Posts By: Amanda

When is Renting Textbooks a Good Idea?

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Have you tried renting textbooks? As are many homeschoolers, we’re big-time library people. For anything we can’t find free at the library, I’ll first look to see if I can find what we’re looking for used. Today, however, I was comparing prices and discovered that, for many textbooks, you can save even more by renting!… Read more »

Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Recipe

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The other day, I read over at the Whirlwind of Surprises blog that First Lady Michelle Obama, the U.S. Department of Education, and Epicurious are challenging kids between the ages of 8 and 12 to create a healthy and delicious lunch. Children are encouraged, with the help of their parents, to submit their recipe and… Read more »

Third Grade Math Lesson: Slave Beatings and Cotton Picking?

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It’s fantastic to see teachers reinforcing lessons from one subject in another. Unit studies are a great thing, but not one of these 9 teachers found any of these questions offensive? Each tree had 56 oranges. If 8 slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick? Frederick [Douglass] had 6 baskets filled… Read more »

Make History Come to Life with Letters

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This weekend, I came across Letters of Note, an awesome website full of fascinating letters, and it occured to me that letters are a great way to make history more interesting and relevant for your children. Are your children learning about slavery? Have them read the letter former slave Jourdon Anderson wrote to his former… Read more »

Keeping Your Kids Safe Online

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The Internet has brought us greater access to many positive things and people, but the Internet has also made us and our children more accessible by others as well. This is brilliantly demonstrated by the creepy Facebook app over at TakeThisLollipop.com; And even more so, by the over 250,000 victims to identity theft each year…. Read more »

World Book Correction

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If you read the DenSchool blog exclusively from your e-mail, you will have noticed that the link to the second grade World Book typical course of study was incorrect. That link has now been corrected on the Unit Study Example post on the blog. The World Book Typical Course of Study pages are a fantastic… Read more »

What a Unit Study Is and How to Make One

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Homeschooling doesn’t necessarily mean imitating school at home. One of the most wonderful parts of homeschooling is that you can tailor your children’s educations to meet their interests and abilities. One way parents provide a unique education for their child is by using “unit studies”. So what is a “unit study”? Well, instead of separating… Read more »