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1. Middle Age Freebies We are currently doing a unit study on the Middle Ages that will last all year long. In our research we have already gathered a ton of links and we needing a place to put them that we could add a brief description on. It never fails that just when yo...
2. Homeschooling on a Shoestring Have you ever wanted to homeschool your children, but thought you just couldn't afford it?  There are so many whole, expensive curriculums out there.  Many of them are excellent, but they were certainly out of my price range.  I am...
3. The History of Education in America Our current system of education has a history that reaches back no more than three hundred years. I hope to enlighten the reader on how it came to exist and why.I recently started reading John Gatto's The Underground History of American Education...
4. A is for ABC Club Our homeschool group had a great time with a year-long ABC Club. Kids from age 3 to age 6, 7, and even 8 were able to have fun on equal footing whether they had already begun reading or didn't know the alphabet yet.
5. SquidooSchooling I just wanted to share some of the Squidoo lenses I've seen that make great educational resources. They're not necessarily written with the intention of being used in homeschooling, but they have great information that could be of interest to homesch...
6. Homeschooling My grandmother was a teacher and I always had the highest respect for teachers when I was in school. Things are not so good in some of the public schools anymore. The stories coming from the public education sector get more horrifying each year. Nea...
7. The Importance Of Education "We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish." - F. A. Hayek The supposed purpose of education, as marketed by the education industry, is career advancement, higher pay, and empowering a college gra...
8. Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn Take trips to the frog pond. Become a frog and play games and sing songs, gobble up the insect words and swat the fly verbs. This lens will give you dozens of ideas, resources, hints and tricks to create frog-themed activities for both homeschool fam...
9. Evelyn Saenz: Lensography of a Teacher My passion is teaching and finding ways to teach children in fun, hands-on, creative ways. The unit studies I make on Squidoo reflect my view that learning should be integrated and no skills should be taught in isolation. I believe that each topic s...
10. ★ Homeschool Quotes ★ WE LEARN NOT FOR SCHOOL, BUT FOR LIFE. These life-learning, life-affirming quotations will help you find the right words to explain your homeschool lifestyle to skeptics ... or help you take the homeschooling plunge ... or maybe help you remember why...
11. Lobsters of the Sea What do you know about the lobster in the fish tank at your local grocery store or fish market? Learn all about lobsters, their habitat and what their lives are like before they reach your plate. How long can a lobster live? What kind of habitat doe...
12. Skip Count, Skip Count, Count by Two's Skip Counting is what you do when you count by 10's, 5's or 2's. All young children learn to Skip Count but did you realize that this is one of the beginning steps to learning multiplication. This lens has rhymes, songs and activities for teaching S...
13. Wintertime Activities for Kids Winter is the time to snuggle up and with a good book, make a winter table and watch the snowflakes falling down. It's a time when the days are short, the nights are cold and the smell of woodsmoke is in the air. Get ready for the cold with The...
14. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? How do you feel about Gray Wolves? What do you know about wolves in general? Do wolves really dress in Grandma's clothes and eat little girls? In the Wolf Unit Study you can learn about the anatomy of these fascinating canines, where they live, thei...
15. Lesson Plans Are you a teacher?  Do you home school?  Are you a substitute teacher? If yes, below you will find some great resources to help you with your lesson plans.  You will find links to sites that will help you make the best lesson plans for...
16. CLEP Study Guides | CLEP Exams What are CLEP exams? They are a way for you or your student to get that college diploma paying less tuition and graduating in less than 4 years. You may even want to think about them as student financial aid that you can control. Interested? Please r...
17. Robin in the Rain! It's springtime and one of the most popular signs of spring is the robin. Robins, with their cheery tweets and bright red breasts stand out against the disappearing snow. Cheerio, calls the robin as the rain starts to fall. This lens is a unit...
18. Wow Wow Wubbzy Meet Wubbzy, a loveable little ball of fun with a kooky tail and his best pals Widget and Walden as they play in their beloved town of Wuzzleburg! Children will giggle their way through Wubbzy's adventures and end up wanting to play kickety-kickball...
19. Frog Art Center Art for your Frog Unit Study from how to draw frogs to painting, clay, sculptures, origami, frog cakes, Moche, Totem Poles and much much more... Children thrive with a hands-on. creative learning experiences that help them illustrate all that they a...
20. Fun With Boxes: Cardboard Crafts for Kids Recycling begins at home in a variety of simple, fun projects. In the beginning, you have two choices: You can either dump recyclables in a designated bin for pickup or deliver them yourself to a recycling center; or you can think creatively and find...