We are smack in the middle of Oregon Trail country (the two-tracks can be seen easily from the highway on regular drives of ours past Red Canyon to South Pass), so this was of particular interest to me. Included in these freebies is a link for a free version of the Oregon trail game as well. Click here and enjoy…and y’all come and see us sometime!
Here is a link for some great lapbooking resources for your homeschool. This is a neat learning tool that I am only beginning to investigate, that may put my daughter’s love for creating and her lack of eagerness for reporting all together in a fun little package.
Have fun investigating links for over 300 free lapbooks at this site, including themes like: cooking, money, the “Little House” book series, ABC’s, fire safety, chemistry, lots of blank templates and more. Click here.
Enjoy this wonderful free resource for the new school year. Lots of great tips for planning, organizing, and determining the direction for your school year. Seasoned homeschoolers share encouragement for unit studies, lots of great links for free planners, charts, and forms, and their own personal insight for what works, and what doesn’t. Just click the green graphic in the left sidebar and enjoy!
This morning my son was apparently thinking of the upcoming school year. The public school bus comes right by our house very early each morning (we are several miles out of town, so some children need to be ready to leave at 7 a.m. or perhaps even earlier). I tease my kids periodically, saying (as they are still having breakfast in their jammies), “Well, here’s the bus! Ready to go?” 😉
Well, today my son made a sweet observation. He said, “Mom, those kids who have to get up so early…they don’t get to see their parents for 7 whole hours every day! That’s too bad. I feel sorry for them.” Yes, that’s just one of the great perks of homeschooling. I love my kids, and homeschooling provides the closeness which allows me to know them well enough to like them a whole lot as well. 🙂
I can’t say I’m quite ready to jump into school yet, but having this kind of outlook (and from a nine year old, at that!) sure helps.
Speaking of helps, here are a couple treasures I just learned about for the new school year:
If you, as a homeschooling parent, have ever waivered in your dedication to the cause, this post should help you sense your need for commitment more than ever. I’ll be honest, it steamed my veggies when I first read it, but then I thought, “You know, I have a concrete and confident answer for each of these ignorant attacks…I’m more on board now than ever!”
I didn’t bother with a post on this blog. Many other folks effectively sliced and diced the falsehoods and misconceptions quite nicely. But I wanted to turn it around and use it for good. Go there, read it, and allow it to bolster your homeschooling philosophy/mission statement for the coming school year.
Happy summer!
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