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The Homeschool Sisters Podcast #7:
Fall Haul: Homeschool resources we’re loving
It’s a bonus episode!
The sisters have been getting lots of questions about planning for the fall. In this episode, Cait and Kara share all of the resources that they are excited about using in the upcoming year. And, with five children and an age range of 5-12 between them, you’re not going to want to miss what they have to say!
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Math
- Beast Academy
- Bedtime Math
- Khan Academy
- Let’s Play Math
- Life of Fred (series)
- Math picture books
- Murderous Maths
- Right Start Math
- Simply Charlotte Mason: Your Business Math (series)
- Singapore Math
Language Arts
- Brave Writer:
- Daily Grams
- Family Book Club at My Little Poppies
- From the mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
- Shakespeare resources:
- Folger Shakespeare Library (series)
- How to Teach Your Child Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig
- Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield
- Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (DVD set)
- Meade K-2 Composition Notebooks
- Michael Clay Thompson’s Grammar Island
- Picture books mentioned:
- Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
- Around America to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles by Mara Rockliff
- SKYBRARY by Reading Rainbow
- Your Morning Basket (Ed Snapshots) 14 Add Freewriting Fun: A Conversation with Julie Bogart
History & Geography
- Around the World Stories
- Give Your Child the World: Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time by Jamie C. Martin
- History Unboxed
- Read The World Summer Book Club ~ Simple Homeschool
Science
- Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding: A Science Curriculum for K-8 and Older Beginning Science Learners by Bernard J. Nebel
- Exploring Nature with Children
- Groovy Lab in a Box
- Solar S’mores Oven ~ Wellermamablog
- The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
Art
- Artist notebooks
- Chalk Pastel ebooks ~ Tricia Hodges, Southern Hodgepodge
- Doodle Diaries ~ Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley, My Little Poppies
- Mixing With the Masters (Volume 1), Alisha Gratehouse
- Simply Charlotte Mason picture studies
- Studying The Masters Course for Kids ~ Alicia Hutchinson, Investing Love
Other links from this episode
- Amongst Lovely Things Curriculum Picks 2016 (Sarah McKenzie’s FB Live)
- Bedtime Math (sign-up online for daily e-mails)
- Big Fat Notebooks (series)
- Coffee and Books (Cait’s Instagram)
- Doing Good Together
- Duo Lingo
- Homeschool Bullet Journaling (FREE Guide) ~ Kara S. Anderson
-
How I’m Using Spiral Notebooks to Simplify Homeschooling ~ Amongst Lovely Things
- My big picture planning page (and how I use my bullet journal for homeschool planning) ~ Kara S. Anderson, The Homeschool Sisters
- The Homeschooling Handbook for Moms: How to Teach by Example (Do-It-Yourself Homeschooling Activity Books, Doodle Books, Handbooks, Journals & Planners for Moms) by Sarah Janisse Brown
- The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money by Ron Lieber
-
The Thinking Tree – 10 Subject Portfolio: 1 Year Plan – Illustrated For All Ages – Home, Library & Internet-Based Curriculum Handbook & Study Guide by Sarah Janisse Brown
Now, we have two questions for you!
First, what is your favorite educational app?
Second, what is your favorite homeschool resource? Share in the comments!
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Favorite App: Presidents vs. Aliens … my son memorized the presidents in order and I didn’t even assign it or have anything to do with it.
Favorite Resource: AmblesideOnline … So much richness and all I have to do is find and assign the books 🙂
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My 9 yo son is mildly dyslexic and a great app for him has been Logic Of English’s Phonogram practice app. I think it was only $2.99 and worth wayyyyy more than that! We also use Duolingo (French) another couple of fun ones are: Skyview (free), which is a REALLY cool app for adults & kids that shows you where everything in the solar system is, depending on how you hold your device & which season it is. It’s hard to explain, but if you have a kid interested in astronomy, it’s a must!
We also love the Goldieblox STEAM toys (geared for girls) and their app, Movie Machine is super fun and well designed.
I’m a strong literature-based homeschooler, so my favorite curriculum of any year are our read-alouds. 🙂 Right now I’m reading the Narnia books to my kids for the first time. 🙂
Sarah M
PS-Yes! Picture books for everyone! I *might* be that mom who will still be getting good picture books for my kids until they look me in the eye, and firmly say, “no, mom, I’m TOO OLD”, but at that point, I hope I have grandkids!! HAH
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Apps: Duo Lingo, Planet Geo, A+ Spelling, Grammaropolis, Math Bingo, BrainPOP (and Jr), Logic of English, SpellingCity, Creation Science Update, Stack the States and Countries (ofcourse), TapQuiz Maps, Motion Math: Hungry Fish, Mathmateer are some we’ve used over the years.
HS resources, social media (Pinterest, blogs, Periscope, Facebook, and Podcasts) is my favorite for ideas and new books.
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Where’s the link for the sweatpants????!!!! 😀 😀
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Ha! I got mine at Target. I also got a pair at Old Navy earlier this year because I am obsessed!
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I need some!
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Thanks 🙂 I didn’t mean to be the naggy commenter- I came back to say THANK YOU a million times for all these great links in your show notes, and for these fantastic FREE podcasts. Seriously, you have been so helpful, and I needed to thank you.
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We are thankful for you!! ❤
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Oh! Thank YOU Carlyn! I need to link to some joggers. You can’t drop an endorsement like that and leave people guessing! 😉 Seriously, though, thank you for your kind words. It’s been so fun!
Try these (I sized up because they are a little tight): http://www.target.com/p/slim-jogger-pants-mossimo-supply-co/-/A-15322550
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This was a great show and got me all excited about all the wonderful resources! Thank you for sharing them!
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Thank you Alice! We had fun doing it, even if I did buy a *few* extra things …;)
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You guys! I literally had to stop this episode a hundred times to make notes and look up all the great resources you mentioned! Thank you sooo much!
I’m off to Amazon now…
Birthe
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I was doing dishes while listening: what was the nature book that you mentioned by name, one that might have the word “study” in it?
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Hi, Coriander!
We love The Handbook of Nature Study by Ann Botsford Comstock. You can find it here (aff) http://amzn.to/2cUrkiC
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Thanks!
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