Posts Tagged ‘ lessons ’

Homeschooling Through the Holidays

It is hard to homeschool through the holidays, unless you take holiday activities to also be educational. Gift ideas, too, can be used for education.
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Free Online Music Lessons for Kids

Discover free music lessons for kids here and find a variety of ways to learn music online with this list we’ve compiled.
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Reading Level Assessment Tools

Discover many ways to test your kid's reading level, whether it’s informally at the house or through a reading assessment tool. You can find it all here.
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Social Studies Lesson Plans

Christopher Columbus Unit Study AN A TO Z RESOURCE This page is an attempt to help parents see all sides of the controversy so that they can better evaluate material they present to their children regarding Columbus and his times, according to the age and maturity of their children. Homeschoolers for Kerry and Edwards...
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Foreign Language Learning For Kids

For Kids Near and Far Foreign Languages in General Linguacious® is a multi-award-winning language learning company that develops innovative vocabulary flashcard games and books in over 30 different languages. Their flashcard games and books are the only ones that contain audio by a native speaker of the language right from the cards/books, which make them an excellent...
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Camp Songs, Free Downloads

Campfire Songs Becky’s Campfire Songbook Becky has loads of songs, skits, stories and legends as well as other ideas for campfire success. Sing along! Camp Songs This page brought back lots of memories of Girl Scout camp in the 60’s. Um hmmm I want to linger, um hmmm a little longer… Camp Songs The...
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Lessons and Ideas Directory Page

How do I figure out what lessons my children should do? Absolute Beginners Guide to Homeschooling High School Chose lessons based on your child’s strengths. He’s intelligent in his own way. She has a style of her own. Assets 4 Learning Chose lessons based on your child’s strengths. He’s intelligent in his own way. She has...
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Dance Lessons Online for Free

Finding free dance lessons and classes for kids doesn’t have to be hard. We’ve compiled a list to help your kids discover their next moves. Learn more here.
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Science Lessons for Kids

Science Lessons Wacky Plants, Magical Magnets, and More Science4Us provides these interactive early elementary science activities for free on their site! Fire Prevention Unit Study AN A to Z PAGE Fire Prevention Week provides lots of opportunity to discuss fire safety. Janice VanCleave Wants to Exchange Ideas AN A to Z ARTICLE I just...
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The Secret to Giving Your Kids a Really Great Homeschool Science Education

Hi, I'm Aurora, creator of the online e-science program. This is a complete online homeschool science curriculum. It is self-guided so your kids can do it on their own, or you can do it with them. I use a combination of videos, live tele-classes, reading and exercises to teach kids real science. Plus, I...
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Foundations for Successful Homeschooling

Those with large families often wonder, “How can I be successful when homeschooling my family when my state requires me to report?”
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Radio Online – Podcasts for Kids

Kids, Make a Podcast, Build a Radio Ham Radio HAM Radio and Homeschooling: A Good Fit What about socialization? Ham radio may seem like a hermit’s hobby, sitting alone in a room with a bunch of electronic equipment, but it’s actually very social. It’s all about talking to other people on the radio. By...
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Drum Lessons For Kids Online

A Drum Lessons Database Percussion resource for players. Go through the lessons one by one, or pick a particular rhythm and just go with it. Drumming With Kids But don’t feel like you must have some special skills to start drumming with the kids you know. Just show up with your heart, your good...
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Folk Instruments

Whistles, Flutes. Recorders, Harmonica Chiff & Fipple The center of a large Internet community of under-medicated whistle fanatics. Many speak & write English, or variants thereof. Harmonica Lessons You’ll need a diatonic type harmonica to learn and practice on. How to Play the Recorder The recorder is an instrument that is quite easy to...
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Explore Free Homeschool Resources

Get started homeschooling today with these free online homeschool resources. Find something for the required subjects plus other fun ideas!
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Languages – Fun Lessons to learn Foreign Languages

English As a Second Language (ESL) French German Greek Hebrew Italian Latin Spanish Languages Near and Far Foreign Languages in General Czech Hawaiian Irish Japanese Sign Language Swahili Translations Welsh
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Guitar Lesson Part 1

Basic Acoustic Guitar #1 Guide to the Parts of an Acoustic Guitar Before learning how to play an acoustic guitar, it is beneficial for a beginner acoustic guitar player to learn the part of a guitar. In the event that you ever take lessons or talk to other players, you will be able to...
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How Natural Reading Happens

Reading Can Happen Naturally by Susan Viator During the summer between kindergarten and first grade, our son Matt learned to read. He went from not reading anything to reading everything overnight. He read cereal boxes and billboards and parts of the newspaper. He read his animal books, his stories about the solar system, and the greeting...
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