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
My blog posts about environmental sensitivities are often arranged topically rather than chronologically. For folks who are just beginning to learn about what EMF sensitivities are, this can be harder to follow because so much is new and complex due to the nature of trying to describe it sufficiently and answer questions of people who ask me about something related… Read More
Can we “save our culture” through growing the home education movement? Some people think so. I’d like to share with you some thoughts on this topic today, linking it to a longer article we have had on our website if you are interested in reading about it further. This post/article is best understood by Christians who eagerly desire to serve… Read More
A joyful heart – a satisfied confidence and/or an unrestrained expression of enthusiasm or delight! We strive for it, cultivate it, anticipate it, benefit from it, laugh with it, cry with it, have fun with it, radiate it, simply enjoy it – joyfulness is God’s design for us! As I was preparing for this year of writing, I looked up… Read More
Help for Teaching Writing Skills The following are the links to the main places on our website where you can find tips to teach/guide/motivate WRITING SKILLS (for Creative Writing and Compositions), especially in a home education (homeschool) environment. (This post will be updated if additional places have writing as its focus.) Tips for Writing MORE (and Better)! (January 2020) How… Read More
Sometimes, we like working on a longer writing project – to make a child’s story into a homemade book! The method I’m showing you today is one I learned years ago as an elementary student and the typical one we have used for a number of years in our family! I’m assuming that your child (or pre-teen/teen) has outlined and… Read More
Do you have a student who struggles with knowing how to write thoughts down on a piece of paper? Or perhaps your student isn’t struggling but rather just needs some motivation and tips to continue writing paragraphs, reports, essays, speeches, stories, etc.. Here are some tips and ideas for what YOU might try… She had imagination – I could tell… Read More
Here’s a post to summarize activities of last year and give you a glimpse of what to expect in this year at “Peppermint Stick”! Almost a year ago we relaunched our website! OUR PRODUCTS – A new direction when we relaunched, was for us to offer updated editions of most of our curriculum as printable e-books! (You can read more… Read More
Today, I’m sharing with you a special free download for those who would like to teach children (or any age) about Handel’s Messiah, Part 1 (which is the Christmas portion). This study is not on the biographical details of Mr. Handel, nor the historical background of the time period it was written in. Instead, it is about the Messiah. Handel’s… Read More
If you want to be reminded about the free homeschooling tips, fresh stories, and other “Encouragemints” from our “blog”, please bookmark our website and check it occasionally. (You could also check our FB page.) We currently do not have a subscriber list for newsletters because I wanted to prioritize my limited computer time for what was more helpful to you. Instead of a newsletter, you will find these sorts of things posted for everyone on my “blog”. Thanks for understanding!