Savvy Homeschool Moms Podcast: Recent Episodes
Tina Smith and Beckie Tetrault
MERRY CHRISTMAS! (To those that celebrate)…a special gift for you!!
And if you don’t celebrate…A special treat for you too!!
Many of the things discussed can work on non-holiday occasions too!
The Moms discuss how they like to de-stress during the holiday season, and share some of their family’s holiday traditions.
Watch a favorite Christmas movie: (as needed, or 1 or 2 nightly!)
- Charlie Brown Christmas
- Rudolph
- Year Without a Santa Claus
- Elf
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Miracle on 34th St (original black/white)
- A Christmas Story (Peter Bilingsley)
- Scrooge (the musical with Albert Finney)
- Frosty the Snowman
- The Santa Clause (all 3)
- Christmas Chronicles (new favorite)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- The Polar Express
- White Christmas
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (original)
- One Magic Christmas
Listen to favorite Christmas music:
- John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
- The Kingston Trio: The Last Month of the Year
- A Very Special Christmas 1 & 2
- Glee Christmas albums
- Manheim Steamroller Christmas albums
- Christmas with the Rat Pack
- Putumayo’s Christmas Around the World
- Celtic Christmas
- The Stars Come Out for Christmas
- Amy Grant: Home for Christmas
- Elmo & Patsy: Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (the whole album!)
Other ideas this episode:
- Eat comfort foods (Tina likes a piece of fudge at the bottom of her bowl of popcorn, a family tradition, Beckie likes hot cocoa.)
- Go see Christmas lights.
- Go for a drive in the country/visit nature.
What’s your favorite way of de-stressing? Let us know in the comments below!
And from our families to yours, we wish you all
a VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!!
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! (To those that celebrate)…a special gift for you!! And if you don’t celebrate…A special treat for you too!! Many of the things discussed can work on non-holiday occasions too! The Moms discuss how they like to de-stress during the holiday season, and share some of their family’s holiday traditions. … Continued
In this episode, the moms talk about their long absence and share what resources they are using this school year with their children. Links in this Episode: MaevedragonCreations.com (Maeven’s website, taken down for until further notice) Homeschool Moms’ Depression/Anxiety Support … Continued
In this episode, the moms talk about their long absence and share what resources they are using this school year with their children.
Links in this Episode:
MaevedragonCreations.com (Maeven’s website, taken down for until further notice)
Homeschool Moms’ Depression/Anxiety Support
Homeschool Moms with ADD/ADHD
Weepyking (Aaron’s website!)
DeviantArt (Aaron’s art)
YouTube channel (Aaron’s videos)
Red Bubble (Aaron’s products)
I Need Some Space
Fresno Music Academy & Arts
The Animation Course
Innoved
Forestiere Underground Gardens
Resources we are using:
Tina
Homeschool Planet w/Brave Writer Lifestyle Plan
Tyren (7th Grade)
Language Arts: Brave Writer: The Writer’s Jungle, Boomerang, Sequential Spelling online, copywork, journal, blog
Math: Math Mammoth, Splash Math, Speed Game, Right Start Math Games, other math games
Social Studies: Civil War, Crash Course World History, historical fiction & picture books, learn about holidays as they occur, projects, learn about current events as they happen
Geography: Mapping the World by Heart, Amazing Race, puzzles, projects!
Science: Pandia Press Chemistry, Steve Spangler Science Club kits, NOVA, NOVA ScienceNOW, documentaries, nature hikes, Makers Club, projects!
Art: Discovering Great Artists, Great American Artists for Kids , Picturing the Past, projects, art kits, photography/art projects (stop motion, video editing…)
Junipine Morning (Art Subscription Box company owned by Tina & Beckie’s awesome friend 😉 )–no longer exists
Music: drum lessons, playing a variety of music regularly
And field trips and friend time!!
Maeven (11th Grade)
Business: Continue working on website (learn more WordPress), continue working on digital art (learn more Photoshop, use YouTube and Lynda.com, as needed.), continue: Micro Business for Teens curriculum, by Carol Topp
Language Arts: Continue: Help for High School by Brave Writer, copywork, journal, blog
Math: Dave Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finance, High School Edition for Homeschool
Social Studies: Civil War, Crash Course World History, historical fiction & picture books, learn about holidays as they occur, projects, learn about current events as they happen
Geography: Mapping the World by Heart, Amazing Race, puzzles, projects, learn about current events as they happen
Science: NOVA, NOVA ScienceNOW, documentaries, nature hikes, Makers Club, projects!
Art: Continue pursuing her art and handcrafts
And field trips and friend time!!
Aaron (10th Grade)
Strongmind Educational Platform
Lesson Plan Ninja
Burt Brock’s Big Ideas
Jack (6th Grade)
Moving Beyond The Page, ages 9-11
Aleks
Innoved
Books of the Week:
Tina
Tyren
Pax, by Sara Pennypacker
Maeven
The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs (supposedly currently reading)
Read aloud to both kids
Amelia’s War, by Ann Rinaldi
The Colossus Rises, Lost in Babylon, The Tomb of Shadows (books 1-3, of 7, of Seven Wonders series) by Peter Lerangis
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials #3), by Philip Pulman
The Secret Keepers, by Trenton Lee Stewart (currently reading)
Me
Enslaved by Ducks, Bob Tarte
The Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly Barnhill
The Time of Fireflies, by Kimberley Griffiths Little
The Peculiar, The Whatnot, by Stefan Bachmann
Island of the Aunts, Eva Ibbotson
Dragonflight, Dragonquest, White Dragon, All the Weyrs of Pern, Dolphins of Pern, The Skies of Pern, by Anne McCaffrey
Dragonsdawn, by Anne McCaffrey
Beckie
Me
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
The Fireman by Joe Hill
Locke and Key by Joe Hill
The Body Reader by Anne Frasier
The Girl with All the Gifts and The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Casey
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix
Raising my Rainbow by Lori Duran
Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah (LeVar Burton Reads Podcast!)
We Are Legion by Dennis Taylor
Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (currently reading)
Links of the Week:
Tina
Kristina Kuzmic’s (Truth Bomb Mom) Facebook Page, website, YouTube Channel, Instagram
Biddy Bedtime Stories–sadly, Biddy is now gone 🙁 Hopefully, it is temporary.
Beckie
Edx.org
The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact on Pop Culture
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode, the moms review their 2016-2017 curriculum choices, and revisit homeschooling legally in California.
Links in this Episode:
Noodle Homeschool-Now Tina’s Learning Adventures
Homeschooling with perimenopause
Tina’s Adventures–Now Tina’s Learning Adventures
Wacom Intuos Pro tablet
Some of Maeven’s art work she’s created with her tablet…most of these are still works in progress:
Project-based learning
Reggio Emilia
constructivism
Lori Pickert’s Facebook group: Project Based Homeschooling
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Monterey Bay Aquarium Homeschool Day
Wacom Digital Drawing Tablet
FullMoonWolf37 Dani’s YouTube Channel
Dani’s DeviantArt Account
RaddishKids, DoodleCrate and Tinkercrate
2016-2017 Curriculum Choices:
Maeven (10th) –
English – Brave Writer: Help for High School (Interview with Julie Bogart Part 1, Interview with Julie Bogart Part 2)
Earth Science – CK12 Earth Science Concepts for High School
Algebra 1 – Elementary Algebra by Harold Jacobs
World History – Crash Course World History with The Great Courses (if needed)
Intro to Business – Micro Business for Teens
Photoshop – learning on her own
Tyren (6th) –
Math – Math Mammoth Light Blue Grade 5
Language Arts – Brave Writer, Writer’s Jungle (and he’s taking the Brave Writer “Kidswrite Basic” course in Feb)
Science – Pandia Press Chemistry, level 1, CK12 Earth Science Concepts for Middle School
Social Studies – History of US, Joy Hakim
Dani (9th)–
Language Arts – Moving Beyond the Page 12-14
Math – Searching, potentially Aleks
History – Pandia Press American History Odyssey
Electives – Digital Arts, with an class from The Animation Course this spring
Jack (5th)
Language Arts, History and Science – Moving Beyond the Page 8-10
Reading – All About Reading
Math – Math Mammoth Light Blue Grade 5
Homeschooling Legally in California Links:
California Homeschool Network
Homeschool Association of California A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Your Homeschool (California Homeschool Network)
California Department of Education page to file private school affidavit
Attendance Forms
CA School Immunization Record
Keeping Private School Records in CA
Public School Independent Study Programs (ISPs)
Public Charter Schools
California Charter School Locator
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode, the moms review their 2016-2017 curriculum choices, and revisit homeschooling legally in California. Links in this Episode: Noodle Homeschool-Now Tina’s Learning Adventures Homeschooling with perimenopause Tina’s Adventures–Now Tina’s Learning Adventures Wacom Intuos Pro tablet Some of Maeven’s … Continued
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In this episode, the moms share the final part of their 2 part Secular Science Resource series, with an interview with Pandia Press author and scientist Blair Lee: Why Neutral Science isn’t Neutral.
Links in this Episode: Beckie’s new pencil sharpener
Why the earth is heating so fast
Blair Lee’s Blog
Blair Lee’s Facebook page
SEA Homeschoolers Facebook page
SEA Homeschoolers Blog
Home|School|Life Magazine
REAL Science Odyssey
Info from this Episode: Secular science curricula and programs present the accepted facts, principles, models, and theories explaining how the natural and physical world works as recommended by a majority of practicing experts in that area of science. Science curricula and programs should not exclude or misrepresent scientific facts, principles, models, or theories that are considered core ideas in the field.
Specifically, science curricula and programs will not be reviewed if they do the following:
- Minimize, misrepresent, or omit accepted scientific facts, principles, models, or theories
- Incorporate religious philosophy into the curriculum or program
- Politicize science issues in a way that misrepresents the issues
What to look for in science courses
- The inclusion of evolution
- Is the word design used in place of the word evolution
- Is the word created or creation used when discussing how organisms, the universe, or matter came into existence? Organisms evolved; they were not created.
Know your definitions –
- Science theory – A scientific theory is a widely accepted explanation of something observed in science. Theories are based on experimentation, observation, and reasoning—the scientific method.
- Scientific model – A scientific model is a simplified representation of a real system. Scientific models make it possible to study large, complex scientific principles and systems. Scientific models use the scientific method.
Books in this Episode: Tina:
Together ~
Rick Riordan books:
- The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson #4)
- The Last Olympian (#5)
- The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #1)
- The Son of Neptune (#2)
- The Mark of Athena (#3)
Other:
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Maeven (age 15) ~
- A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones
- Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? by Patricia C. McKissack
- Escaping Peril (Wings of Fire #8) by Tui T. Sutherland
Historical picture books/quick reads:
- The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom by Bettye Stroud
- Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
- The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft by Cathy Moore
- The Civil War: An Interactive History Adventure by Matt Doeden
Tyren (age 10) ~
- Colossus Rises (Seven Wonders series #1) by Peter Lerangis
- Lost in Babylon (#2)
- Tomb of Shadows (#3)
- Curse of the King (#4)
- The Legend of the Rift (#5)
- The Golden Door (#1, Three Doors trilogy) by Emily Rodda
- The Silver Door (#2)
- The Third Door (#3)
Me ~
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- The Orphan of Ellis Island by Elvira Woodruff
- Waterfall (River of Time #1) by Lisa Tawn Bergren
- Cascade (#2)
- Torrent (#3)
- A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Beckie:
Me ~
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
- Necronomicon by HP Lovecraft
- Geek Parenting: What Joffery, Jor-El, Maleficent and The McFlys Can Teach Us About Raising A Family by Stephen Segal
- Comixology Unlimited
Dani – (age 13) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Links of the Week: Beckie: We Are Teachers
Tina: Burning Cargo
This Episode Sponsored by:
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
(Show recording is at the bottom of the page) In this episode, the moms share the final part of their 2 part Secular Science Resource series, with an interview with Pandia Press author and scientist Blair Lee: Why Neutral Science … Continued
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In this episode, the moms are joined by Blair Lee, homeschool mom, and author of REAL Science Odyssey Biology 2 and Chemistry 1, from Pandia Press, as they talk about secular science resources.
Links in this Episode:
Prodigy (math game)
Homeschool Group Buys (Meg Groom’s group)–no longer exists
Rogue Festival
Thinking Putty
Earhoox
Slow Cooker Facebook group
Noodle Homeschool–Now Tina’s Learning Adventures
Tina’s New and Improved Country Report
SEA Homeschoolers
Tina’s son Tyren as Tweedle Dee Tina’s SCICON Reunion line dancing:
(Tina: My son was SO into this! LOL! That’s him in the foreground, with me.) (That’s Tyren, Tina’s son, helping lead in the front there.) Blog post by Tina about her SCICON trip
Secular Science Resources:
Websites:
IFL Science
Kids Who Think
Bill Nye’s official website
Project Wild
Project Wet
Project Learning Tree
Physics Central PhysicsQuest
Steve Spangler Science
Science Bob
OLogy
Smithsonian Kids
Science Sparks
Articles:Why Neutral Science isn’t Neutral by Blair Lee10 Awesome Science Courses You Can Take Online for FREE!
