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Can Your Homeschool Blog Earn Money? {Part 3}

In, Can Your Homeschool Blog Earn Money?, Part 1 and Part 2, I discussed the background information you need before starting a blog that has the potential of earning you a profit.  If you missed those two posts, please take time to read them as blogs without a proper foundation do not earn profits. Not all profits can strictly financial but we all want to know now to earn cold hard cash.  There is no easy answer but there are avenues you can take to drive your blog to the bank. Here are some of the most popular ways to … Continue reading →

Pizza Hut Encourages Reading and Welcomes Homeschoolers Too

Pizza Hut Book It! Program has been ongoing for many years to encourage students to read and has always awarded homeschoolers with pizza and other prizes. Previously when homeschoolers wanted to participate they had to do so through a homeschool group or co-op. It could be difficult to coordinate large groups of people, but everyone was happy enough with the program. This year, and for the past few years, homeschoolers are allowed to sign up individually. The website announcement says the following: “Thank you for your interest in the BOOK IT! Program for grades K-6. We are currently accepting enrollment … Continue reading →

Distance Learning Homeschool Programs Mo-No

In my post on hybrid homeschooling, I talked about combining homeschooling with distance learning or local classes. Here continues the list of Distance Learning Programs you can use. Moore Foundation This is a project-based program with and unschooling bent. As I mentioned in my article about the recently deceased Dr. Moore, The Moore Academy is based on the Moore formula that stresses the importance of a project based education, apprenticeship and service. Families are charged for things like registration ($165.00), curriculum set ups, monthly overviews, evaluations, and consultations as needed. My Learning Partners This program promises to assist parents into … Continue reading →

Homeschooling Week in Review May 26, 2007- June 1, 2007

We have a little bit of everything here for you this week at the families.com homeschooling blog. We wrote about teaching evolution, Saxon Math, kids wanting to start or stop homeschooling, and much more. Here is the families.com homeschooling week in review for May 26, – June 1, 2007 May 26, 2007: Teaching Your Homeschooler about Evolution by Andrea Hermitt finished a series on homeschooling and religion that was started the previous week. This post suggests several resources you may wan to use for this purpose. May 27, 2007 Homeschooling Week in Review May 19, – May 25, 2007 by … Continue reading →

Homeschool Curriculum Glossary (Right Start-Runkle)

Right start Mathematics by Activities for Learning, Inc. teaches math basics using tool called the Al Abacus. This abacus gives a visual representation of math functions without the mess of hundreds of tiny pieces of math manipulatives. Right Track Reading gives free information to help parents teach children to read. With the help of their publications, Right Track Reading gives parents systematic phonics instructions. Robinson Self-Teaching Curriculum is a full k-12 program that will allow your child to teach themselves.” The curriculum includes a program of self-study that requires almost no teacher interaction. This unique curriculum will save you hours … Continue reading →

Homeschool Curriculum Glossary (Peterson-Prairie)

Peterson Directed Handwriting is a method for teaching fluent print and cursive handwriting skills. The CD Rom Based materials provided by Peterson Directed Handwriting are based on rhythm. Phonics Pathways, which is published by Dorbooks, is based on the premise that reading should be taught one-step at a time. Using games and systematic phonics instructions, this instruction program, written for the teacher promises to help you develop and strengthen character while learning to effectively read and spell. Piano for Life is a video series created to help you create a good foundation for a future as a pianist. Piano for … Continue reading →

Homeschool Curriculum Glossary (Learn – Lessons)

Learn to Write the Novel Way promises to motivate “the student’s creative impulses”. It is designed for 5-12 grades and “incorporates writing a complete novel, a full year’s worth of English Comp with weekly lesson plans, grammar skills learned within the context of authoring a book, teamwork and the joy of a finished novel.” Learnables Foreign Language is a “language immersion system.” The program encourages the learner to “think in the foreign language”. “Since 1976 two generations of home schooling families have selected The Learnables® for foreign language education. They have found that with The Learnables® the foreign languages can … Continue reading →

A Review of This Week’s Parenting Blogs

I am borrowing an idea from Heather Long and reviewing the week in Parenting. There have been some great blogs written on some important topics. But often parents only see the first few blogs and miss the rest. So here is a review of this week’s Parenting topics. Monday September 18th. “Teaching Good Judgment” is an important skill that many parents fail to teach their children. This is obvious by the many teens and young adults that are making such bad decisions. Read this blog for some ideas on how you can teach your child good judgment. “Should Partners Of … Continue reading →

Effective School Reading Programs

The importance of instilling a love of reading in my son Tyler is something I take very serious. I am fortunate to have a child who loves reading and being read to. With a mother who is not only a writer but an avid reader you might imagine he would probably love reading. Books and reading have always been a part of his life and like a lot of parents I started reading to him before he was born. Now, that he can read well and independently and he’s just five, well I am sooooo proud of him. Will a … Continue reading →

Carnival of Educators -Drama Club Edition

Welcome to the November 17, 2009 edition of carnival of educators. This is the fourth edition of the Carnival of Educators. For those new to carnivals, they are basically blog or column posts that include links to tidbits from dozens of other carnivals. Each week the carnival is hosted at a different blog to spread the wealth and the work around. This weeks edition is the Drama Club edition. In the past two weeks, I have been to numerous homeschool and school productions, and my own kids are in the middle of Tech week for a play scheduled for five … Continue reading →