*Disclosure: I received free curriculum for review purposes and am being compensated for my time. I am not required to give a positive review.  As always,  I am sharing my honest opinion with you. 

My 14 yr. old son hates writing. And I mean h-a-a-a-a-t-e-s writing. He is not a creative thinker, and his brain tends to shut down when given a writing assignment because he dreads it so much.

He is starting high school this year, so I decided that 9th grade would be the year that we focused on writing. I was not looking forward to it until I stumbled across Apologia’s Writers in Residence Curriculum. Could it be the answer for my reluctant writer? [Read more…]

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I recently commented to a friend that my kids often learn more through videos and games than they do through traditional homeschool curriculum. They tend to retain what they enjoy. [Read more…]

*Disclosure: I received free curriculum for review purposes and am being compensated for my time. I am not required to give a positive review.  As always,  I am sharing my honest opinion with you.

We have used Apologia science curriculum for years in our homeschool, and last year added in the What We Believe series. I was so excited to discover that they have a new reading curriculum by Debra Bell. (She also wrote one of my favorite homeschooling how-to guides: The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling.)

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Confession time: I am terrible at working fun (and important) extras like art into our homeschool routine. We either never get around to the extra stuff, or we spend too much time on it and then our core subjects pile up.

I’ve figured out three ways to fit art lessons into our busy homeschool schedule. I hope one of them works for you! [Read more…]