STEAM YouTube Channels for Elementary Kids
Curriculum/printables/lesson plans:R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey by Pandia Press
Moving Beyond the Page
Amazing Frog Dissection Printable
The Happy Scientist (not complete curriculum) Free Content
Intelligo
Bite Size Physics
Oak Meadow
The Young Scientists Club
Using Magic School bus for Science Curriculum
Thinkwell
CK12 no labs, but it’s free
Be Naturally Curious
Books:Science Is… by Susan V. Bosak
Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell
Sharing Nature with Children II by Joseph Cornell
A Guide to Field Identification: Birds of North America by Golden—iBird Ultimate app
Glow in the Dark Night Sky Book by Clint Hatchett
Earth Heroes: Champions of Wild Animals by Carol L and Bruce Malnor
Earth Heroes: Champions of the Wilderness by Carol L and Bruce Malnor
The Usborne Flip-Flap Body Book
The Stargazer’s Guide to the Galaxy by Q.L. Pearce
The Everything Kids’ Science Experiments Book by Tom Robinson
Usborne Science Encyclopedia
Usborne Illustrated Elementary Science Dictionary
The Story of Science by Anna Claybourne & Adam Larkum (Usborne)
Howtoons
Max Axiom
Basher books
Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding
Make Electronics
Home | School | Life Magazine
The Way Things Work
Podcasts:
StarTalk Radio, with Neil Degrasse Tyson (preview all episodes…adult content sometimes!)
Brains On!
Fun Kids Digital Radio on iTunes: Age of the Dinosaur (10 eps), Geology Rocks (24 eps), Sky Watch (astronomy, 12 eps), Kitchen Chemistry for Kids (20 eps), Techno Mum (engineering, 58 eps), A to Z of Wildlife (25 eps)…and more!
The Science Hour
Tumble
Radiolab
Physics Central
NASACast
Introductions Necessary (Celebrating women in STEM)
Naked Scientists on iTunes (many different podcasts)…Naked Archaeology, Astronomy, Neuroscience, Genetics, Oceans and more…
Astronomy Cast
Videos:
PBS Shows: All ages: Nature, NOVA, NOVA Science NOW, Cosmos (Netflix link…and here’s the link to the free lesson plans to go along with the show!), Wild Kratts, SciGirls, Dragonfly TV…Young kids: Cat in the Hat, Curious George, Dinosaur Train, Sid the Science Kid
Article about PBS Kids getting their own TV Station
Nova Science Now about replacing body organs
SciShow episode where they make ice cream while riding a bicycle
Hard Science–not always kid friendly…screen first!
SciShow and SciShow Kids
Crash Course Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy
Secular Homeschooling with Netflix and Other Media (Facebook group)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute all are free of charge
Popular Mechanics for Kids
It’s OK to be Smart (PBS Digital Studios)
Sick Science (Steve Spangler)
Socratica Studios (linked to just their science video section)
Smarter Every Day
Veritasium
WhizKidScience
HooplaKidzLab
TedEd Playlist: Before and After Einstein
AsapSCIENCE–caution…some adult content! Screen first!
Doctor Mad Science–kid made!
Minute Physics
Science Bob
PhysicsGirl
VSauce
Pinterest Boards:
Beckie’s Homeschool Science Board
Tina’s Homeschool Science Board
RSO Biology/Life Science
RSO Biology 2
RSO Chemistry
RSO Physics
RSO Earth & Space
Brave Writer Lifestyle Facebook Group (Tina mentions in the episode)…and a recent name change to another group she has gives you another group option: BraveSchoolers Facebook Group
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
(Show recording is at the bottom of the page) In this episode, the moms catch you up on what they’ve been up to lately and share three new Day in the Life Interviews including one homeschooling Dad! Links in this … Continued
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In this episode, the moms catch you up on what they’ve been up to lately and share three new Day in the Life Interviews including one homeschooling Dad!
Tina’s kids’ work stations
Links in this Episode:
Math Mammoth.
Math Mammoth page about algebra 1 Tina mentions
Interactive notebook for WWI
http://www.lynda.com
Noodle Homeschool is now Tina’s Learning Adventures
https://gamestarmechanic.com/
http://www.myjoyfilledlife.com/2014/04/24/homeschooling-planning-resources-free-weekly-assignment-printable/ *religious content warning
Deborah Marcus’ GoodReads Review of Divergent The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List by Deborah Marcus
Books in this Episode:
Tina:
**Together: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1) by Rick Riordan, The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson #2), The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson #3), currently reading The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson #4)
Maeven (age 15): started The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire #1) by Tui T. Sutherland again
Tyren (age 10): The Story of the First World War by Paul Dowswell, The Maze of the Beast (Deltora Quest #6) by Emily Rodda, The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O’Connor, The Valley of the Lost (Deltora #7), Return to Deltora (Deltora #8), The Taken (Foxcraft #1) by Inbali Iserles, Mark of the Thief (Mark of the Thief #1) by Jennifer A. Nielsen, currently working on The Colossus Rises (Seven Wonders #1) by Peter Lerangis
Me: Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs, Girl Underwater by Claire Kells, Divergent/Insurgent/Allegiant by Veronica Roth**
Beckie:
Dani (age 13): Doodle Lit by Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver, Has been very focused on her music books.
Jack (age 10): Working his way through the DK Star Wars Ultimate Library
Me: Insanity (Mad in Wonderland Book 1) by Cameron Jace, Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
Links in this Episode:
Tina: http://tynker.com
Beckie: Lego Pick a Brick
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode, the moms share the second, and final, half of their interview with Julie Bogart of Brave Writer (language arts and writing curriculum.)
Tina’s son Tyren’s drum performance. Tyr is the one on the right, playing timbales (with the braid).
Links in this Episode:
Homeschool Day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Beckie’s Katch Account with Periscopes from the Monterey Bay Aquarium-no longer exists
Homeschooling Thanksgiving in a Culturally Sensitive Way Pinterest board
Noodle Homeschool
Spotted Towhee
Cursive First by Liz FitzGerald
Podcast Interview with the author of Cursive First, Liz FitzGerald (Home School Support Network Podcast, Christian content)
Brave Writer Links:
Poetry Teatime
Blog Posts about Poetry Teatime
Poetry Teatime Pinterest Board
About Peter Elbow
Writing Without Teachers
Writing Power
The Wand has moved
Sample of Jot It Down
Getting Started with Brave Writer
Julie’s Katch.me (for archived Periscopes)-no longer exists
Julie’s Coaching Page
https://www.facebook.com/bravewriter
https://twitter.com/bravewriter
https://www.pinterest.com/bravewriter
help@bravewriter.com
Brave Writer podcasts
Brave Writer Lifestyle Email List
Free Writing Lesson
Books in this Episode
Beckie:
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
The Martian by Andy Weir
Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink
Tina:
Together:
Les Miserables, Children’s Edition by Victor Hugo and Matthew Larsen
The Lightning Thief (bk 1 Percy Jackson) by Rick Riordan
Tyren (Age 10):
The Story of The First World War (Usborne book) by Paul Dowswell
The Field Guide (bk 1 Spiderwick Chronicles) by Tony DiTerlizzi
Tina:
The Writer’s Jungle: A Survivor’s Guide to Writing with Kids, by Julie Bogart
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode, the moms share the second, and final, half of their interview with Julie Bogart of Brave Writer (language arts and writing curriculum.) Tina’s son Tyren’s drum performance. Tyr is the one on the right, playing timbales (with … Continued
In this episode, the moms talk about what they’ve been up to since last they recorded, and share the first half of their interview with Julie Bogart, founder and owner of the language arts and writing curriculum, Brave Writer.
Audio player is at the bottom of this page.
Maeven the human dragon
Links in this Episode:
Savvy Homeschool Moms episode about Homeschooling with the Amazing Race
NOTE FROM TINA: Savvy Homeschool Moms episode about Noodle Homeschool mentioned in this episode–doesn’t exist. WOOPS! Apparently I’ve never even explained Noodle Homeschool fully on the show so I’m going to have to do that in the next episode! SO SORRY! Check out the link for info for now.*
Tina’s blog post about Periscope
Homeschool Periscope Facebook Group
longer exists
https://hourofcode.com/us
GeekMom Hour of Code
Carnegie Learning
Brave Writer Links:
Poetry Teatime
Blog Posts about Poetry Teatime
Poetry Teatime Pinterest Board
About Peter Elbow
Writing Without Teachers
Writing Power
Sample of The Wand
Sample of Jot It Down
Getting Started with Brave Writer
Julie’s Katch.me (for archived Periscopes)-no longer exists
Julie’s Coaching Page
https://www.facebook.com/bravewriter
https://twitter.com/bravewriter
https://www.pinterest.com/bravewriter
help@bravewriter.com
Brave Writer podcasts
Brave Writer Lifestyle Email List
Free Writing Lesson
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode, the moms talk about what they’ve been up to since last they recorded, and share the first half of their interview with Julie Bogart, founder and owner of the language arts and writing curriculum, Brave Writer. *Audio … Continued
In this episode, the moms check in with how the beginning of the school year is going and how they are adapting to the new year’s schedules. Links in this Episode: Boogie Board E-Writer History of Us Fresno Ideaworks Adobe Illustrator … Continued
In this episode, the moms check in with how the beginning of the school year is going and how they are adapting to the new year’s schedules.
Links in this Episode:
Boogie Board E-Writer
History of Us
Fresno Ideaworks
Adobe Illustrator
Lynda.com
Noodle Homeschool Amazing Race course
Dance Mat Typing
Books in this Episode:
Beckie
Together –The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, Flyte by Angie Sage..
Dani(For all intents and purposes 13) – Dork Diaries Series
Jack-Jack ( age 9) – The Flash Master of Mirrors by Laurie Sutton
Me – Still working on Galilee by Clive Barker, Armada by Ernest Cline,
*Tina*
Together– Finished Story of the World volume 2 and 3 and currently working on 4 by Susan Wise Bauer, Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Sparks Fly Upward by Carol Matas
Maeven (age 14.5yrs) – By Tui T Sutherland: The Dragonet Prophecy, The Lost Heir, The Hidden Kingdom, The Dark Secret, The Brightest Night, Moon Rising, currently reading Winter Turning
Tyren (age 10yrs) – By Tony DiTerlizzi: The Field Guide, The Seeing Stone, Lucinda’s Secret, The Ironwood Tree, The Wrath of Mulgarath, by Emily Rodda: The Forests of Silence, The Lake of Tears
Me – Project-Based Homeschooling by Lori Pickert, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, The War to End all Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman, by James Patterson: Witch and Wizard, The Gift, The Fire, The Kiss
Links of the Week:
Every Kid in a Park
WatchKnowLearn.org–no longer exists
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode the moms catch listeners up on their summer and discuss gearing up for the new homeschool year. Please note: The podcast player is now at the bottom of the page. Links in this Episode: The Great Summer … Continued
In this episode the moms catch listeners up on their summer and discuss gearing up for the new homeschool year.
Please note: The podcast player is now at the bottom of the page.
Links in this Episode:
The Great Summer Purge and Clean
Tina’s son Tyren (the boy with the braid) performing Ozzy Osborne’s “Crazy Train” at the end of drumming camp, as mentioned in the show.
Tina’s bookshelf labels Beckie keeps referring to in this and previous episodes.
Savvy Homeschool Moms episode on Homeschooling with Chronic Illness
Scholastic Warehouse Sales
Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia by Jason Loborik
Tina’s Planning Process blog post
Symbaloo
Planned Spontaneity E-Book
Moving Beyond the Page
History Odyssey
All About Reading
All About Spelling
Beckie’s Organized Moving Beyond the Page Units
Beckie’s New Organizer for All About Learning Books
Beckie’s Binder System
Books in this Episode:
Tina:Tyren (age 10) — The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O’Connor
Together — finished Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Lowji Discovers America by Candace Fleming, The Story of the World Volume 1: The Ancient Times by Susan Wise Bauer, The Story of the World Volume 2: The Middle Ages, Silk Umbrellas by Carolyn Marsden, and currently reading Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
Me — The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor, Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Pollyana by Eleanor H. Porter, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, Peaceful Parents Happy Kids by Laura Markham, currently listening to Screamfree Parenting by Hal Edward Runkel
Beckie:Dani (age 12) — Making the Cut (Chloe by Design) by Margaret Gurevich, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling, Inkspell by Cornelia Funke, Dork Diaries Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell
Me — Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye, Redshirts by John Scalzi, I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells, Finders Keepers by Stephen King, The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman, Waistcoats and Weaponry by Gail Garriger.
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode, the moms share their very different summer plans…Beckie talks about summer learning and Tina talks about working on her 3rd annual “Great Summer Purge and Clean”!
Please note: The podcast player is now at the bottom of the page.
Links in this Episode:
Project-Based Homeschooling
Experience-Based Learning
Project-Based Homeschooling Facebook group, moderated by the author of the book, Lori Pickert
Project-Based Homeschool Facebook Page
The Great Summer Purge and Clean
The Noodle Homeschool Amazing Race course (now called “Tina’s Learning Adventures”)
Summer Planning and Learning
Summer Reading Programs
Summer Homeschooling
How I limited Screen Time by offering my kids Unlimited Screen Time
Savvy Homeschool Moms’ Patreon page
Books in this Episode:
Beckie: Asylum by Madeleine Roux and Sanctum by Madeleine Roux, Wasteland by John Joseph Adams
Dani (12): The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Tina: Project-Based Homeschooling: Mentoring Self-Directed Learners, by Lori Pickert
together: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling
Maeven (age 14.5): The Boy Who Held Back the Sea, by Lenny Hort (picture book), The Wells Bequest, by Polly Shulman (The Grimm Legacy, book 2)
Links of the Week:
Beckie: Science of Every Day Life
Tina: OLogy for Kids
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode, the moms share their very different summer plans…Beckie talks about summer learning and Tina talks about working on her 3rd annual “Great Summer Purge and Clean”! Please note: The podcast player is now at the bottom of the page. Links … Continued
We announced this on our show, but I just realized we never posted this on our website, WOOPS!! Beckie and I have created an account on Patreon to enable you, our listeners to support us monetarily. Check out the video … Continued
In this episode, the moms catch you up on what they’ve been doing since last episode, and introduce their Patreon campaign. Please note: Podcast player is now at the bottom of this page (it was messing up the format of the … Continued
In this episode, the moms catch you up on what they’ve been doing since last episode, and introduce their Patreon campaign.
