This post is from contributor, Kirsten Torrado. Originally published Jan. 2014. Delight-led learning has always been a priority for me in teaching my children at home. But come January, when we’ve been schooling for months on end, the delight begins to fade. The familiar routines turn into ruts and a much needed diversion from […]
The Easy Way to Make a Homeschool Portfolio
This post is from contributor, Kirsten Joy Torrado. Putting together a year’s worth of learning can seem like a really big project. Only a portion of states actually require that a portfolio be submitted to the local school district, but most homeschool advocates will tell you that it’s a good idea to keep good records […]
Starting a New Homeschool Year Without Losing Your Cool
This post is from contributor, Kirsten Joy Torrado. It’s that time of year again. Fall is here and this marks the beginning (for most people) of a brand new year of learning. Even though we homeschool year-round, September is the usually the month when I evaluate our progress and introduce new resources, themes, and curriculum […]
How We Teach Bible in Our Homeschool
Welcome to FHD’s 3rd annual event, Homeschooling for Free and Frugal Series! Click here to begin reading all of the new Homeschooling for Free and Frugal articles. This article is by contributor, Kirsten Joy Torrado (This post may contain affiliate links.) Our day usually starts with breakfast, crunchy cereal and hot oatmeal. Then we curl […]
The Best Free Phonics Readers to Supplement any Homeschool Reading Program
This post is from contributor Kirsten Joy Torrado The Problem with Most Kindergarten Reading Programs: Last year as I was teaching my kindergartner to read we ran into a rather unexpected problem. The problem for my little guy was that he already knew the phonetic sounds of his letters at the beginning of the year […]
Letting your Heart Lead your Homeschool
This post is from contributor, Kirsten Joy Sometimes the days go by so fast. Zooming. When all your days are perpetually the same, one day bleeds into the next and before you know it a week has gone by. A month. A year. This is our third year homeschooling and it seems so crazy to […]