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My son and I have been looking over his assignments and he is not feeling challenged enough. So, I have been praying about this and lo and bohold this catalog showed up in my mail. It is called R&D Educational Center. I looked through the catalog and came across an awesome history curriculum. I really am excited about it. So, I went on the website and they even have samples that you can look at. www.rdeducation.com. You have to check it out. All of the curriculum is creation minded, and they have alot of books on patriotism. Go and check it out, it is worth it. Tanya

Homeschool family

This is really funny. Tim Hawkins has several little you tube movies on you tube. Remember to turn off the music to hear it. God bless you from Tanya

Teaching Music

My children are very talented when it comes to music or art. I believe that this important for children. It shows talent for the kids and gives them something else to look forward too. In our community we are blessed to have a lady who teaches the piano. Our son chose to learn the guitar. And of course we are blessed that grandpa had a band and dad knows how to play also. Our daughter is learning how to play the recorder. I hope to eventually move her into a clarinet or saxaphone. There are some wonderful sights to help you with piano or recorder.

www.8notes.com
www.freekidsmusic.com
www.pianoiseasy2.com
www.edhelper.com different music themes
www.gmajormusictheory.org/Freebies/freebies.html
www.kaboose.com

These are some sites that you could look at. Music can be so fun. And you just never know how your child will react. This is one of the subjects that you can teach. Also, you may just want to teach the children about composers. When you do homeschool play one of the composers, like Bach or Beethoven. You will be surprised how the kids do. Here are some sites with biographies of the composers.
www.pennygardner.com
www.gardenofpraise.com

Here is some free downloads of classical music:
www.freemusicnow.com
www.amblesideonline.com

check out these sites. The internet can be such an awesome resorce.
I hope that some of this helps. Talk to ya later, From Tanya

Next Step in Your decision to Homeschool

I also forgot to say in the last post, that I really encourage you and your husband to pray about this decision. Also, make sure that your husband is on the same page as you are on homeschooling. It is a big decision and should be shared with both of you. If you have any reservations and are not sure what to do, please feel free to ask me some questions at tanya_rss@yahoo. Also, ask around in your community and find out who homeschools.
The next step to homeschooling would be to look for a curriculum that would be suited for your family. The first year that I homeschooled, I used Christian Liberty. This is a wonderful program for one or two children, but if you have many children you may want to look into a curriculum that would grow with your children, like SOW or Weaver. These are the websites that you can look at, www.christianliberty.com
www.sowcurriculum.com
www.aop.com.
These are wonderful sites and can give a wealth of information. You can also look at different sites and pick different subject from different venders. We use "Christian Kids Explore Science" by Stephanie L. Redmond. We also use alot of "Rod and Staff." I like to give the children a variety of different options. The day could become boring for the kids, so I try to mix it up. And remember this is your homeschool, what is it that you want your children to know? What is important to your family? Yes, you do have to teach them certain things, but it all falls down to your family.
I have a list of several different websites in the margins. Look at all of them and get some ideas of what is best for your family. Another resource is Homeschool Conventions. There are wonderful speakers and you can look at the curriculum first hand. If you need to find a convention in your area, look up www.hslda.com/", they should have a listing. Keep praying and looking to the Lord for direction. God bless all of you . Tanya

So You Want to Homeschool?

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So you are thinking about Homeschooling your child. Before you homeschool, there are some things you may want to look into first. In my state, we are recommended to have a supervised teacher or we can portfolio. I chose to portfolio on both of my children. First of all, I do not have to have all the visits with my supervised teacher and I do not have to pay as much. Secondly, it gives me wonderful notebooks with all of their work and I am able to see the improvements from one week to the next. Your state may have you do something different. I would first look into this site http://www.hslda.org/. This is a wonderful site, it gives you information about your state laws, different cases that they are working on and even a page to get worksheets. The Home School Legal Defense is a smart idea, I highly recomend that you become a member of this association.

After you have looked into Home School Legal Defense, I recommend a book that I really loved. It is called, "So You Want To Homeschool?" by Lisa Welchel. Two years after I started homeschooling, I ran across this book. I thought, why should I read this, but I did. I am so glad that I did. Lisa interviews several families and tells you how they homeschool. It is really good. Packed with alot of ideas and different ways of homeschooling. You can look at the book on http://www.lisawelchel.com/. Another good book to look into is "Educating the Whole Child," by Sally Clarkson. Sally's website is http://www.wholeheart.org/. She is amazing and she gives so much information. She talks more about the Charlotte Mason approach also. There is this test in the book to determine your childs learning style. It is worth it. I hope that some of this helps you to determine weather you want to homeschool or not. I love homeschooling my children and it is really benificial. God bless you from Tanya

Garden Patch

This is written by Debora McGregor, she produced this for mothers who need worksheets for their homeschool. This is a wonderful program. When you get it, just install it into your computer and you will be able to print out your handy worksheet. There are several worksheets on Handwriting, Science, Prayer Journals, Grocery list, Phone List, High School Transcipts, History outline, timelines and biography sheets and much more. There is also attendance sheets, portfolio sheets and grading sheets. Any sheet that you would like to use, it is on this program. I highly recommend this for a homeschool mom, who is on the run and need to set up programs for their children.

CBD $17.99
Rainbow Resource $15.95

I hope that you look into it. Thank you from Tanya

Introduction

Hello, my name is Tanya. I have been a homeschool mom for sometime. My husband is the one who wanted me to homeschool. At first I resisted and then I put it in God's hands. He lead us to make the final decision. I would never go back to public school. My two children have grown and flurished, they are free and full of imagination. This blog used to be a personnal one, I moved and I did not want this one to go to waste. So, I am going to make this my homeschool one. I will post homeschool sites and articles on homeschool. I also will anounce other happenings that I find important to know. Keep you eyes open for different post and please check out my other blog at www.biynah.wordpress.com. Thank you and I hope that you enjoy. Tanya