Please note: Podcast player is now at the bottom of this page (it was messing up the format of the homepage on the top).
Links in this Episode:
Homeschooling with Experience-Based Learning
Biddy Bedtime Stories
DIY.org
All About Reading
Fresno Mini Maker Faire
Visit our Patreon page
What is Patreon?
Books of the Week:
Tina:
Together:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
France (Discovering Cultures) by Margaret Gay Malone (picture book)
Maeven (age 14):
Picture Books:
Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt
The Story of Vincent van Gogh by Clare Bevan
Vincent’s Colors by Victoria Charles
Katie and the Sunflowers by James Mayhew
I Live in Tokyo by Mari Takabayashi
My Japan by Etsuko Watanabe
An Elephant in the Backyard by Richard Sobol
The Umbrella Queen by Shirin Yim Bridges
Elephant Twins by Richard Sobol
The Food of Thailand by Patricia K. Kummer
This is Munich by M. Sasek
The Silver Charm by Robert D. San Souci
Chasing Cheetahs by Sy Montgomery
Chapter Books:
The Peculiar(#1) and The Whatnot (#2) by Stefan Bachman
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
The Flame of Olympus by Kate O’Hearn
Tyren (age 9):
Picture Books:
Katie and the Sunflowers, Camille and the Sunflowers, The First Starry Night by Joan Shaddox Isom
Vincent van Gogh by Ruth Thomson
Peek! A Thai Hide-and-Seek by Holly Meade Mingfong Ho
Life of Rice: From Seedling to Supper by Richard Sobol
Kindle Books:
Rescue Island by Stone Marshall
Minecraft: Diary of a Minecraft Chicken by Steve Crafter
The Quest: The Untold Story of Steve by Mark Mulle
Tina:The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
Three Souls by Janie Chang
Powers that Be by Anne McCaffrey
The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson
“Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids” by Dr. Laura Markham
The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
Ringworld by Larry Niven
Beckie:
Dani and I:
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowery
Me:
Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980’s by Lori Majewski
Dani (age 12):
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainai
The Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
Jack-Jack (age 9):
Ricky Ricotta and his Mighty Robot by Dav Pilkey
Links of the Week:
Tina: http://bedtimemath.org/
Here’s the printables page Tina couldn’t find. (Look for “Math with a Splash” there!!)
Here’s the Vihart videos mentioned. Look for the videos on Fibonacci numbers!!!
Beckie: HD Feed from the International Space Station
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
Please note: I had to move the podcast player to the bottom of the page because it was messing up the look of the homepage since that plugin that generates it was posting long link code on the homepage. By … Continued
CC image courtesy of CollegeDegrees360 on Flickr In this episode the moms talk about how to get out of a homeschool slump and offer a listener advice on studying prehistoric times. Before we start, can everyone pause the show RIGHT … Continued
CC image courtesy of CollegeDegrees360 on Flickr
In this episode the moms talk about how to get out of a homeschool slump and offer a listener advice on studying prehistoric times.
Before we start, can everyone pause the show RIGHT NOW and go to this link: SavvyHomeschoolMoms.com/NPR and fill out the form for us? Pretty please??
Salamanders at SCICON Outdoor School (Tina’s kids)
Links in this episode:
Timez Attack
SuperFight
LootCrate
Homeschooling with Experience-Based Learning Facebook group
Tina’s Amazing Race Online Classes
Noodle Homeschool (formerly Moodle Homeschool)
“Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids” by Dr. Laura Markham
10 Helps for Homeschool Slump (some religious content)
How to Nature Journal
Crash Course
Recharge Your Homeschool Classroom
Mid-Year Slump
Extreme Homeschool Makeover
How to Recharge
What about ME?
Surviving Mid-Year Slump
Homeschooling Prehistory board on Pinterest
Playlist for Prehistoric short videos on YouTube
Born with a Bang, From Lava to Life, and Mammals who Morph, an excellent trilogy by Jennifer Morgan.
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode, the moms discuss temporarily switching gears with math and Tina shares more details on her new “Experience-Based Learning” system and announces an exciting new program!
Links in this Episode:
Timez Attack
Quick Math
Traveling Through History with Doctor Who
Moodle Homeschool-Now Tina’s Learning Adventures
Homeschooling with the Amazing Race Facebook group
Beast Academy
Exceptional Parents Unlimited
Rogue Festival
Episode where Experience-Based Learning was introduced
“Curriculum Doesn’t Work for Every Homeschooler”
“My New Experience-Based Learning System”
Julie Gilbert’s EXCELLENT “Stickability” book ($6)
Cowgirls Guide to Riding Wild Donkeys” (free ebook!)
Homeschooling-Ideas.com –free homeschool planner “Planned Spontaneity”
Homeschooling with Experience-Based Learning Facebook group
Minecraft Homeschool
Books in this Episode:
Tina:
Together – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
Maeven (14) – Chipmunks on the Doorstep by Edwin Tunis
Tyren (9) – The Capture (#1 in the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series) by Kathryn Lasky and is currently working on #2, The Journey
Me – Listening to Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting, by Dr. Laura Markham
Beckie:
Dani (age 12) – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Jack (age 9) – Here’s Hank, Bookmarks are People, Too by Henry Winkler (together), Attack of the Clones by Elizabeth Dowsett, Fight to the Finish by Bill Scollon, Return of the Jedi by Emma Grange
Me – Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanne Clarke
Links of the Week:
Science Out Loud, YouTube channel
55 Science Picture Books from the blog What We Do All Day
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode, the moms discuss temporarily switching gears with math and Tina shares more details on her new “Experience-Based Learning” system and announces an exciting new program! Links in this Episode: Timez Attack Quick Math Traveling Through History with … Continued
In this episode the mom’s review 2 art activity books by MaryAnn Kohl and the All About Reading program from All About Learning Press!
Links in this episode:
BattleBots
National Alliance of Secular Homeschoolers School Choice Teleconference, on the Dreaded S Word, Socialization
Mari Beth Buckroth, AKA The Inappropriate Homeschooler (who we interviewed last summer, her episodes are #44 and #45)
Scholastic Book Sale
Mythbusters, Confirm or Bust Science Fair Book #2
The Star Wars Science Fair
Lego Chain Reaction
James Herriot’s Treasury for Children
Homeschooling with Experience-Based Learning
Minecraft Homeschool
Moodle
Traveling Through History with Doctor Who
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
Homeschool Realm blog posts about Young Indiana Jones
Reviewed Products:
Discovering Great Artists and Great American Artists for Kids by Maryann Kohl
Maryann Kohl also has many other art related teaching books.
All About Reading from All About Learning Press
Books in this Episode:
Beckie:
Together: Nothing, once again at the mercy of the library for Flyte by Angie Sage.
Dani (12): Still working on The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Jack-Jack (9): Return of the Jedi by Emma Grange, Big Hero 6 Fight to the Finish by Bill Scollon, Attack of the Clones by Elizabeth Dowsett
Me: Listening to Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling, Reading How to Hug a Porcupine by Julie Ross
Tina:
Together: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
Maeven (14): Frost Wolf, Spirit Wolf, Star Wolf (Books 4-6 in the Wolves of the Beyond series) by Kathryn Lasky, What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! by Barbara Kerley
Tyren (9): A Hero for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi, You Wouldn’t Want to be Cleopatra! by Jim Pipe, Beatrix by Jeanette Winter
Me: Finished Keeping a Nature Journal by Claire Walker Leslie, still listening to Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting, by Dr. Laura Markham
Links of the Week:
Homeschooling with Dyslexia
Challenges for Kids
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode the mom’s review 2 art activity books by MaryAnn Kohl and the All About Reading program from All About Learning Press! Links in this episode: BattleBots National Alliance of Secular Homeschoolers School Choice Teleconference, on the Dreaded S … Continued
In this episode, the moms answer the question “Can you homeschool and work outside of the home?” by talking with 3 working moms that are actually doing it!
Links in this Episode:
Create Your Shining Year Life+Biz Workbook
SARKLeonie Dawson
Minecraft Homeschool
Traveling Through History with Doctor Who
Terraria
Terraria story starter
HomeRoutines app
Homeschooling with Experience-Based Learning, Tina’s new Facebook group.
Original article on Tina’s blog on experience-based learning
Dyslexic Typeface
Books in this Episode:
Tina:
Together–Finished King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn’t Tell You About the American Revolution by Steve Sheinkin, (more books by Steve Sheinkin)…started reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
Maeven (age 14)–Still working on Frost Wolf (Book 4 in the Wolves of the Beyond series) by Kathryn Lasky
Nonfiction picture books read:
Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? by Jean Fritz
A Drop Of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick
Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone
Birds Do the Strangest Things by Leonora Hornblow
Tyren (age 9)–Still working on A Hero for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi
Nonfiction pictures books read:
John Adams: Second President 1797-1801 (Getting to Know the US Presidents series) by Mike Venezia
Theodore Roosevelt: Twenty-Sixth President 1901-1909, same series/author
Me–Read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green…Still working on How to Talk to Children about Art by Francoise Barbe-Gall and Keeping a Nature Journal by Claire Walker Leslie…Started listening to Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting, by Dr. Laura Markham
Beckie:
Together–still working on Flyte by Angie Sage, the library took it back and I had to get on the waiting list again, lol
Jack-Jack (age 9)– Attack of the Clones by Elizabeth Dowsett, The LEGO Adventure Book 1 and 2, by Megan Rothrock, The Big Battle (Big Hero 6) by Bill Scollon
Dani (Age 12) — Started The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
**Me—****Listening to A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin, Finished Revival by Stephen King and Maplecroft by Cherie Priest Started The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
Links of the Week:
Tina– Indy in the Classroom
Beckie–School Choice Week – NASH Free Teleconference
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode, the moms answer the question “Can you homeschool and work outside of the home?” by talking with 3 working moms that are actually doing it! Links in this Episode: Create Your Shining Year Life+Biz Workbook SARKLeonie Dawson … Continued
In this episode the moms interview the Savvy Homeschool Kids, Dani, Maeven and Tyren!
1979 Happy Days Softball…Tina saw them on their 1983 tour, just a few years later. (Only pic I could find online)
Tina’s friendly neighborhood peacock
Links in this Episode:
Forbidden Island
Lego Birthday Party on a Budget
Miracle Fruit Tablets
Henry Winkler
Hank Zipzer, the World’s Greatest Underachiever
Tales from the Jungle Crews
Settlers of Catan
Ticket to Ride
Terraria
Danielle:
Wizard 10
Rainbow Loom
Judy Moody
Foresterie Underground Gardens
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Tyr:
Animal Jam
Maeve:
Crystal Cave
Books in this Episode:
Beckie:
The Nerdist Podcast
Welcome to Nightvale
Sleep With Me (a small warning, the episodes are marked explicit by iTunes, and I have never heard an entire episode, but what I have heard is mostly PG)
Together:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
Three Cups of Tea (young readers edition) by Greg Mortenson
Dear Dr. Bell…Your Friend Helen Keller by Judith St. George
King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn’t Tell You About the American Revolution by Steve Sheinkin
Maeven (Age 14):
Wolves of the Beyond books by Kathryn Lasky
Tyren (Age 9):
A Hero for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi
Tina:
Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell and Sharing the Joy of Nature (Now called Sharing Nature with Children 2)
All Joy and No Fun:The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior
The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
Happy Chaos: From Punky to Parenting and My Perfectly Imperfect Adventures in Between by Soleil Moon Frye
How to Talk to Children about Art by Francoise Barbe-Gall
Keeping a Nature Journal by Claire Walker Leslie
Links in this Episode:
Beckie:
Book List for Young Architects
Playful Learning
Tina:
Webucator
To register for a course, all they need to do is:
Go to our Self-paced Courses page.
Browse through the courses.
Click the Order Now button next to the course.
Enter HOMESCHOOL for the Coupon Code and click Validate Coupon.
Complete the registration.
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode the moms interview the Savvy Homeschool Kids, Dani, Maeven and Tyren! Links in this Episode: Forbidden Island Lego Birthday Party on a Budget Miracle Fruit … Continued
In this episode, the moms chat about recent field trips and share their classic culturally sensitive Thanksgiving topic from 2012 just in time for the upcoming holiday.
The song that Tina referred to that she grew up listening to, that Harriet Tubman led at the Civil War Reenactment (She said the wrong song in the podcast.)
Tyren’s drumming performance
Links in this Episode:
Civil War Revisited
Forestiere Underground Gardens
Kearney Renaissance Faire
What is quilling?
Monterey Bay Aquarium, their Homeschool Days Program
Traveling Through History with Doctor Who
Pompeii: The Last Day BBC
Pre-Algebra with Math Mammoth
Life of Fred, Pre-Algebra
Steampunk Pirates Deck from Bicycle
Rummy Roots
Homeschooling Thanksgiving in a Culturally Sensitive Way, Thanksgiving and Native American Links: American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month
Oyate.org
Kids Thanksgiving Books
Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving…Please note that we are no longer linking to this book, as I (Tina) have just discovered it on the list of NOT recommended books by Oyate.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20101111232953/http://www.oyate.org/resources/booklist.html I should have thought to check the list before talking about the book. Not sure why it didn’t occur to me at the time. Please refer to the list on Oyate.org above to find appropriate books. Sadly, the list is very short.
