Homeschooling Christmas

Homeschool Question: "I've been toying with the idea of taking December 'off'. Does anyone else do this? I want to have FUN! I want to bake, sew, serve...do all the things we never seem to have time for. I'm scared to let go! Maybe we'll at least do math everyday. Anyone else here take December off?

Refrigerator Gallery

Several years ago I asked my mother-in-law to teach a poetry class at my home. She graduated from Stanford in Honors English Literature.  She had taught English at BYU for nine years. besides, she is an awesome poetess! She suggested we post the poem we were studying on the fridge and then repeat it at each meal. I thought it a dandy idea!

How Do You Use The Children's Hour for Homeschooling?

The Children's Hour (CH) is great for home educators who want to boost their cultural literacy, expand their breadth and depth of learning, and those who need to show a portfolio of work at the end of the school year. This is a simple system, it all adds up! This also saves the parent hundreds of hours compiling lists of people, art works, music, other resources and links for further study. CH has a yearly theme based on a cycle or era of time: