‘Creative Homeschool’ Archives
Chatting with The Science Mouse
This is our first of many interviews with creative types. The Science Mouse is a homeschooled kid with a penchant for all things scientific. With a little [...]
The most powerful creative tool
The most powerful tools you can have in your homeschool arsenal is--are you ready for this--a schedule. Many creative types see that word and run the other [...]
making the most of public speaking
One thing all kids need is confident public speaking. The ability to persuade, inform and entertain is a priceless ability, and homeschooled kids have many [...]
Practical application of timelines
This is a guest post by JoAnne Bennett, a dear friend and mentor. She was kind enough to provide the following post and I'm so glad she did. We will use the [...]
Finally: a use for junk mail
We get tons of it every week. Finally, something to do with all that stuff! Younger kids: play post office and use it for the mail. cut out words, [...]
Art preservation made easy–and fun
As parents, as I think even more as homeschooling families, we accumulate a plethora of art projects. And after a while you start to wonder what to do with it [...]
Dictionary games
Vocabulary words (and dictionary skills) can sometimes be the thing to fall through the cracks of a busy homeschool day. We all want our kid to have a wide and [...]
Average kids are gonna rule the world
I'm convinced of it. The over-achievers are distracted with perfection and, well, over achieving. Their parents make sure they always get a trophy and always [...]
Calling all creative families
If you are an artist, musician writer, entrepeneur or general creative type and you homeschool, I want to talk to you. If would like to participate in a new [...]
The value of collections
Kids of all ages love to collect things. You never know what will spark a collection but when the inspiration strikes, it can quickly turn into an obsession. [...]
