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Homeschooling on a Budget

by Mary Ann Kelley
Image of upward facing hand full of coins with a seedline sprouting from the coins and text Homeschooling on a Budget: TheHomeSchoolMom

...and your family, your community, restore balance, and provide important flexibility; time to explore and follow your passions, get involved in community projects, try ... Read More » The Alphabet Walk: Learning ABCs with Rocks and Trees Winter is a wonderful time to take Alphabet Walks with your children. In my part of the U.S., this means bundling up for the cold weather, but hunting for the ABCs in nature may be just the thing to get you and the kids moving on darker winter days. The main object of an Alphabet Walk is to find letters that have been unintentionally formed... Continue reading »

What Curriculum Should I Use For My 4 Year Old?

by Mary Ann Kelley
Boy sitting on a stack of books reading a book with text What Curriculum Should I use for my 4 year old

Recently on TheHomeSchoolMom's Facebook page someone asked for recommendations for her soon to be 4-year-old. It took me back to when I had a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old and had recently decided to homeschool. I. Was. So. Excited. What curriculum should I use? (I bought KONOS and timeline figures and a gazillion Usborne books.) How should we schedule our days? (I bought Managers of Their Homes and carefully scheduled every moment of our days and then proceeded to never once use the schedule.) I made lesson plans and felt organized and believed that my kids were going to get the... Continue reading »

The Alphabet Walk: Learning ABCs with Rocks and Trees

by Jeanne Faulconer
The Alphabet Walk: Learning ABCs with Rocks and Trees

...development or interest. For one child, this might be letter recognition; for another, this might be about seeing the symbol in abstractions; for another, it might be about spelling out words; for another, it might be about capturing the images. And, the especially energetic three-year-old can just run in circles, while you carry the baby in a sling or push the stroller. he Alphabet Walk is one of those approaches to education you can use instead of curriculum to create a high level of engagement and learning. It's a pretty fine thing to learn your ABCs from rocks and trees.... Continue reading »

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