How to Create a Homeschool Unit Study
Bring your child’s education alive through engaging and immersive experiences! Creating a homeschool unit study to cater to your child’s needs is the way.
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How to Turn Any Subject Into a Homeschool Unit Study
A homeschooler’s guide to take any subject and turn it into a unit study using a simple and clear process.
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3 Unique Ways to Learn About the 50 States
Ready to learn about the 50 states with your kids? There are many curriculums, unit studies, and books to guide you through the history, geography, and culture of the United States. Use this post as your starting point for creating a fun and deeply educational program for your children.
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Tips for Homeschooling Multiple Ages
Tips for homeschooling multiple ages from a mom with three children in school (and two younger ones at home), from using unit studies to changing routines.
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Unit Studies for When Homeschooling Gets Hard
Unit studies are a great approach to take when homeschooling gets hard. Here’s some simple ways to set up a unit study and have some fun in your omeschool.
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What are Woodwind Instruments? Easy Unit Study
This simple woodwind instrument unit study is a great way to add music to your homeschool day or co-op.
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10 Tips That Make You Rethink What You Know About Homeschool Unit Studies
Switching your homeschool approach to a unit study one even for just a day may be the answer to breaking out of a boring routine. If your child is not challenged with your current approach, look at these ten tips that make you rethink what you know about homeschool unit studies.
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Biographical Birthdays: Unit Studies of Famous People by Month
Let’s celebrate birthdays all year long by adding biographical unit studies in the months these famous people were born.
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Springtime in the Desert: Free Printable Unit Study and Lapbook
Download an absolutely free lap book and unit study guide about the ecosystem of the desert. Perfect for elementary through middle school ages, this unit study merges science and geography for a cross-disciplinary project that ends with a hands-on product to be proud of.
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Helping Reluctant Readers Enjoy Literature-based Unit Studies
A large part of our homeschool day includes learning through Literature-based unit studies. So how do I teach kids who can’t read very well using stories? While I could (and sometimes do) feel like a failure as a reading teacher, I have found ways to incorporate my love of books into our homeschool day with even the most reluctant of readers.
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Homeschooling with Disney: Literature Study with Movies
Around this time of year, I’m ready to change up the homeschool routine just a little. I know we have to keep plugging away at our work, but it’s nice to add something fun, like homeschooling with Disney. One of the things we love to do is choose a book and a movie to read, watch, and compare. Literature study with movies still counts as school – and it’s fun! Download a free Snow Queen unit study.
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Why You Should Teach Gardening in Your Homeschool
The thought of gardening with kids can conjure up one of two thoughts; either idyllic sunny scenes of children playing in plentiful vegetable patches; or visions of your child covered head to toe in mud, clutching some kind of creepy-crawly! Of course the reality lies somewhere between the two extremes. Gardening with your children can enrich their education and enhance their learning experience. More and more families are seeing the benefits of incorporating horticulture into the home education of their family.
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