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 »

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 »

Little Books for Little Girls (Home Economics Skills)

Posted in Elementary, High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Home Economics, Home School Creative Commons Resources, Middle School, Public Domain on May 18, 2015

One of the fun things about homeschooling is that you have the ability to incorporate life skills into your lessons. There was a day when every young man and lady was expected to know certain skills like preserving, sewing, baking, farm chores, and more before they left the home as young adults. This little series Read More »

Home Geography for Primary Grades

Posted in Elementary, Geography, Home School Creative Commons Resources, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Public Domain on May 5, 2015

This short, simple reader was intended to be used by tutors and teachers for younger students. I would guess the reading level at around 3rd grade. Topics include basic landforms, the scientific processes of weather and geographical formation, and some things that the land produces. This is not a geography reader that will give understanding Read More »

Children’s Nature Books by Elizabeth Gordon

Posted in Elementary, Home School Creative Commons Resources, Nature Studies, Preschool on May 3, 2015

This series of books by Elizabeth Gordon have fun, colorful illustrations and short little poems that could be used as a literature and nature study, handwriting practice, or just reading. The poems are not particularly educational as these are picture books for younger children. You can find all of these books on archive.org, but I Read More »