Homeschool Blog

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Free Online Educational Games

I added a new link for free online educational games today!

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Time Blocks - A Different Way to Plan

Using time blocks rather than tasks to complete to schedule your homeschool day.

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School At Home

The mom of preschoolers asks how to break out of the school at home mentality.

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Kids Have a Bad Attitude About Homeschooling?

A reader asks how to deal with children who have a bad attitude about homeschooling.

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Unschooling or Relaxed Homeschooling?

Is it unschooling or relaxed homeschooling? Homeschool website with information and ideas to help the newbie and the veteran.

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Good Games - Fun and Educational

Good games are fun for all ages. Recommendations for educational games that are fun for all whole family.

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Eclectic Homeschooling

If you think all the homeschool methods have something to offer, eclectic homeschooling might be just the thing for you. Homeschool website with tips and ideas.

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Explode the Code

Explode the code is one of very few curriculum choices we've stuck with through the entire series. It is a simple, easy to use, no frills program that's

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One Year Adventure Novel

This year my daughter chose to use the One Year Adventure Novel curriculum. She has a desire to write novels and we have tried other approaches through

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Housing development construction site

We live in a suburban area where new housing developments are constantly going up. Our homeschool co-op group arranged a tour of one such development

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Peterson Directed Handwriting (K)

I purchased this program to help teach my kindergartners how to properly form their letters. I suppose for some children this would work, but for my children

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Screen printing business

My family, along with another, visited a screen printing business to see just how all those great t-shirts are made. As preparation for the trip, the

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You can win $25 for homeschool supplies!

Enter to win a $25 gift certificate from Christianbook.com . Just submit a homeschool curriculum review or field trip story and get your name in a random drawing! Click the permalink for more details.

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Once-a-Week Unit Studies

Once-a-Week Unit Studies are well-rounded, comprehensive unit studies that totally immerse you and your family in a particular topic while incorporating

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Win Free Homeschool Books!

Win free homeschool books and supplies! Not your average homeschool site. Look around and you'll find things you won't find anywhere else!

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Public Speaking?

I am considering writing a public speaking curriculum for younger kids/reluctant speakers. Is there interest in something like that? Please reply on the HBD Facebook Fan page or to publicspeaking@homeschool-by-design.com. Thanks!

Time 4 Writing

I have struggled to find a homeschool writing curriculum I have been pleased with. There just always seem to be some gaps in the instruction. And the

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Atlanta Motor Speedway

One of the best field trips our homeschool group took this year was a local one to the Atlanta Motor Speedway. We met at the gift shop where our tour

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Educational Travel

Educational travel is the ultimate homeschool field trip. Have you taken a field trip you'd like to share with others? Share it here!

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Math Lesson Plans - Spiral Curriculum or Mastery?

Two ways to organize math lesson plans are in a spiral curriculum or a mastery curriculum. Which should you use?

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