Month: June 2016
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Pondering June
June has been a tricky month for me, all in all. Â The pain of real life has dappled the sunshine of home, as I attempt to come to terms with it all. Â Sometimes I wish I did not experience every emotion in such a raw, intense way. Â The insomnia which plagued me for the first […]
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Learning about Ancient Mesopotamia through Literature: The Golden Bull
We love to learn about ancient history using great literature. Â The Golden Bull is a fiction book written by Marjorie Cowley. Â It is a simply written book, with extremely short chapters, perfect for emergent readers or as a read aloud for younger children. Â It has many aspects of polytheism, and as such I felt it […]
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Notebooking Pages {TOS Review}
After years of my older three using Debra’s excellent note pages, my two youngest daughters have begun their history journaling journey with pages from the Lifetime Membership available from NotebookingPages.com: Reviewing the lifetime membership is possibly the easiest review I have ever written! Â I have been using NotebookingPages.com for the majority of our homeschool, and […]
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Veritas Press Review
Veritas Press  is one of the main reasons I wanted to become a member of the review crew!  I had read many of my friends reviews on this incredible company over the past few years and I just knew it would be an excellent fit for our family.  I practically begged to be allowed on […]
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Precious Memories
This week has been all about the Victorians and writing, writing and more writing. Â Thing is, pictures of everyone writing are not very interesting so photos are a bit thin on the ground. Although we are officially celebrating Father’s Day this weekend by a trip to the beach and lunch out (a huge treat for […]
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Review of LearnBop
LearnBop has a great new way to practice math with their LearnBop for Families subscription! Â We were given twelve months access to the Single Student Plan of LearnBop for Families. What is LearnBop? LearnBop is a personalised maths program which allows the student to work at their own level until mastery of any given maths […]
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Precious Moments
I seem to running around, trying to catch myself up, right now, so I have decided over the summer I will just be posting my weekly precious moments posts, as well as any reviews I need to do for the TOS crew. Â I need to slow down a little, and one way I can do […]
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Why SAM Learning Has Got Me Excited About Homeschooling my Teens
Have any of you felt confident teaching elementary age but are concerned you can not do justice to your children’s secondary education? Â Are any of you frustrated with the sheer lack of UK curricula out there suitable for the home schooling family? Â Do any of you have children who are reaching GCSE age, and are […]
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Implementing Gatto’s Guerrilla Curriculum: Part three
Here’s my final post on Gatto’s Guerrilla Curriculum and ideas I have for implementing it. Just as a reminder, Gatto believes every child’s learning experience should include (I have crossed out the items previously discussed in last weeks’ post): Substantial community service Apprenticeships Parent Partnerships on school time Team projects (gardens, cross-age tutoring, talent shows, […]
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Victorian Unit Study: Great Expectations
You know when something happens and the timing is so good it could only have been God?  Well, this is how I feel about this review of Progeny Press.  This summer we are focusing ten weeks on the children’s writing at the same time as learning about the Victorian Times.  When the Great Expectations E-Guide came up, […]