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets
The Journal of Jasper Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple
Thanksgiving: A day of celebration or a day of mourning for Native Americans?
Beware of False History Books
Understanding Prejudice
Books in this Episode:
Tina:
Together: The Boy of the Painted Cave by Justen Denzel, Who Was Amelia Earhart? by Kate Boehm Jerome, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling, Torchlight by Carol Otis Hurst, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
Me: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Beckie:
Together: Flyte by Angie Sage
Dani (age 12): Matched by Allie Condie, Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger, The Silent Stranger by Janet Shaw
Me: Storm Front by Jim Butcher, Lock In by John Scalzi, Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
Links of the Week:
Tina – http://oyate.org/
How to Accurately Teach Children about Thanksgiving
6 Ways to De-Stereotype Native American Heritage Month
Beckie – http://www.physicscentral.com/
You can order a free Physics kit to be delivered in January, 2015 to participate in the PhysicsQuest theme of the year, the International Year of Light!
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode, the moms chat about recent field trips and share their classic culturally sensitive Thanksgiving topic from 2012 just in time for the upcoming holiday. The song that Tina referred to that she grew up listening to, that … Continued
In this episode, the moms catch you up on what’s been going on in their lives in the long interim since their last episode, and share 3 more day in the life interviews, including one with a mom in Ireland! Links … Continued
In this episode, the moms catch you up on what’s been going on in their lives in the long interim since their last episode, and share 3 more day in the life interviews, including one with a mom in Ireland!
Links in this Episode:
Good Eats with Alton Brown
Chromecast
Family Flux
new system of stations
HomeRoutines app
Savvy Homeschool Moms discussion group on Facebook
Blair Lee
Pandia Press
Homeschooling with The Amazing Race
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SavvyHomeschoolMoms
Starfall
How to Get Your Child Off the Refrigerator and On To Learning (potential religious content)
The Ultimate Homeschool Planner (religous content)
Homeschool Helper App
Homeschooling-Ideas
All In One Homeschool (religious content)
HEN Ireland
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mother-waits-for-final-call-to-prison-30479449.html
KidQuest Science Adventures is now The Brainy Tourist.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Books in this Episode:
Beckie
Together – Magyk by Angie Sage
Me – Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’m a Supervillain by Richard Roberts, Lock In by John Scalzi, A FANTASTIC audio drama version of Dracula by Bram Stoker.
*Tina*
Together–Finished The Timekeeper’s Moon and The Skeleton’s Knife by Joni Sensel, read The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop by Kate Saunders (horrible), and are just about done with The Boy of the Painted Cave by Justen Denzel
Maeven (almost 14)–Finished Talking to Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede
Me–just started listening to The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Links in this Episode:
http://www.learningthingsonthefly.com/engineering-spy-girls/main-engineering-spy-girls-page/
http://artfulparent.com/
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
I was thinking today that probably not everyone knows about the available groups and pages provided by the Savvy Homeschool Moms…so I thought I’d share them all together in a post to help spread the word! Oh, and PLEASE SHARE! Help … Continued
In this episode the moms detail their plans for the new school year and share an interview with Kate Johnson, founder of Pandia Press, publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. They learn about how the company began, all about their … Continued
In this episode the moms detail their plans for the new school year and share an interview with Kate Johnson, founder of Pandia Press, publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. They learn about how the company began, all about their current programs, and where the company is going next!
Links in this Episode:
Tina’s blog post about her new “Experience-Based Learning” system
Tina’s blog post about dropping curriculum
Homeschooling-Ideas.com
Planned Spontaneity
Tie dye shirts with Sharpies.
History Odyssey – Modern Times
Moving Beyond the Page, 10 – 12
REAL Science Odyssey – Biology 2
Math Mammoth
Handwriting without Tears – Cursive Success
Moving Beyond the Page, 6-8
REAL Science Odyssey – Chemistry 1
Handwriting without Tears – Printing Power
All About Reading Level 1
Rocket Pencil
ArtsyFartsymama Planner Pages
Homeschool Helper iPad App
Books in this Episode:
**Beckie:
Together** – Magyk by Angie Sage
Dani (Officially age 12) – Princess Callie and the Totally Amazing Talking Tiara by Daisy Piper, Princess Callie and the Fantastic Fire Breathing Dragon by Daisy Piper, Princess Callie and the Race for the Ruby Cup by Daisy Piper, Off to be a Wizard (Magic 2.0 book 1) by Scott Meyer and Spell or High Water (Magic 2.0 Book 2) by Scott Meyer
Jack (age 8) – Still working hard on his All About Reading readers, he’s doing SO awesome!
Beckie – The First 5 books in the Chronicles of Nick series, Infinity, Invincible, Infamous, Inferno, Illusion all by Sherrilynn Kenyon, and the Wayward Pines series, Pines, Wayward, and The Last Town, by Blake Crouch, Locke and Key Book 2 and 3 and 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill.
**Tina:
Together** – Finished The Farwalker’s Quest by Joni Sensel, most of the way through the 2nd book in the trilogy: The Timekeeper’s Moon.
Maeven (age 13.5) – Dragon Flight and Dragon Spear (books 2 & 3 of Dragon Slippers series) by Jessica Day George…also Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, Calling on Dragons, and currently reading last book Talking to Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede.
Tyren (age 9) – Started reading the WondLa series, by Tony DiTerlizzi. He whizzed through book 1–The Search for WondLa and started book 2–A Hero for WondLa
This episode is sponsored by:
Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.
Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com.
In this episode the moms share their interview with Keith Howe, one of the founders of the Moving Beyond the Page curriculum. They learn how the company got started, what makes them different from other curricula, how their program works and more!
Tina’s desk, before and after
LeftCenterRight dice game with Oreos! (Tina’s goofy kids)
Links in this episode:
Tina’s Great Summer Purge and Clean
Tina’s blog’s Facebook page
Homeschooling-Ideas.com’s new Teenager Workbook and Planner
Constructivism
https://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/articles/how-to-homeschool/
http://bechdeltest.com/
http://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/gettingstarted/
Contact Moving Beyond the Page at info@movingbeyondthepage.com or (919) 351-9687
Their website is Moving Beyond the Page
Books of the Week
Tina:
Together: Finished Miss Bianca (#2) by Margery Sharp, started The Farwalker’s Quest by Joni Sensel
Maeven (age 13): Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George (again)
Tyren (age 9): Getting ready to start The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop by Kate Saunders
Beckie:
Dani (age 11) ~ Minecraft: The Herobrine Series
Jack (age 8) ~ Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: The Mystery of the Mona Lisa by Elizabeth Singer Hunt, and we are starting The Coming Storm by Rob Kidd
Me ~ Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill, Locke and Key #1 by Joe Hill, NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Links of the Week:
Tina ~ Annedroids
Read the write up on Annedroids by The Scientific Mom.
Beckie ~ Amazon Unlimited
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode the moms share their interview with Keith Howe, one of the founders of the Moving Beyond the Page curriculum. They learn how the company got started, what makes them different from other curricula, how their program works and … Continued
In this episode, the moms share part 2 of their interview with Mari Beth Buckroth, The Inappropriate Homeschooler, and founder of the National Alliance of Secular Homeschoolers. Tyren’s 9th Party Extravaganza (Messy Theme, 2014) (**That’s my gorgeous hubby in the … Continued
In this episode, the moms share part 2 of their interview with Mari Beth Buckroth, The Inappropriate Homeschooler, and founder of the National Alliance of Secular Homeschoolers.
Tyren’s 9th Party Extravaganza (Messy Theme, 2014)
(That’s my gorgeous hubby in the cowboy hat! –Tina)
Links in this Episode:
All About Reading
Great Summer Purge and Clean
Stick-Ability e-book from Homeschool-Ideas.com
Glamorous Milkmaid (Link mentioned by Marina)
Books of the Week:
Dani (age 11): Minecraft Adventures-Flynn’s Log 1: Rescue Island by Stone Marshell, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
Jack (age 8): Jack Stalwart: The Search for Sunken Treasure by Elizabeth Hunt
Beckie: Dancing Barefoot by Wil Wheaton (audiobook, HIGHLY recommend from Audible), Lungbarrow by Mark Platt, Allegiant by Veronica Roth, The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi, Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Horns by Joe Hill
Together: Ben and Me by Robert Lawson, Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan , Finished The Rescuers by Margery Sharp , Starting Miss Bianca (#2)
Maeven (age 13.5): The Brightest Night by Tui T. Sutherland, Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Tyren (age 9): Grimoire by Brad Strickland
Tina: Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman, A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire, Out of Oz, Started re-listening to Screamfree Parenting
Links of the Week:
Beckie– http://blog.maketaketeach.com
Tina– http://www.theyoungscientistsclub.com/themagicschoolbus/
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode the moms share part 1 of their interview with Mari Beth Buckroth, the Inappropriate Homeschooler and founder of the National Alliance of Secular Homeschoolers, and talk about what they have been up to so far this summer. … Continued
In this episode the moms share part 1 of their interview with Mari Beth Buckroth, the Inappropriate Homeschooler and founder of the National Alliance of Secular Homeschoolers, and talk about what they have been up to so far this summer.
Links in this Episode:
ERCLC (aka “Eleanor Roosevelt Community Learning Center”, the homeschool charter that Tina and Beckie’s kids are enrolled in)
Minecraft Homeschool
Magic School Bus
Postcards from Buster
ElectoSwing video on YouTube
electro swing
JustSomeMotion
“Great Summer Purge and Clean”
Minecraft Homeschool Summer Camp
All About Reading
http://www.hiphomeschoolmoms.com/
NationalAllianceofSecularHomeschoolers.com
The Inappropriate Homeschooler Blog
SecularHomeschool.com
Southeast Homeschool Expo in Georgia
Pandia Press
Build your Library
My Homeschool Grades
Time 4 Learning
Kid quest Science Adventures
Usborne Books
NASH (National Alliance of Secular Homeschoolers) conferenceCOUPON CODE for a discount off the Sept 2014 NASH conference in Atlanta, GA is: NASHsavvymoms (good until Jun 30, 2014).
Books in this Episode:
Tina:
Together– The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War Patriot by Barry Denenberg (My Name is America Series)
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Journal of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pensylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory (Dear America series)
Maeven (Age 13) — The Battle for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi
The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Tyren (Age 8) —Rowan and the Ice Creepers by Emily Rodda
Grimoire by Brad Strickland
Me–The Battle for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (NOT KID FRIENDLY!)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Not kid friendly either)
Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman (children’s book)
Beckie:
Together– Tales of the Beedle Bard by JK Rowling
Dani (Age 11) — Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
Jack-Jack (Age 8) — Secret Agent Jack Stalwart The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur by Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Me — Dust by Hugh Howey
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode, the moms share the final part of their 3 part interview with Blair Lee, homeschooling mom and author of REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 and Biology 2 by Pandia Press, and chat about their upcoming summer plans. Links … Continued
In this episode, the moms share the final part of their 3 part interview with Blair Lee, homeschooling mom and author of REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 and Biology 2 by Pandia Press, and chat about their upcoming summer plans.
Links in this Episode:
Minecraft Homeschool
Chalice Camp
Home Science Tools
Home microscope, base level
REAL Science Odyssey, Biology 2
Cat Haven
The 2nd Annual Great Summer Purge and Clean
Homeschool Realm
Liberty’s Kids & Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego. Each of which are under $8 on Amazon! (use our links!)
Bay Area Maker Faire
Fresno Sportsmen’s Club
Think You’re An Auditory Or Visual Learner? Scientists Say It’s Unlikely
Slow Travel
Cross Cultural Solutions
Blair Lee’s Blog
Hyperbole and a Half Blog
Pandia Press Facebook Page
Visit Hadrians Wall
Books in this Episode:
Dawn of the Clans series, Thunder Rising and The First Battle
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
Insurgent (Book 2 in the Divergent series) by Veronica Roth
Shift (Book 2 in the Silo series) by Hugh Howey
Midwinderblood by Marcus Sedgwick (Available on Audible.com, use our link to the right!)
Illusions II by Richard Bach
The Serpent’s Shadow by Rick Riordan
Mr. Revere and I by Robert Lawson
The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War Patriot by Barry Denenberg (My Name is America Series)
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart by Kristiana Gregory (Dear America series)
The Hidden Kingdom and The Dark Secret, books 3 and 4 in the “Wings of Fire” series, both by Tui T. Sutherland
The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley
The Battle for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi, the final book in his Wondla series
Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal, Rowan and the Zebak, Rowan and the Ice Creepers by Emily Rodda
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.
Links of the Week:
This Day in History
Hard Science on YouTube (Be sure to preview for content appropriateness)
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode, the moms share part 2 of their interview with Blair Lee, author of REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 and Biology 2, and homeschooling mom and announce the winner of a set of Biology 2 Ebooks from Pandia … Continued
In this episode, the moms share part 2 of their interview with Blair Lee, author of REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 and Biology 2, and homeschooling mom and announce the winner of a set of Biology 2 Ebooks from Pandia Press!
The winner of our Biology 2 give away was Natalie B! Congratulations! And thanks to everyone who entered!
Links in this Episode:
Kidmunity music camp
Minecraft Homeschool
Story of the World
HomeschoolRealm
Interactive Metronome
Fast ForWord
World Book Night
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Books in this Episode:
The Throne of Fire, by Rick Riordan
The Serpent’s Shadow (final book in Kane Chronicles)
The Search for Wondla, by Tony DiTerlizzi and A Hero for Wondla, book 2 in the Wondla series
The Dragonet Prophecy and The Lost Heir (books 1 & 2 of the Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland.)
