Oxford University Will Offer Free Online Courses In 2017

Posted in High School, News, Online School, Resources on November 28, 2016

Just a quick public service announcement for anyone with high school kids. The highest ranking university in the world will be offering free online courses in 2017. Just like many other universities that are starting to offer free courses, Oxford will be using EdX. EdX is a nonprofit that offers a massive number of online Read More »

The Best Homeschool Planners (Printables, Hard Copy, & Digital)

Posted in Resources, Reviews on November 26, 2016

This article was updated and re-published on 11/26/2016. This page has multiple sections! If you know exactly what you are looking for you can skip ahead to the section you want to read. Jump me to: Organizing a homeschool with planners / What are homeschool planners Find out what type of homeschool planner is right Read More »

How To Get A Free Lynda.com Membership

Posted in Resources on November 6, 2016
Tags: Free

If you don't know what Lynda.com is, here is a quick fill-in. Lynda.com was recently purchased by LinkedIn and is an online learning platform for a wide variety of areas. Through individual, corporate, academic and government subscriptions, members have access to the lynda.com video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts. Lynda Read More »

13 Of My Favorite Homeschool Bloggers (That You Might Not Know About)

Posted in Homeschooling, Resources on October 16, 2016

Want to be a homeschool blogger? Homeschoolers can publish on Homeschool Base for free. Click here to get started. I follow a lot of homeschool blogs. I'm a blogger, so naturally, I keep up with my homeschooling community. The only issue is that in the past 5 years, the number of homeschooling bloggers has grown Read More »

305 Creative Writing Prompts For Homeschoolers

Posted in Language Arts, Resources on October 13, 2016
Tags: Free

I just finished writing 36 pages containing 305 creative writing prompts especially created for Homeschool Base! Do your kids enjoy creative writing? Sometimes it is tough to assign a ‘creative writing assignment.’ Thinking of new ideas for creative writing prompts can become time-consuming, especially if you aren’t necessarily… creative? No worries, that is why I Read More »