Free Ebooks to Study China

Posted in Ancient History, Culture, Eastern Civilization, Elementary, High School, Home School Creative Commons Resources, Middle School, Mythology on November 12, 2015

Chinese History and Culture A History of China – high school reading level Village Life in China – A snippet of life in a Chinese village circa 1899 Notable Women of Modern China (1912) China by Sir Henry Arthur Blake Peeps Into China – suitable for all ages Sidelights on Chinese Life China’s Story The Story Read More »

Heroines Every Child Should Know

Posted in Elementary, Home School Creative Commons Resources, Middle School, Mythology, Public Domain, Western Civilization on November 12, 2015

From the days of Esther, Judith and Antigone to those of Florence Nightingale, women have shown every kind of courage that men have shown, faced every kind [x]of peril that men have braved, divided with men the dangers and hardships of heroism but have never had an equal share of recognition and applause. This book Read More »

Elements of Art & Line - Art Education for the Home School

Posted in Art on October 19, 2015

This is the first post in a short series of guest posts by April Boston on basic art education for homeschoolers. Hopefully, these lessons can give you some basic ideas for starting out and learning on your own. The Elements of Art and the Line Covering all of the subjects taught in a traditional school can be Read More »

The Homeschooler's Guide To Getting Into College

Posted in Homeschooling on June 11, 2015

This is a big concern for homeschool families. Lots of families are either worried that homeschoolers aren't accepted into universities or that it will be more difficult. This page is going to answer two main points. The first question addressed will be the myth that homeschoolers do not get accepted into college, or that it Read More »

Ten Boys and Ten Girls From Dickens

Posted in Elementary, Home School Creative Commons Resources, Literature, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on May 24, 2015

If you want to introduce younger children to the classics, a great way to do that is to get them interested in the individual characters. Rather than trying to explain a long, complicated plot, Kate Sweetser has created little vignettes of some of Dickens’ most famous children. In this small volume there are presented as Read More »