Story of the World (Ancient times)
Oliver Moon & the Potion Commotion, Oliver Moon’s Summer Howliday, Oliver Moon and the Spell Off, Oliver Moon and the Broomstick Battle, Oliver Moon and the Monster Mystery by Sue Mongredien
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.
Can You Spot a Jedi by Shari Last
Watch out for Jabba the Hutt by Simon Beecroft
Omen of the Stars series of Warrior books by Erin Hunter, including Night Whispers, Sign of the Moon, The Forgotten Warrior and The Last Hope
Dawn of the Clans series, The Sun Trail, Thunder Rising
Divergent by Veronica Roth, and Insurgent
Something more than Night by Ian Tregillis
Shatter Me by Tehereh Mafi
Wool by Hugh Howey
Nevermore by Keith DeCandido
Links of the Week:
“Homeschooling Ideas” Website
(Page mentioned about 1hr homeschooling day.)
“Hogwarts is Here” Website
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode the moms share the first part of their interview with Blair Lee, Author of REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 and Biology 2, and homeschooling mom and giveaway a set of Biology 2 Ebooks from Pandia Press. Links … Continued
In this episode the moms share the first part of their interview with Blair Lee, Author of REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry 1 and Biology 2, and homeschooling mom and giveaway a set of Biology 2 Ebooks from Pandia Press.
Links in this Episode:
Mike Ramirez Memorial Site
Cosmos with Neil Degrasse Tyson
ZenTangles
Homeschooling with Art Facebook Group
“Adventure Park” Documentary
Dave Jackson’s “Ask the Podcast Coach” Episode with Tina’s question that lead to our format change for this episode
ThoughtSTEM
HSC Conference
CHN Family Expo
Slow Travel
Cross Cultural Solutions
Blair Lee’s Blog
Hyperbole and a Half
Pandia Press Facebook Page
Visit Hadiarn’s Wall
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Books of the Week:
Warriors Power of Three
Long Shadows
Sunrise
The Fourth Apprentice
Fading Echoes
Night Whispers
Tanks
Eyewitness Book Cars
The LEGO Adventure Book by Megan Rothrock
Build Your Own Vehicles by Joachim Klang
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner and The Death Cure
The Kill Order
Mrs. Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children and Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley read by the lovely Michael York
The Unschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, both by Jeanne Birdsall
The Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles book 2) by Rick Riordan
The Time Traveling Fashionista (book 1), by Bianca Turetsky
Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda
The Search for Wondla (book 1) by Tony DiTerlizzi
Rowan and the Travelers, and Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal, by Emily Rodda
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Screamfree Parenting by Hal Edward Runkel
Links of the Week:
http://www.space.com/
All About Bird Biology, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode, the moms talk about their website changes, a newly discovered feature of Goodreads, hexaflexagons, and homeschooling with YouTube! Links in this Episode: Mystery Class http://www.ollyhomeschool.com/ REAL Science Odyssey Earth and Space Level 1 REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry … Continued
In this episode, the moms talk about their website changes, a newly discovered feature of Goodreads, hexaflexagons, and homeschooling with YouTube!
Links in this Episode:
Mystery Class
http://www.ollyhomeschool.com/
REAL Science Odyssey Earth and Space Level 1
REAL Science Odyssey Chemistry Level 1
Kahn Academy has a whole hexaflexagons section from ViHart
Hexaflexagon Templates
Books of the Week:
Playful Parenting by Larry Cohen (available on Audible!)
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacso
Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles The Nixie’s Song by Tony DiTerlizzi
Rowan and the Travelers by Emily Rodda
The Coming of Hoole (#10) and To Be a King (#11), by Kathryn Lasky
The Kiss (Witch & Wizard #3) by James Patterson
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, by Kathryn Lasky
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
Warriors: Power of Three: Dark River and Outcast, and Eclipse by Erin Hunter
Step into Reading Big Monster, Little Monster and Plane Pals
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs (sequel to Mrs. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, read by the ever awesome Stephen Fry (Also on Audible!)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
Links of the Week:
www.artrageouswithnate.com
http://www.ck12.org/
Homeschooling with YouTube:
Horrible Histories
Crash Course
History for Music Lovers
Math Doodles with ViHart
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-New-Playlist-on-YouTube
http://quietube.com/
http://www.symbaloo.com/
http://simplehomeschool.net/youtube/ (blog post)
https://www.youtube.com/schools
https://www.youtube.com/education
Homeschooling with YouTube (Facebook group)
Technology in your Homeschool: YouTube (blog post)
Multiple Channels on a YouTube Account
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Hello fellow Savvy Homeschoolers! Tina here! I have had ideas for creating some digital products for homeschoolers for YEARS…just a matter of narrowing down what I should do and finding the TIME! (That’s the hardest part, the time!) It has … Continued
In this episode, the moms share an interview with a work at home, homeschooling Dad, and review PowerRocks MagicSticks
Links in this Episode:
Little Passports
ZappCon
Books of the Week:
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Nevermore – A novel of Love, Loss and Edgar Allen Poe by David Niall Wilson
Warriors: Powers of Three #1 – The Sight by Erin Hunter
Dewey the Library Cat by Vicki Myron
We Both Read
Around the World in Easy Ways: A Guide to Planning Long Term Travel With or Without Your Kids, by Lisa Shusterman
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey
Total Home Makeover: A 20 Day Plan to Renew your Space and Spirit, by Renee Metzler
The Fire, by James Patterson
Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Rise of a Legend, by Kathryn Lasky
The First Collier (Guardians of Ga’Hoole #9) by Kathryn Lasky
The Coming of Hoole
Spiderwick Chronicles series by Tony DiTerlizzi
Rowan of Rin, by Emily Rodda
The Nixie’s Song by Tony DiTerlizzi
Igraine the Brave, by Cornelia Funke
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, by Kathryn Lasky
Products Reviewed in this Episode:
Powerock Magicstick: 2800mAh Magicstick– This site appears to no longer exist. Which is fine, because after we reviewed this, I had the battery die early not once but twice! I had a replacement sent to me when the first one didn’t last long…and the second one ALSO didn’t last long!! So I personally no longer recommend these things.
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode, the moms share an interview with a work at home, homeschooling Dad, and review PowerRocks MagicSticks Links in this Episode: Little Passports ZappCon Books of the Week: The Maze Runner by James Dashner Nevermore – A novel … Continued
We’ve been trying to record episode #39, we really have!!! But our audio recorder is just not cooperating! Something really bizarre is happening and our tech support isn’t responding to my pleas for help! Ack!! So I just wanted you … Continued
Day in the Life of a Homeschooler, Part 2
Day in the Life of a Homeschooler, Part 1
In this episode, the moms chat about what they’ve been doing for the past two months, read some listener comments, and share two more Day in the Life of a Homeschooler interviews!
Review and pictures of the History Odyssey Timelines that we are giving away in this episode!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Books in this Episode: Hunger Games
Catching Fire
The Four Hour Work Week
Dragons of Ordinary Farm
Adventures of Old Mr Toad
Adventures of Reddy Fox
Fyre
Ivy’s Ever After
Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
Dawn by Erin Hunter
This Book is Full of Spiders by David Wong
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Ukulele For Dummies
The Mighty Mars Rovers
Links of the Week:
Using Lego to Build Math Concepts
Mars Rovers
P.S. From Tina: For those interested…we didn’t do a holiday episode because we didn’t receive any response for our question of how you cope with the holidays. That’s ok, I did post it pretty late in the season to expect anyone to have time to think about it. We’ll try earlier next year!
Day in the Life of a Homeschooler, Part 2 Day in the Life of a Homeschooler, Part 1 In this episode, the moms chat about what they’ve been doing for the past two months, read some listener comments, and share … Continued
Just wanted to let you all know that we won’t be doing a holiday episode because we didn’t receive any feedback from our question of “how do you handle the holidays?” No worries, I asked the question pretty late in … Continued
In this episode the moms review four homeschool planners, including printed, online and wall sized. Links in this Episode: Africa’s Super Seven (Animal Planet) Chile Documentary Tina’s Playlists on YouTube Tina’s Goodreads Account Books of the Week: Harry Potter and … Continued
In this episode the moms review four homeschool planners, including printed, online and wall sized.
Links in this Episode:
Africa’s Super Seven (Animal Planet)
Chile Documentary
Tina’s Playlists on YouTube
Tina’s Goodreads Account
Books of the Week:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird
Sisters Grimm series Tina mentions
Lego Play Book
The Big Unofficial Lego Builder’s Book
Cat Warriors Into the Wild and Fire and Ice
Doctor Sleep
The Light Fantastic
Avalon Revamped
Ukulele for Dummies
Septimus Heap #6: Darke, by Angie Sage
Septimus Heap #7: Fyre
Midnight is a Place, by Joan Aiken
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse, by Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad, by Thornton W. Burgess
The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Links of the Week:
Eduplace.com
Monthly Themes
Outline Maps
http://prezi.com Great for creating multi-media presentations
Reviews:
Homeschool DayBook
Homeschool Helper App
Weekly Homeschool Planner
Seize the Year Calendar by NeuYear.net (Purchases made through this link help support the Savvy Homeschool Moms!)
GIVEAWAY!!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com
In this episode the moms chat about some great youtube channels, catch up on listener recognition and share three more day in the life interviews!
Links in this Episode:
Tina’s YouTube channel
TedTalks about “Dinosaur Shape Shifters”
History Odyssey
Crystal Cave, in Sequoia National Park, CA
Sketch Tuesday
Amazing Race 23
Homeschooling with The Amazing Race Facebook Group
Homeschooling with Art Facebook Group
Homeschool Helper app
Crash Course ~ History, Chemistry, Literature and more!
SciShow ~ Science news, history and concepts
VlogBrothers
Banned Book week
Writing with Ease
Math Mammoth
Ultimate Homeschool Planner ~ religious content
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com
In this episode the moms chat about some great youtube channels, catch up on listener recognition and share three more day in the life interviews! Links in this Episode: Tina’s YouTube channel TedTalks about “Dinosaur Shape Shifters” History Odyssey Crystal … Continued
In this episode the moms chat about getting started with the new school year, their curriculum choices for the 2013-2014 school year, and share their interview with PJ Jonas, homeschooling mom of 8 from GoatMilkStuff.com. Links in this Episode: Jack-Jack, … Continued
In this episode the moms chat about getting started with the new school year, their curriculum choices for the 2013-2014 school year, and share their interview with PJ Jonas, homeschooling mom of 8 from GoatMilkStuff.com.
Links in this Episode:
Jack-Jack, age 7, 2nd Grade-ish
Moving Beyond the Page ~ ages 5-7
Math Mammoth 2 A/B
Real Science Odyssey Life Science Level 1
Danielle, age 11, 6th Grade-ish
Moving Beyond the Page ~ ages 9-11
Winning With Writing
Math Mammoth 5 A/B
Elemental Science Earth Science & Astronomy for the Logic Stage
Both Children Together
History Odyssey Middle Ages Level 1
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, retold by Barbara Cohen
Discovering Great Artists
Homeschool Helper
workbox system
list of all the great homeschool FB groups Tina discovered
Home Routines
Tyren, age 8, 3rd grade–
Math Mammoth 3A/B
Symbaloo
Sequential Spelling (book 1)
Maeven, age 12.5, 7th grade–
Math Mammoth 6A/B
Write w/the Best Vol 1
Sequential Spelling (book 2)
History Odyssey (Early Modern, level 1)
Story of the World (book 3, Early Modern)
Mapping the World by Heart
Amazing Race Country reports (season 23 starts Sept 29!)
Journey North’s Mystery Class
Elemental Science—Living Books series
Discovering Great Artists
Goat Milk Stuff and Goat Milk Stuff Blog
Goat Milk Stuff Blog ~ Homeschooling Podcast Part 1
Goat Milk Stuff Blog ~ Homeschooling Podcast Part 2
Goat Milk Stuff Blog ~ Homeschooling Podcast Part 3
Goat Milk Stuff Blog ~ Homeschooling Podcast Part 4
Goat Milk Stuff on The Doctors
Goat Milk Stuff Podcasts
Flylady
https://pearsonaccelerated.com
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com
In this episode the moms chat with Aubyn, Krista and Janeen, three homeschool moms who share their “typical” homeschool day with us. Learn more about what the homeschool lifestyle is like in other families in this, our first episode of … Continued
In this episode the moms chat with Aubyn, Krista and Janeen, three homeschool moms who share their “typical” homeschool day with us.
Learn more about what the homeschool lifestyle is like in other families in this, our first episode of our new “Day in the Life of a Homeschooler” series.
Links in this Episode:
Winning with Writing
Math Mammoth
Moving Beyond the Page
Obon
Krista’s Links
Classical Education http://www.welltrainedmind.com/classical-education/
Thomas Jefferson learning http://www.tjed.org/
Donna Young http://donnayoung.org/index.htm
Janeen’s Links
Mind Up curriculum https://mindup.org/
DIY.org https://diy.org/
Books of the Week: (cut from this recorded show, to shorten the episode…but shared with you here, for those who like to know what we’re reading!)
