit Study} – It’s time to explore this classic with links to YouTube, the greater web, and Pinterest.
• The Year at Maple Hill Farm {Poppins Book Nook} – Looking for a beautiful book about seasons, look no further than this treasure.
• How Important is Alone Time and Home Schooling? – During this crazy year we’ve had, this is an important part of caring for your homeschool.

Annette @ A Net in Time shares

• Favourite Christmas Cookies – Christmas cookies and the types you make become part of our traditions. What cookies do you make every year? Here are our favourites.
• Top new Middle School reads – Listing the best middle School books I’ve read over this part year. Learning history, problem-solving, and crossing cultural barriers.
• Stuck in Learning? – Do you, or your children, ever find yourselves stuck in learning a new idea or concept? How do you get yourself “unstuck”. Seven ways to help.
• Fun Games for your Family – Looking for games to play with your family? Needing new inspiration? Check out our family favourites!

Kristen @ A Mom’s Quest to Teach shares

• Wonderful Blessings of God – Finding the blessings of God in homeschooling and in a difficult year.
• Favorite Homeschool Curriculum and Resources of 2020 – Sharing some of our family’s favorite homeschooling products that we reviewed through the Homeschool Review Crew for 2020.
• Book Club: Book Review of Jesus Freaks – Review of Jesus Freaks which would be a great addition to your homeschooling high schoolers’ study of Christian missionaries.
• Wordless Wednesday: Gettysburg of the Past – A Mom’s Quest to Teach shares photographs of the town and national military park of Gettysburg, PA from past years.

Yvie @ Homeschool On the Range shares

• 2020 Word of the Year – We had no idea just how much we’d be tested with this year’s word of the year — SLOW!
• Winter Safety on the Homestead – Animals, outbuildings, pipes…all of these things need tending to…and on cold winter days, I’m so glad we don’t homestead closer to the Arctic!
• A Parent’s Alphabet – There’s something about becoming a parent that introduces you to a whole new world of meaning….
• The Gift of Gratitude – We live in a world of negativity. It’s pervasive and surrounds us from every direction, but you have the choice to let it consume you, or work to focus on the good.

Linda @ Apron Strings & Other Things shares

• Snow Ice Cream – There’s no ice cream like Snow Ice Cream! You’ll be making sweet memories and enjoying a fun treat with this easy recipe.
• DIY Hot Cocoa Recipe & Hot Chocolate Bar – Jazz up a special gathering or an ordinary day with a Hot Cocoa Bar where everyone can build their own mug of chocolatey goodness! Homemade Cocoa Recipe included.
• Snickerdoodles – a Fun and Easy Recipe – Make memories together as you bake up delicious Snickerdoodle Cookies using this recipe.

Cynthia @ Inside Our Normal shares

• Homeschooling with an IEP – What you need to know when homeschooling a child with special needs or looking to leave the public school.
• A Day in our Homeschool Life – A typical day in our out of the box homeschool with 2nd, 5th and 6th grade as we study American History.
• The Lord’s Prayer Copywork practice – Download the Lord’s Prayer for Copywork practice.
• Everyday Therapy: Writing Skills for Early Elementary – Activities to encourage pre-writing skills for K-2nd graders with Fine Motor Delays or dysgraphia

Amy @ the WRITE Balance shares

• The Ace Up Their Sleeve Homeschool Parents Forget About – Every mom worries about their kids and whether or not they are doing a good job. Homeschool moms have a special extended version of worry about doing ‘enough’ for their children’s education and preparation for adulthood. If you’re feeling the weight of that responsibility right now, I want to remind you of something.