Homeschool Creations

Teaching Textbooks Will Prep Your Kids for College

Sep232019

{disclaimer ~ this is a sponsored post in partnership with Teaching Textbooks} Any of our long-time readers know that we have had a staple in our yearly homeschool curriculum. It's a program we love and recommend whenever we can - Teaching Textbooks. As dedicated users of the program since 2010, we've had the opportunity to use every one of their math levels from Level 3 through … [Continue reading...]

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7th Grade Homeschool Curriculum

Sep182019

This year we've changed up (yet again) a few areas of study with our youngest, even though we've used different programs with our older kids at this stage. If there's ANYTHING I've learned in the last 13 years of homeschooling, it's that the best plan is to follow where your child is and not try to fit them into something they aren't. While there may be things they never enjoy doing, … [Continue reading...]

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Filed Under: 7th Grade, Curriculum Choices, Homeschool Basics, Kaleb 5 Comments

9th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Picks

Sep32019

The fact that we've already had two kids in the ninth grade would make it appear that picking out curriculum would be a piece of cake. But one of the huge benefits of homeschooling is that we can tweak programs, switch up the grade level we teach a program, or even completely change to a different program. As I mentioned in this post - each of our kids has been different in their likes/dislikes … [Continue reading...]

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Filed Under: 9th Grade, Curriculum Choices, Curriculum helps, Zachary 6 Comments

11th Grade Homeschool Curriculum

Aug292019

The last few weeks have involved a bit of scrambling (if you will) to pull together all of our curriculum for the upcoming year. As I mentioned in this post - each year for our various kids has been different. While we may use some core curriculum pieces from one child to the next, other components may be different. So far, McKenna has earned a total of 20 credits toward her high school … [Continue reading...]

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Filed Under: 11th grade, Curriculum Choices, McKenna 4 Comments

Each Year is Different…and New

Aug82019

Tonight I'm sitting here and pondering. Feeling immensely behind in all that needs to be done and started for the upcoming year. Because here's the truth you all - I haven't completely wrapped up last year yet. There are so many excuses I could give and they are all valid, but the biggest one is this: we put stuff on hold because our girl was leaving to head across a huge ocean … [Continue reading...]

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Filed Under: Moments to Remember, My Ramblings 6 Comments

Back to School Sale – Save up to 50% off Compass Classroom

Jul312019

Maybe being a little behind the curriculum ordering pays off - true confession. We don't have everything figured out for the upcoming year yet. Or ordered. Over the last few years our family has delved into several different programs from Compass Classroom via video: WordUp! The Vocab Show (vocabulary), Visual Latin 1 & 2 (high school latin), and last year The … [Continue reading...]

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