Find out how to develop your child’s artistic skills at home, to create well-rounded homeschool students. With approximately 1,770,000 students homeschooled in the United States, it’s clear that many agree children can get a quality education right from home. That being said, reading, writing, and arithmetic is pretty standard for each homeschooler, but what about art […]
Kids Can Learn From Your Yard
Outdoor learning is so beneficial to kids! Find out how to incorporate outdoor learning into your children’s lives, plus why that’s so important! Researchers have now found a new name for the phenomenon affecting so many of today’s children: nature deficit disorder. Put simply, this means not spending enough time in God’s creation, to the […]
Homeschool Crafts are Great for the Brain
Find out why you should incorporate homeschool crafts into your lesson plan, plus ideas of how to do so. Crafting provides our brains with a natural antidepressant, so it only makes sense to weave it into your homeschooling lesson plans, somewhere between reading and discussing literature and memorizing the times tables. Introducing your children to different types […]
Homeschool Book It Program
Find out how easy it is to sign up for the Homeschool Book It Program from Pizza Hut! Did you grow up getting Book It pizzas from Pizza Hut as a reward for meeting reading goals? I absolutely loved the Pizza Hut Book It Program, so I was thrilled when I found out that they […]
Teaching Time Telling
A cute and simple clock to use in teaching time telling for kids! This post was originally published on Coffee With Us 3 in 2015. However, as I wanted to share this post with my followers in the homeschooling community, I’m republishing it here today. Enjoy! You may remember from my post on Homeschooling Goals […]
5 of Our Favorite Read Alouds for 5-9 Year Olds
5 of Our Favorite Read Alouds for 5-9 Year Olds Now that you’ve learned why read alouds are so important, I want to share with you some of my family’s favorite read alouds. Links to these books are Amazon affiliate links. Thanks for supporting this blog by using these links! 5 of our favorite read […]
Awesome Pencil Sharpener Review
Read my review of the pencil sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies I’ve been looking for a good pencil sharpener for a while. One of the awesome ones like we had at school when I was a kid, that could sharpen any pencil to perfection. So when I was offered the chance to do a pencil […]
How to Throw a Reformation Party
Find out how to throw a Reformation Party, so your kids (and you!) can have fun learning about the Reformation! Last year my sister and I decided to throw a Reformation Party. The kids had so much fun at the party, and both adults and kids learned so much! We are throwing one again this […]
The Homestead Kids Blog
My kids have been watching me blog for 4 years, now. Recently they have been asking if they could start a blog of their own, so I decided to let them start the Homestead Kids Blog, which will be hosted on this blog. I also want to give a shout out to our awesome photographer, […]