Tina’s Books:
Physik (book 3 of Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage)
Paddington Abroad
Queste
Warrior Cat series, by Erin Hunter: The New Prophecy
Power of Three Series: Dark River
The Haunted Hotel (A to Z Mysteries #8, by Ron Roy)
Ivanhound (Adventures of Wishbone #20) by Nancy Holder
Cloud Capers (Magic Puppy #3, series by Sue Bentley)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Fledgling by Octavia Butler (also loved Kindred)
Alice I have Been by Melanie Benjamin
The House Girl by Tara Conklin
Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover
Beckie’s Books:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Neil Gaiman short stories (Cinnamon, The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish, Crazy Hair and The Wolves in the Walls)
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O’Brien
Super Scratch Programming Adventure by The Lead Project
I want to be a Fashion Designer by Catherine Grace
Trading Faces by Julia DeVille
Star Wars Phonics Box Set
LEGO Super Heroes BATMAN by Daniel Lipkowitz
LEGO Harry Potter, Characters of the Magical World by Jon Richards
LEGO Harry Potter Building the Magical World by Elizabeth Dowsett
The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Looking For Alaska by John Green
The Lords of Salem by Rob Zombie
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com
We’ve been pretty quiet over here at the Savvy Homeschool Moms this summer…Many of you know that I (Tina) am trying to completely declutter and reorganize my house, so that’s taking a lot of my time. And Beckie and I … Continued
In this episode, enjoy part 2 of our interview with Deborah Markus, author of the Bitter Homeschoolers Wish List. Links in this Episode: The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List Secular Homeschooling Magazine The Bitter Homeschoolers Chocolate Cookbook (no longer available) Don’t Worry! … Continued
In this episode, enjoy part 2 of our interview with Deborah Markus, author of the Bitter Homeschoolers Wish List.
Links in this Episode:
The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List
Secular Homeschooling Magazine
~~The Bitter Homeschoolers Chocolate Cookbook~~ (no longer available)
Don’t Worry! A Guide for Relatives and Friends of Homeschoolers
Deborah Markus, Writer Facebook Page
Secular Homeschooling Magazine Facebook Page
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode the moms interview Deborah Markus, author of the Bitter Homeschoolers Wish List, and editor and owner of Secular Homeschooling Magazine. Links in this Episode: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List … Continued
In this episode the moms interview Deborah Markus, author of the Bitter Homeschoolers Wish List, and editor and owner of Secular Homeschooling Magazine.
Links in this Episode:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List
Secular Homeschooling Magazine
~~The Bitter Homeschoolers Chocolate Cookbook~~ (no longer available)
Don’t Worry! A Guide for Relatives and Friends of Homeschoolers
Deborah Markus, Writer Facebook Page
Secular Homeschooling Magazine Facebook Page
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
New to Blog Hops? Here is your complete how to guide to joining a Blog Hop! What Is A Blog Hop? A blog hop is a list of blog posts related to a similar topic. A blog “host” lists a Linky (list … Continued
In this episode the moms chat about Postcards from Youth: Peru, Biddy Bedtime Stories and Summer Planning and Learning.
Links in this episode:
Postcards from Youth: Peru
Biddy Bedtime Stories
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Truck-CVC-Memory-and-Flat-Tire-Game-125299
Books in this Episode:
The Thirteenth Unicorn by W.D. Newman
Flyte by Angie Sage (Septimus Heap #2)
Vampire Brat and Ghostsitters by Angie Sage (Araminta Spookie series)
Warriors: Forest of Secrets and Warriors: Rising Storm by Erin Hunter
Revolutionary War on Wednesday, Twister on Tuesday, Stage Fright on a Summer Night by Mary Pope Osborne
Vampire Brat by Angie Sage (#4 in Araminta Spookie series)
Ghostsitters (#5 in Araminta Spookie series)
Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Mysterious Messages by Gary Blackwood
How to Write your Life Story by Ralph Fletcher
How Writers Work by Ralph Fletcher
A Writer’s Notebook by Ralph Fletcher.
Cool Cars and Trucks, and Cool Castles by Sean Kenney
Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey Biel
Unnatural Creatures a book of short stories selected by Neil Gaiman
Days of the Knights by Christopher Maynard
Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Emma Sterne and Barbara Lindsay
Pottermore
Links of the Week:
http://livingmath.net/ and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LivingMathForum/
http://www.biologycorner.com/
Summer Learning Loss
Savvy Homeschool Moms Episode #4 Summer Reading Programs
Five Ways to Make Homeschooling Fun While on Summer Vacation
5 Ways to Encourage Summer Learning
Homeschooling Through Summer
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In this episode the moms chat about Postcards from Youth: Peru, Biddy Bedtime Stories and Summer Planning and Learning. Links in this episode: Postcards from Youth: Peru Biddy Bedtime Stories http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Truck-CVC-Memory-and-Flat-Tire-Game-125299 Books in this Episode: The Thirteenth Unicorn by … Continued
In this episode, the moms welcome their first guest to chat about homeschooling a child with autism.
Books of the Week:
Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey
The Thirteenth Unicorn by W.D. Newman
Frognapped by Angie Sage (Araminta Spookie series)
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter (Book 1 of Warriors series)
Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter (Book 2)
Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne
The Holes in Your Nose by Genichiro Yagyu
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Lost Boy, by Brent W. Jeffs
Links of the Week:
http://www.ted.com and http://ed.ted.com
http://explore.org
The Alert Program
TACANow
Yahoogroup–For families homeschooling children with autism
Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Training Seminars
Book–The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder
Book–The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder
Book–Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide
Book–Autism: Asserting Your Child’s Rights to a Special Education
Book–Raising a Sensory Smart Child
http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/autism-symptoms
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode, the moms welcome their first guest to chat about homeschooling a child with autism. Books of the Week: Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey The Thirteenth Unicorn by W.D. Newman Frognapped by Angie Sage (Araminta Spookie … Continued
We just completed our very first interview today! Very exciting! And it went very well! The subject was homeschooling a child with autism and we’ll be releasing that by next weekend, in episode #30! And now we are gearing up … Continued
In this episode the moms talk about Biddy Bedtime Stories, more family-friendly game recommendations, and ways of using music to enrich your homeschool. Links in this Episode: Biddy Bedtime Stories Coffee Dough Fossils Salt Crystals Root Viewer Sakura Quick Math … Continued
In this episode the moms talk about Biddy Bedtime Stories, more family-friendly game recommendations, and ways of using music to enrich your homeschool.
Links in this Episode:
Biddy Bedtime Stories
Coffee Dough Fossils
Salt Crystals
Root Viewer
Sakura Quick Math
Books in this Episode:
Magyk by Angie Sage
Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
Snake and Lizard by Joy Crowley
Stuart’s Cape by Sara Pennypacker
Bethany the Ballet Fairy by Daisy Meadows
A New Beginning (Magic Puppies #1) by Sue Bentley
The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull (about Dr Seuss)
William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki
Redoute: The Man Who Painted Flowers by Carolyn Croll
My Napoleon by Catherine Brighton
The King’s Day: Louis XIV of France by Aliki
Paris 1789: A Guide to Paris on the Eve of the Revolution by Rachel Wright
Neversink by Barry Wolverton
Into the Woods by Lyn Gardner
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Seventh Moon by Marius Gabriel
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Breathless by Dean Koontz
How to be a Medieval Knight by Fiona MacDonald
You are Stardust by Elin Kelsey
Knights and Castles by Philip Dixon
Charlotte in Giverny by Joan MacPhail Knight
Fairy School Drop Out by Meredith Badger
The Royal Diaries, Marie Antoinette by Kathryn Lasky
Draw 50 Cats
Draw 50 Monsters
Draw 50 Flowers
Fire Truck Factory by Catherine Anderson
Big Book of Airplanes by Caroline Bingham
Messenger and Son by Lois Lowery
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Garriger
Links in this Episode:
http://www.ihomeschoolnetwork.com/10-days-of-series/
http://www.playfullearning.net
Games that were suggested in comments:
Dominion
Forbidden Island
Spot It
Sleeping Queens
Space Math from NASA
Tips for Teachers: How to Incorporate Music into Teaching and Lesson Plan
10 Ways to Help Kids Become Enthusiastic Learners through Music
Extending Songs as Teaching Supplements
Raffi
Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)
Rolling Stones Video and reading about the expression’s meaning here
Ten songs inspired by real places
Music as One of Your Classroom Strategies
Music Timeline
Music History 102: A Guide to Western Composers and their Music from Middle Ages to Present (supposed to have recordings, but I couldn’t find them…but still great info there)
Medieval and Renaissance instruments (great pictures and descriptions! Some pages have sound files too!)
Here’s a video on the Evolution of Music
Here’s another video on the evolution of music…2 guys, a violin and a cello
http://www.contemplator.com/america/ Popular Songs from American History.
Here’s a great webpage about music and art together
History for Music Lovers
They Might Be Giants ~ Here Comes Science
Here’s a song about volcanoes
Teacher and the Rockbots –multiplication songs
Googol Power –multiplication and addition songs
SteveSongs –songs on all sorts of topics (mostly preschool topics…look for his PBS songs)
Steve Weeks –alphabet cds, alliterations
They Might Be Giants Here Come the 123’s & Here Come the ABC’s
Rachel Buchman–recommend Sing a Song of Seasons and Hello Everybody
Jim Gill –Recommend ALLLLLL his music!
Raffi –Recommend EVERYTHING by Raffi!
Dragontales music
Laurie Berkner
Greg and Steve
Schoolhouse Rock (Covers Grammer, History, Science and Math!)
Games with music
The Ultimate List of Online Music
https://musopen.org/ Provides free music recordings, sheet music and more
http://www.classicsforkids.com/ learn about classical music and have fun
www.songsforteaching.com and http://www.songsforteaching.net/ (the blog)
Musical Arts Make Sense!
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Yes, we really have done it! We’ve recorded episode 29!! Are you as excited as we are?? Well stay tuned and I’ll get this thing edited ASAP! See, we really are still out here! 🙂 Life and technical difficulties just … Continued
Well we had some more technical difficulties…Beckie’s computer died. We weren’t sure when we were going to be able to record because that’s the only device she has that she can Skype with her headset (for the best quality sound)….but … Continued
I’m so sorry, y’all! We’ve completely disappeared recently and I am finally finding time to tell you what’s been going on. It’s been all about this huge event that Beckie and I have been organizing. I don’t know if I’ve … Continued
In this episode the moms announce the Pandia Press Giveaway winner, chat about The Amazing Race, and incorporating art into homeschooling. Links in this episode: Passport Templates for the Amazing Race Our Facebook group: Homeschooling With the Amazing Race Country … Continued
In this episode the moms announce the Pandia Press Giveaway winner, chat about The Amazing Race, and incorporating art into homeschooling.
Links in this episode:
Passport Templates for the Amazing Race
Our Facebook group: Homeschooling With the Amazing Race
Country Report for Amazing Race is ready for review! To get your copy: Tell your friends about Savvy Homeschool Moms on Twitter, Facebook and/or real life, and then email me about it at tina(at)savvyhomeschoolmoms.com (The first 20 people)
The moms talk about Homeschooling with the Amazing Race in episode 19
Meal Planning Boot Camp for Plan to Eat
Games mentioned: Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Risk, Totally Tut, DungeonQuest, Busytown, Clue, Pathfinder
Please post your family board game recommendations in the comments! (Especially ones that even grownups can enjoy, with their kids.)
Books in this Episode:
The Measly Middle Ages by Terry Deary from the Horrible Histories series
The Fairy’s Return and Other Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine (author of Ella Enchanted)
Keeping Pets series
US Army Helicopters by Carrie A. Braulick
Battlefield Support by Geoff Cornish
Fighter Planes by Jeffery Zuehlke
Rattlesnakes by Joanne Mattern
Fill It Up by Gail Gibbons
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Naunerle Farr into a comic book format
Orange Trees of Versailles by Annie Pietri
Magyk by Angie Sage
Guardians of Ga’Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky
Muse Magazine
The Man in the Iron Mask by Naunerle Farr
Dingoes at Dinnertime and Buffaloes Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Clay by Colby Rodowsky
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
Links in this Episode:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore
www.nga.gov/kids
Free-Loan Teaching Resources from NGA
Please note: I kept talking about how you can check out “CDs” when I meant “DVDs”, doh! –Tina
http://littlebentcreekfarm.blogspot.com/
Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement
Why Arts Education is Crucial, and Who’s Doing it Best
The Benefits of Art in High School
Art Influences Learning
Journals that have space for drawing
Draw Write Now: My Drawing and Handwriting Book
3 Ways to Incorporate Art into your Homeschool Curriculum
Art activity Books by MaryAnn Kohl:
Discovering Great Artists
Great American Artists for Kids
Science Arts: Discovering Science through Art Experiences
Math Arts: Exploring Math Through Art for 3 to 6 year olds
Good Earth Art: Environmental Art for Kids
List of creative narration ideas on SimplyCharlotteMason.com
Art Influences Learning
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Congratulations to Kerri, who has won our Pandia Press Giveaway from Episode 27. Kerri commented that she would like to get the History Odyssey, Middle Ages Level 1 book if she won. Thank you to everyone who entered!
(Part 1 is here.) In this episode the moms chat about DragonBox, a Pandia Press giveaway and steps to starting homeschooling. Part one can be found here. Links in this Episode: Notabli for blogging about your kids. Here’s a great … Continued
(Part 1 is here.)
In this episode the moms chat about DragonBox, a Pandia Press giveaway and steps to starting homeschooling. Part one can be found here.
Links in this Episode:
Notabli for blogging about your kids.
Here’s a great review.
ArtKive app
DragonBox
Books of the Week:
The Finches Fabulous Furnace by Roger Drury
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
The Thirteenth Unicorn by W.D. Newman, (currently a free download on Amazon!)
The Orange Trees of Versailles, by Annie Pietri
The Golden Tree (Book 12 of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky
Magyk by Angie Sage
So you want to be a writer by Vicki Hambleton
Athena the Wise by Joan Holub
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Star Wars, the Clone Wars by Jason Fry
Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith by James Luceno
World Book Night
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Links of the Week:
GoogleLitTrips
Enchanted Homeschooling Mom–shop no longer exists. 🙁
Pandia Press Life Science and Biology 2,
a Rafflecopter giveaway
The Fraser Institute: Home Schooling Improves Academic Performance and Reduces Impact of Socio-Economic Factors
Why I Believe in Homeschooling
Where Do I Start with Homeschooling?
