Category: Homeschool

With the way the education system is headed in this country, it’s probably in the best interest of most children that parents choose to home school them. Yet this task is far easier said than done. Even with the best intentions, providing a home-spun education for your child that prepares them for the real can be an enormous

Whether you have a tween that is bitten by the book bug and reads all the time, or one that only reads a certain type of book, some of the Amulet Books most exciting and popular reads are now available as paperbacks.

In the 11+ years it took us to become American Citizens I have learned a lot about American history. Much of what was on the Citizenship Test my husband and I already knew, from our own schooling (yes I took American History in a Canadian school) – as well as what we have learned through our daughter doing her schooling here in the United States. 

Finding safe, low-cost, educational and fun activities for kids during the summer so their brains stay active and ripe for learning is hard. That’s partially why we decided to homeschool year round and take fewer shorter breaks during our school year.

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I write the Switched-On Schoolhouse Series twice a month to share our family’s experience using this software based curriculum in our home.

Well here it is, a year has gone by since I made my first post introducing the Switched-On Schoolhouse software curriculum to you all. I went through all my past posts to make a final list of what we liked most about the software.

I write the Switched-On Schoolhouse Series twice a month to share our family’s experience using this software based curriculum in our home.

We’re finished our homeschool year, and are taking a few weeks break before we start up again.  I still have some “cleaning” up to do, since Amber is in High School and I have to keep a good record of her grades for her transcript. 

I write the Switched-On Schoolhouse Series twice a month to share our family’s experience using this software based curriculum in our home.

If you’ve been a regular reader of my Switched-On Schoolhouse series you’ll notice that the picture of the packaging featured to the left is different than all my other posts so far.  That’s because Switched-On Schoolhouse releases updated programs each year.  This is one of the reasons I like SOS.  Most ‘paper’ curriculum only revises itself every couple of years.

Last year we were lucky enough to receive a copy of How To Train Your Dragon on DVD for review.  Amber was instantly captivated by this animated feature, and even though she is a teenager she still loves her plushies.

I write the Switched-On Schoolhouse Series twice a month to share our family’s experience using this software based curriculum in our home.

We’re winding down our posts for the year that we’ve been using Switched-On Schoolhouse software in our home.  As our school year is finished (we school year round so we take a longer break at the end of April and begin again at the end of May beginning of June).

Pre-designed curriculum doesn’t always suit everyone’s needs, and, you may choose to develop your own core curriculum