Recent Posts Tagged With 'homeschool'

• Army National Guard Recruiting Homeschoolers to Path of Honor

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 18:07 in military, homeschool, army national guard

  The Army National Guard has a new program: The Homeschooler's Path to Honor. You could summarize this new program by saying this: "We, the Army National Guard, will cheerfully accept your homeschool diploma in lieu of a high school diploma from a tra...

• Teaching the Odyssey to Children: The Final Battle

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 10:34 in homeschool, odyssey, lesson plans, odysseus, homeschool co-op, classical literature

  The final battle in the Odyssey is an extremely action-packed story that can be very very fun to act out! You will need:A simple bow -- one that is large enough to be very difficult for the children to string.Enough foamy swords for everyone.Do not b...

• Teaching the Odyssey to Children: Weaving like Penelope

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 10:20 in homeschool, odyssey, penelope, weaving, odysseus, homeschool co-op, classical literature, lesosn plans

  Every day Penelope worked on her tapestry, and every night she picked out the stitches. She promised the suitors that she would marry one of them just as soon as she got done with the tapestry, but she never got done! It's very easy for children to w...

• Teaching the Odyssey to Children: Trench Surprise

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 09:55 in children, homeschool, odyssey, lesson plans, odysseus, homeschool co-op, classical literature

  When the Greeks went to the Underworld, they had specific instructions from Circe for how to give the ghosts life and health. If they prepared this special concoction, and allowed the ghosts to drink it, the ghosts could gain human form and speech. T...

• Teaching the Odyssey to Children: Blind Tiresias Drawings

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 09:13 in children, homeschool, odyssey, lesson plans, odysseus, homeschool co-op, tiresias

  The episode in the Underworld can be a gruesome, gory read. We tried to lighten the mood by doing "Blind Tiresias" drawings. Here's what you'll need:BlindfoldsWhite charcoal (available in the drawing section at a craft/art store)Black cardstockYou co...

• Homeschool Camp-In at the Virginia Air and Space Center

  Posted on Wednesday January 14th, 2009 at 08:21 in science, homeschool, field trips, vasc

  What a fantastic program. Seriously, if you get a chance to do this, do it. It was so much fun.This was the program, for the 4th and 5th grade class that Benny was in:1. Stomp rockets. They made stomp rockets with foam tubes, plastic eggs, paper and ...

• G.U.E.S.S. Homeschool Science Fair

  Posted on Friday April 11th, 2008 at 13:35 in homeschool, science fair

  We mad scientist mommies have been working our test tubes off getting together the first annual Get Up and Explore Science Spectacular (G.U.E.S.S.) Homeschool Science Fair! If you'd like to learn more click here: Homeschool Science Fair. If you live ...