Watch this homeschooling video series by HomeSchool Association of California (HSC)
Savvy Homschool Moms Episode #3
A2Z Home’s Cool, SecularHomeschool.com and Yahoogroupsto find local support groups
Homeschool Legalities
Homeschool Websites and Blogs we recommend:
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- HomeschoolRealm.com (Tina’s homeschool blog)
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- Balancing Everything: an eclectic homeschooling family (some occasional religious content, as the family is Mormon.)
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- A Magical Childhood: an unschooling family. Not aware of their religious preference, as I don’t recall ever noticing her mention it.
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- Melissa Wiley: author of children’s books that also blogs about homeschooling…she alternates between unschooling and structured learning (aka “tidal schooling”). They are a Catholic homeschool family, though I’ve never noticed any religious content on her blog
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- Simple Homeschool: a blog site with multiple authors. More like an online magazine.
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- Homeschool.com’s podcasts.
- Secular Homeschool has great reviews, blog posts and forums.
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Secular Homeschool.com Reviews
Every Education Has Gaps
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Tonight Beckie and I got episode 27 recorded! Yay! The homeschool topic is “How to Start Homeschooling: A Step-by-Step Guide”. We chose this topic because we hear this question a lot, so we wanted to go further than our discussion … Continued
I just discovered that episode 25 had a glitch in it. Apparently I had somehow missed a small section right after the 1 hour mark that had the full intro song just thrown in there. Made it difficult to hear … Continued
In this week’s episode, the moms talk about using their new “Seize the Year” wall calendars to get organized and using incentives and rewards to help homeschooling run more smoothly. Links in this Episode: 2013 “Seize the Year” Wall Calendar … Continued
In this week’s episode, the moms talk about using their new “Seize the Year” wall calendars to get organized and using incentives and rewards to help homeschooling run more smoothly.
Links in this Episode:
2013 “Seize the Year” Wall Calendar
Chalkboard paint
HomeRoutines, Toodledo, and Scatterbrain apps to get on track. (Sadly, Scatterbrain is no longer available. sad)
Journey North Mystery Class
“Books of the Week”:
A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler
The Orange Trees of Versailles by Anni Pietri
The Finches’ Fabulous Furnace by Roger W. Drury
Guardians of Ga’Hoole series
Oliver Moon and the Potion Commotion by Sue Mongredien
Magyk by Angie Sage
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
“Links of the Week”:
Disney Family
HighScore House–Unfortunately this site has become no longer available. But we did see this program as a possible alternative: Me In a Tree
Using Incentives in the classroom
Should Learning be it’s Own Reward?
Using Incentives in Homeschooling
TimesUpKidz – Sadly, this site no longer exists.
iRewardChart app
Helpful Homeschool Hints: Small Rewards for Children
Homeschool Reward System and Incentive Chart – Off to a Good Start
Ask PSL: “I homeschool and my house is a battle zone”
Homeschooling Part II: How Using Consequences and Rewards can Help
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Please note: If you downloaded this episode prior to 2/23/13, please delete it and re-download. There was a glitch a little after the 1hr mark where our intro/outro music just randomly started playing (not sure how I missed that before, … Continued
**Please note: If you downloaded this episode prior to 2/23/13, please delete it and re-download. There was a glitch a little after the 1hr mark where our intro/outro music just randomly started playing (not sure how I missed that before, but it’s fixed now!), making it difficult to hear the content. The file here on this page should be the corrected one, so just throw out the old one and listen here or redownload and you should be good to go! 🙂
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In this episode the moms chat about a vacation, paper airplanes and what to do when a homeschool curriculum doesn’t work for you.
Links in this Episode:
Monarch Grove
Letterboxing and Geocaching
Sea Life Center at Avila Beach
Doc Burnsteins Ice Cream Lab in Arroyo Grande
San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum
Morro Bay Museum of Natural History
Elephant Seals rookery at San Simeon
Raising Playful Tots Podcast
HomeRoutines App
Journey North Mystery Class
Pento for the iPad–no longer available
Books of the Week:
The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper
The Children’s Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit
A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler (Emily Windsnap books Tina mentioned, can be found here.)
The Orange Trees of Versailles by Anni Pietri
The Miserable Mill (Series of Unfortunate Events #4) by Lemony Snicket
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
The Sword in the Grotto by Angie Sage (Araminta Spookie series)
Guardians of Ga’Hoole by Kathryn Lasky
Oliver Moon’s Summer Howliday by Sue Mongredien
Oliver Moon and the Spell-Off by Sue Mongredien
Oliver Moon and the Monster Mystery by Sue Mongredien
My Haunted House by Angie Sage (Araminta Spookie series)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
Goddess Girls Books by Joan Holub
The Dark Monk by Oliver Pötzsch
Links of the Week
BBC Schools – Primary History
TunnelBear
EarthCams
About.com places to buy and sell used homeschool curriculum
Homeschool Classifieds
Mothering.com Homeschool Curriculum Board
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We are so very very sorry! We are literally stuck right now! The program I use to record our show (Powergramo), must have broken in the recent updates to Skype and itself. These things happen, and I had hoped by … Continued
In this episode, the moms gather their strength in the midst of some gnarly colds to talk about all kinds of useful and educational apps for the iPhone and iPad.
Links in this Episode:
Horrible Hauntings (Augmented Reality Book)
2013 Rose Parade float Tina mentions, by Honda
The Amazing Race
Books in this Episode:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Good Night, Owl by Pat Hitchens
The Perks of Being A Wall Flower by Stephen Chbosky
The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Potzsch
The Wide Window or, Disappearance! by Lemony Snicket
The Fire (Witch & Wizard) by James Patterson
Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne
The Golden Acorn by Catherine Cooper
Alien on a Rampage by Clete Smith
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
Pocketful of Pinecones by Karen Andreola
Links of the Week:
Balancing Everything–She changed this to VeryMom.com but changed the feel of the blog a lot.
Starfall
The Wired Homeschool
iPhone and iPad Apps:
Dropbox
LibraryBooks–no longer exists
Kindle
(And here’s the episode of our show that Tina mentions that we talk about Kindle Fire Department)
Goodreads
Google Drive
Overdrive
Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com app (together)
Dragon Dictation (for kids who don’t like the physical act of writing…or to help keep ideas flowing w/o the hindrance of writing.)
Compass
Google Earth
Star Walk
Distant Suns
Sunrise & Set app no longer available
iBird (The black bird that Tina couldn’t remember was the Great Tailed Grackle, and the top sound here is the weird sound it made.)
MyNature
Khan Academy (app and website)
Reading Raven
YouTube Channels (pre-built or pre-screened by you)
Kids Learn Sight Words
TED Talks (app and website)
Clue Tracker (for letterboxing)…
Geocaching Intro app (I’m trying out)
iMotion HD (to make stop-motion animations)
Wikipedia
Whole Wide World (Geography app)–no longer available
Scribblenauts
Games we ran out of time to talk about, but we wanted to share with you so mentioned we’d put in the show notes:
Amazing Alex–no longer available
Pettson’s Inventions (& 2)
SumStacker (also Connect Sums and Unknown Square for iPhone, and Symmetry Shuffle and Math Doodles for iPad)
Marble Math
Chicktionary
Factor Samurai
Alien Buddies (for preschoolers)
Mathmateer
Counting Coin
Fractions Kitchen–no longer available
Grammar Dragon–no longer available
Contre Jour
Cut the Rope
Cover Orange
Bumpy Road
World of Goo
Cat Physics
Rail Maze
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode, the moms gather their strength in the midst of some gnarly colds to talk about all kinds of useful and educational apps for the iPhone and iPad. Links in this Episode: Horrible Hauntings (Augmented Reality Book) 2013 Rose … Continued
On this, the last day of 2012, the moms chat about the holidays, update listeners on their last month, and how to start the New Year right with homeschooling!
Links in this Episode:
| Homeschooling with the Amazing RaceTina’s kiddos’ shadow puppets she mentioned they did when the race went to Indonesia. | | Magic Tree House series: List of books in the first series (which is what Tina’s son is reading currently), and the Magic Tree House website (complete with book samples, games, videos, and a neat “Reading Program to Adventure” program where your child can earn stamps for completing trivia questions related to the facts learned from the books!)Magic Tree House Research Guides and Fact Trackers (nonfiction companion books for the series) | | How to Train Your Dragon movie: Review on Kids-in-Mind Review on CommonSenseMediaHow to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular | | Homeschool Co-ops R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey by Pandia Press | | Scrooge with Albert Finney (You can watch the entire movie on YouTube for FREE!) Tina’s list of essential Christmas movies | | Math Mammoth | | Fresno Chaffee Zoo | | The picture mentioned, of Beckie’s dog Sadie and Tina’s husband, Adam | | Beckie’s kids’ new dressers! | | Little Free Library | | Books of the Week: Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede * Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George * A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket * Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne * At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon * Rainbow Magic Special Edition: Trixie the Halloween Fairy by Daisy Meadows * Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris * Flow my Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick | | Links of the Week:** Alphabet Glue * The Crafty Crow |
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
On this, the last day of 2012, the moms chat about the holidays, update listeners on their last month, and how to start the New Year right with homeschooling! Links in this Episode: Homeschooling with the Amazing Race … Continued
First off, thank you EVERYONE for all the well wishes, I really appreciate them all.. As our loyal listeners know, I had a hysterectomy on November 21st (AKA my 41st birthday). The initial diagnosis was endometriosis. The surgery went very well, and my … Continued
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In this episode the moms chat about Halloween fun, the History Odyssey curriculum, and maintaining cultural sensitivity during Thanksgiving.
Links in this episode:
Stick Works Art Installation
Math Wrap-Ups
World Book Night
BookCrossing
Little Free Libraries
All Hallow’s Read
Paperback Swap
*Books in this episode:*
The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
Dragon Slippers
Dragonflight
Dealing with Dragons
Muse Magazine
Lego Club Jr
Emily the Strange
Illusions
A Bridge Across Forever
StoryBundle
“Links of the Week”:
- Google Art Project
- Kitchen Pantry Scientist
Curriculum Reviewed in this episode:
Pandia Press History Odyssey
Ancients Level I (what Beckie is using)
Early Modern Level I (what Tina is using)
Timelines (we both use these!)
Homeschooling Thanksgiving in a Culturally Sensitive Way, Thanksgiving and Native American Links: *PLEASE NOTE: Beckie and I pronounced “Wampanoag” incorrectly throughout this episode. I just discovered this through watching Plimoth Plantation videos, where they pronounce it [wam-puh-nog]. I apologize for that! We should have researched that better ahead of time!*
American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month
Oyate.org
Kids Thanksgiving Books
Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving…Please note that we are no longer linking to this book, as I (Tina) have just discovered it on the list of NOT recommended books by Oyate.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20121113221748/http://www.oyate.org/resources/booklist.html I should have thought to check the list before talking about the book. Not sure why it didn’t occur to me at the time. Please refer to the list on Oyate.org above to find appropriate books. Sadly, the list is very short.
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets
The Journal of Jasper Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple
Thanksgiving: A day of celebration or a day of mourning for Native Americans?
Beware of False History Books
Understanding Prejudice
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Beckie’s dealing w/not only another bad bout of endo (which has now been officially diagnosed), but her and Jack both have a deep chest cold. So we’re going to let her get well before we attempt to record again. So … Continued
In this episode the moms talk about field trips galore, Google Earth, the Earthquake and… Homeschool co-ops!! Links in this episode: Homeschoolrealm Facebook page Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies Horrible Histories Google Earth Google Earth (Oceans, as mentioned by Beckie) … Continued
In this episode the moms talk about field trips galore, Google Earth, the Earthquake and…
Homeschool co-ops!! Links in this episode:
Homeschoolrealm Facebook page
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Horrible Histories
Google Earth
Google Earth (Oceans, as mentioned by Beckie)
Humble EBook Bundle
Books in this episode:
Isle of Swords by Wayne Batson
World’s Toughest Machines by Judy Schmauss
How to Draw Monster Trucks
Doctor Who: The Angel’s Kiss by Justin Richards
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow
A Gift of Dragons by Anne McCaffery
Master Cornhill by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
The Chronicles of Pern: The First Fall
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
“Links of the Week”:
The Toymaker
Biddy Bedtime Stories
Savvy Homeschool Moms Episode 3 – Getting Started Homeschooling
Book ~ Homeschool Co-ops, How to Start Them, Run Tem and Not Burn Out
What is a homeschool co-op?
Richmond Math Salon video:
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Beckie’s unable to record this weekend…too much pain (listen to episode 20, if you’re not familiar with what’s going on with Beckie)…so we’ll see what the week looks like. Stay tuned. We’re not going anywhere…just looks like weekly podcasts are … Continued
In this episode the mom’s chat about Flylady routines, history lesson mishaps, share 2 great educational British websites, and Beckie talks about homeschooling with chronic illness.
