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Tricks to Finding the Best Homeschool Resources

By Aadel Bussinger

Even if you have narrowed down your wish list of homeschool resources according to your philosophy, children’s learning styles, and content, you most likely will still have a number of options available to choose. I am going to share some tricks you can use to help you find the best homeschool resources out there without [...]

What Do I Need to Start Homeschooling? Resources

By Aadel Bussinger

So far we have covered the legal aspects of homeschooling, as well as the right attitude you need going in. Now it’s time to get down to the nitty gritty! What physical resources will you need to start homeschooling? My list is going to disappoint you. When I started homeschooling my oldest we were very [...]

4 Steps to Teaching Your Children About the Life Cycle of a Butterfly

By Deanna Ward

If you’re looking for a fun and educational project to share with your children may I suggest a “Cat House”? Now, before you say you’re allergic to cats let me say these aren’t the type that meow – but rather fly. My cats are caterpillars – Black Swallowtails to be exact – and watching them [...]

What Do I Need to Start Homeschooling? The Right Attitude

By Aadel Bussinger

In my last article I talked about how you should have a firm grasp on the laws regarding homeschooling in your state. That is the first essential. The next item to check off your list is a little tricky. You need to have a right attitude about homeschooling. What reasons did you have for deciding [...]

What Do I Need to Start Homeschooling? Knowledge of the Law

By Aadel Bussinger

Through many years of experience with talking to new homeschooling moms, I often hear the same questions repeated time and again. Homeschooling creates a paradigm shift for many people. It goes against the grain of popular culture and society. For this reason, the thought of getting started is often laced with fear and anxiety. What [...]

5 More Ways to Foster Creative Thinking

By Aadel Bussinger

I listened to an interesting bit on the radio today. It basically said that new studies show that reading and searching on the internet changes the way our brains work. Sites like Google and Wikipedia provide instant gratification rather than encouraging our brains to focus on one task. The result is lower attention spans and [...]

5 Techniques That Build Creative Thinking Skills

By Aadel Bussinger

Imagination is more important than knowledge. -Einstein Creative thinking is a skill that needs to be honed. As humans, we all possess the capacity to be creative- to invent, design, and express through various forms. But that capacity can be muted or developed. Children create naturally. They are usually immune to fear of judgment or [...]

Teaching Children to Write Poetry

By Aadel Bussinger

Writing poetry is like painting with words. You can have all the tools for painting- brush, paints, canvas- and never really create anything from the heart. You can write poetry as an assignment, but unless it comes from the inner self it is just words on paper. That isn’t to say that poems written within [...]

Snow Much Fun: Learning Opportunities For Winter Weather

By Aadel Bussinger

There is a reason school kids pray for snow days. Not only do they get to skip out on worksheets, but they also get to go outside and handle some of nature’s funnest fluffy stuff. And those powdery flakes aren’t just fun, they can be educational as well. Build Snow Caves and Forts If you’ve [...]

Making Field Trips Meaningful

By Aadel Bussinger

Have you ever planned and organized a seemingly awesome field trip for your kids only to be disappointed in how little they paid attention, how boring it was, or how they behaved? Did the field trip feel like a failure? Whether you attend regular field trips with your local homeschool group or you plan them [...]