You might be just starting to homeschool with your young child(ren) and are excited about the possibilities ahead! You might be just starting to homeschool with someone who has already attended school. There are some many reasons for “why” you may have decided to homeschool but you’re now at the stage of planning, “How do I begin?” Our family began… Read More
FREEBIES! Hooray!!! ♥ Click to download any of these helpful planning guides. They are in pdf format for your convenience. This looonnnggg planner (tape it together to see the “big picture”) is our newest planner to be available to you. This one shows the best of how Peppermint Stick Learning Company is/will be arranging our curriculum AND it is the… Read More
Legal disclaimer: This article is not offered as medical advice. This is a blog based on anecdotal, personal experiences and thoughts. As the time comes closer for completing the main structure of things for re-launching our new website, I am pressing on! 🙂 This has been a long year plus of dealing with EMF sensitivity which erupted in the midst… Read More
Today I’d like to share one more way to help your homeschooling kids, grades 3-8, to learn MATH….through unit chunks at approximately the same “chunk” at a time but in multi-levels! Be sure to download the 2-page plan at the bottom of this post if you are interested in this approach to multi-grade math! 🙂 You can also check out… Read More
When you teach your preschoolers the Bible, how do you plan which Bible story or topic to teach? At this level, I have seen a variety of materials but I have never seen anything like THIS outline before. To me, it solves a couple of minor predicaments that I’ve considered in the past: I like to teach somewhat chronologically BUT… Read More
Waiting for our upcoming “single” science titles for K-3? Those entitled, “Look Up and All Around”, “Grrr, Wiggle, Chirp, Splash!” and others? I do expect them to take awhile to officially publish even though they are essentially complete already. I just have other priorities to work on (personal and business) so I’ll let you in on some easy tips for… Read More
Announcing the completion of all second editions of SCIENCE designed for kindergarten/preschool to grade 3… Science, Health, and Technology Level C has been updated, enhanced, and recently published as a downloadable printable e-book! Besides the convenience of an e-book format which can be easily printed off for each of the children in your family (or class), this title has new… Read More
No, my children don’t learn how to write by osmosis! 🙂 I do have to teach them and here are some tips… Young students can initially feel a little lost when there is an assignment such as, “Write a character sketch about your favourite character is this book.” They need some direction as to how to write a paragraph. This… Read More
What can you see under a microscope? You can see things like bug wings and tiny bugs, flower petals and pollen, pond water, and more! My most memorable Christmas gifts from Rob has been a microscope, given many years ago before we had any children. I had no idea I’d be writing about science but it was special to me… Read More
Doesn’t this turtle picture remind you of spring?! I couldn’t resist adding it to this page because it relates to our freebie below! 🙂 This past winter feels like a long one. Now on with the topic of this post… Before this turtle’s basement gets flooded again, we have an exciting announcement for you today! 🙂 Our SCIENCE Level B… Read More
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