Links in this episode:
Flylady.net
January’s Girl – Top 5 Parenting Tips
Popular Mechanics for Kids Videos
Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Ancient China
The Animal House on PBS (Specifically the Ant Colony video we discussed)
Discovering Great Artists (Art History curriculum used by both the Savvy Moms! )
Michelangelo
The Sociable Homeschooler (We were interviewed on October 5th)
Books in this episode:
Once Upon a Curse (Tales of the Frog Princess)
A Gift of Dragons
The Gift (Witch and Wizard)
Annie’s Adventures (Sisters 8, Book 1)
Dragon Rider (also by same author, Inkheart)
The Case of the Missing Monkey (High-Rise Private Eyes)
The Chronicles of Pern:First Fall
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom
Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger
Tanks
Horrible History
Activity Village
Ben and Me: Homeschooling With a Chronic Illness
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
In this episode the mom’s chat about Flylady routines, history lesson mishaps, share 2 great educational British websites, and Beckie talks about homeschooling with chronic illness. Links in this episode: Flylady.net January’s Girl – Top 5 Parenting Tips Popular Mechanics … Continued
In Feb 2013, I created a country report printable to use with my kids, along with The Amazing Race (discussed briefly in the first 15 min of ep 27 and 28,). It has been updated and improved upon a couple … Continued
In Feb 2013, I created a country report printable to use with my kids, along with The Amazing Race* (discussed briefly in the first 15 min of ep 27 and 28,). It has been updated and improved upon a couple of times since then…and is now available for sale on my website: http://homeschoolrealm.com/shop/
Beckie and I have also started a Homeschooling with The Amazing Race Facebook group, for sharing ideas! Come join us!
–Tina***
In this episode we catch up after a week off, chat about fun and games while homeschooling, and…
Homeschooling with The Amazing Race! Learn about all the great ideas we’ve found on the web, and some we thought up ourselves, on how to turn the tv show “The Amazing Race” into geography and social studies lessons!
Links in this episode:
Red Cabbage pH Indicator
Egg Tempera Paint
Trading Up Game
Homeschool Realm Exchange Change Game
Write with the Best (New writing curriculum the mom’s are trying out)
Secular Homeschooling Magazine (Sadly, this magazine and it’s website no longer exist, so we’ve removed the link.)…But there is a new secular homeschooling magazine now by the Secular Homeschooler.
Wright on Time Book Series
Do Life Right, Inc
Flylady … Flying with Homeschoolers
Books in this episode:
The Secret Kingdom by Jenny Nimmo
Emily the Strange: Lost Days by Rob Reger
Seed by Ania Ahlborn
Parenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowen
Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker
Dragon’s Milk by Susan Fletcher
Witch and Wizard by James Patterson
Witch and Wizard: The Gift by James Patterson
A Gift of Dragons by Anne McCaffery
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall by Anne McCaffery
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
Links of the week:
- Kindle Fire Department (Free Kindle books and apps)
- Homeschool Literature
Homeschooling with The Amazing Race:
Topic starts at 46:40, if you want to jump right to this content
CBS Website for Amazing Race
Amazing Race Current Cast
Homeschooling with the Amazing Race on Annie-Babble
Printable World Maps
Tracking the Amazing Race on Google Earth
Wikipedia entry for countries visited in previous seasons of Amazing Race
Geography Games
Creative Homeschooling blog post about the Amazing Race
Homeschooling with the Amazing Race (Our Facebook group to share ideas!)
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.
Beckie is having some serious health issues and we have also had a dickens of a time coordinating schedules this week. When Sunday (our regular recording day) didn’t work out, this week proved to be even more difficult to find … Continued
In this episode the moms share 2 new segments: “Books of the Week” and “Links of the Week”, as well as discuss bullying and teasing in homeschool situations. Links in this Episode: Teaching reading and writing with cursive first Cursive … Continued
In this episode the moms share 2 new segments: “Books of the Week” and “Links of the Week”, as well as discuss bullying and teasing in homeschool situations.
Links in this Episode:
Teaching reading and writing with cursive first
Cursive First: An Introduction to Cursive Penmenship
The Tale of Desperaux
Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoners Dilemma
Mo Willems
Book of Max
A Very Special Delivery
Blast Off to Earth!
Little House in the Big Woods
Mighty Machines
Chronicles of Narnia Audiobooks
Free Audiobooks
Seed by Ania Ahlborn
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth
Little Passports
Secular Homeschool
Home-School.com Homeschool Groups
A to Z Home’s Cool Homeschool Groups
Books about bullying Tina mentioned:
Please Stop Laughing at Me
Please Stop Laughing at Us (sequel to “Please Stop Laughing at Me”)
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com. Be sure to listen to episode 19 for the new correct coupon code!
First off, thank you to everyone who entered! And our winners are: Heather Hilscher Jocelyn Correa Chi-Chi You can all expect an email from Currclick in the near future! And if you like, come back and tell us … Continued
In this episode, the moms chat about their CurrClick giveaway, the overscheduled homeschooler, and share their favorite art and science recipes.
Links in this Episode:
Elephant and Piggie books
Chaffee Zoo (where Tina took her children)
Scholastic Shoe Box Learning Centers
CurrClick and CurrClick Giveaway
Restore Margin in your Life
Math Mammoth
Kids Concoctions
Discount School Supply
Fresno Family Kid Activities (lots of art/science recipes)
Gak/Flubber
Borax Crystals
Sugar Crystals
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com. Be sure to listen to episode 19 for the new correct coupon code!
In this episode, the moms chat about their CurrClick giveaway, the overscheduled homeschooler, and share their favorite art and science recipes. Links in this Episode: Elephant and Piggie books Chaffee Zoo (where Tina took her children) Scholastic Shoe Box Learning … Continued
After a shaky start to the week, the moms finally get together and chat about how their first week of schooling went, finding balance between being out exploring and being home, and all about Tidal Homeschooling. Links in this episode: … Continued
After a shaky start to the week, the moms finally get together and chat about how their first week of schooling went, finding balance between being out exploring and being home, and all about Tidal Homeschooling.
Links in this episode:
History Odyssey Timelines (new timelines the moms mention)
Melissa Wiley’s Blog
Tidal Schooling Links
Melissa Wiley on Twitter
Into the Thicklebit
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com. Be sure to listen to episode 19 for the new correct coupon code!
Unfortunately this week just seems to keep getting worse in regards to recording our podcast! First, on Sunday, when we normally record…Beckie was in too much pain to be coherent (long story)… Then, we were going to try again on … Continued
In this episode the mom’s chat about preparing for the first day of homeschool, read listener mail, foreign language study ideas and 6 quick tips and tricks for homeschooling!
Links in this episode:
Is your Child fearful of reading? Comment here!
Homeschool Realm ~ Read Alouds for 6yr Old Boys Book List
Mango Languages
Rosetta Stone
Muzzy, the BBC Language Program
IEM Charter Schools
Enchanted Learning
Library Books App –no longer exists
Teachers Pay Teachers
iMotion HD
The Kids Should See This
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com. Be sure to listen to episode 19 for the new correct coupon code!
In this episode the mom’s chat about preparing for the first day of homeschool, read listener mail, foreign language study ideas and 6 quick tips and tricks for homeschooling! Links in this episode: Is your Child fearful of reading? Comment … Continued
In this episode the mom’s chat about their new fundraising group, how to talk to family members who may be against homeschooling, creating an all inclusive curriculum,and extracurricular activities for homeschoolers.
Links from this episode:
Fetch Episodes from PBS
Homeschool Fundraising Co-op
Enchanting World of E.D. Baker (Frog Princess books)
History for Music Lovers
Pass the Bean Dip blog post from Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers
Succinct Answers to the question “Why do you homeschool?”
Savvy Homeschool Moms Podcast Episode 11 (Curriculum building)
Tina’s Curriculum building spreadsheet
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com. Be sure to listen to episode 19 for the new correct coupon code!
In this episode the mom’s chat about their new fundraising group, how to talk to family members who may be against homeschooling, creating an all inclusive curriculum,and extracurricular activities for homeschoolers. Links from this episode: Fetch Episodes from PBS Homeschool Fundraising Co-op … Continued
In this episode the moms chat about surviving the heat, E-books vs printed books, and homeschool field trip ideas!
Links in this episode:
Perseid Meteor Shower
How many prints can YOU get out of your ink cartridge
Factory Tours USA
Earth Arts Studio ~ Margaret Hudson Studio
Field Trip Factory
National Park Services
National Parks Field Trip pages
Free Entrance Days for National Parks
Monetery Bay Aquarium Homeschool Days
Legoland Homeschool Days
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com. Be sure to listen to episode 19 for the new correct coupon code!
In this episode the moms chat about surviving the heat, E-books vs printed books, and homeschool field trip ideas! Links in this episode: Perseid Meteor Shower How many prints can YOU get out of your ink cartridge Factory Tours USA Earth … Continued
In this episode, the moms talk about World Breastfeeding Week, the Mars rover landing, preschool audiobooks, and how to stay sane while homeschooling! Links from this episode: Savvy Homeschool Moms Talk Breastfeeding on Mothering.com The Mysterious Benedict Society (book) Pieter … Continued
In this episode, the moms talk about World Breastfeeding Week, the Mars rover landing, preschool audiobooks, and how to stay sane while homeschooling!
Links from this episode:
Savvy Homeschool Moms Talk Breastfeeding on Mothering.com
The Mysterious Benedict Society (book)
Pieter Brueghel Painting, “Children’s Games”
Mars Rover Curiosity video (streamed live, now recorded)
More info on Curiosity
Georges Méliès
Robert Munsch
Where the Wild Things Are audiobook
Russell Hoban’s Frances Collection
Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato
Blueberries for Sal
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Jim Weiss and on Amazon
Magic Tree House audiobooks
Rainbow Magic Fairies
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com. Be sure to listen to episode 19 for the new correct coupon code!
In this episode, the moms chat about the Olympics, Doctor Who, and planning for the new school year.
Tina’s Flags of the Olympics Printable
Enchanted Learning (also mentioned for flag printables)
Weekly Homeschool Planner
Discovering Great Artists
Great American Artists for Kids
ToonTown (no longer exists)
More Podcast Money
Flattr
We are now “savvyhomeschoolmoms” on Instagram!
Mead Flex Hybrid Notebinder
Explode the Code
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
HomeschoolRealm.com’s Charlotte Mason booklist for history (mentioned by Tina, containing prehistory/ancient history books)
Tina’s 2012/13 School Year “Spreadsheet of Awesomeness”
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets (The Royal Diaries series…Tina mentions this in the show, about the Native American princess who lived at the time of the pilgrims in Plymouth)
The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce (Dear America/My Name is America series…pilgrim boy on the Mayflower)
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (Dear America series…pilgrim girl on the Mayflower)
Thinking Girls Treasury books
You Wouldn’t Want to Be series
If You Lived at the Time of series
Timeline Index
Literature to Supplement History
The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day
Beethoven’s Wig cd series
Classical Kids cd collection (Beethoven Lives Upstairs, etc)
National Women’s Hall of Fame
50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet
Builders of the Old World
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com. Be sure to listen to episode 19 for the new correct coupon code!
Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter @SavvyHomeschool and on Facebook at SavvyHomeschoolMoms. Also you can call and leave us a voicemail at (559)426-6670. Subscribe to our podcast through iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/savvy-homeschool-moms/id529043541
In this episode, the moms chat about the Olympics, Doctor Who, and planning for the new school year. Tina’s Flags of the Olympics Printable Enchanted Learning (also mentioned for flag printables) Weekly Homeschool Planner Discovering Great Artists Great American Artists … Continued
You may have noticed a new button on every post/page on SavvyHomeschoolMoms.com. They are for Flattr, a new way to support our podcast!
Check out this video for a better idea of what Flattr is all about:
We are doing this because we are hoping that some of you will want to help support us in a small, easy way. You choose how much “cake” (reference from the video) you’d like to give out monthly and click on the Flattr links on sites (hopefully ours!) to dole it out.
It’s still pretty new for Americans, but I’m told its huge in Europe! It seems like such an easy way to help give back to web content that you appreciate. 🙂
And while I’ve got your attention…check out the Paypal donation button in the sidebar of this site. It says “Mochas 4 Moms” above it. That’s for those of you that prefer to donate via Paypal. 🙂 We LOVE mochas! 🙂
We here at Savvy Homeschool Moms are so pleased to announce our newest sponsor is Moving Beyond the Page! As you have probably heard from episode 4 of our podcast, I use Moving Beyond the Page with my daughter and … Continued
In this episode, the moms discuss birthday parties, other podcasts, ways to save on homeschool resources, getting organized, and how they talk to their children about national tragedies. Links in this episode: WhoHype Discount School Supply Live Security Platinum virus … Continued
In this episode, the moms discuss birthday parties, other podcasts, ways to save on homeschool resources, getting organized, and how they talk to their children about national tragedies.
Links in this episode:
WhoHype
Discount School Supply
Live Security Platinum virus (Tina said “platform” on the show, it should have been “platinum”…this is the link she used to get it off her computer.)
~~Nerd101~~ (no longer exists)
Tales from the Jungle Crews
Manic Mommies
You Had to be There
School of Podcasting
Podcast Answer Man
You Made it Weird
The Wired Homeschool
Busy Mom’s Survival Guide
The Eventual Millionaire
The LinkedIn Lady Show
This Little Parent Stayed Home NOTE: This show still exists, but it has evolved into something totally different than what I talked about on the show. I don’t care for it anymore, but check it out and see what you think.
The Sociable Homeschooler
Homeschool Buyers Co-op
~~Vegsource ~ Used Homeschool Curriculum~~-no longer exists
Required Paperwork Binder
School Organization Binder
FlyLady Control Journal
Beckie’s Favorite Post-it Note Dispenser
Homeschool Freebie of the Day
~~Currclic~~k – No longer exists
This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com. Be sure to listen to episode 19 for the newest coupon code!
In this episode the moms chat about their new partnership with Mothering Magazine, answers listener questions about SpiralScouts and podcasting, Tina talks more about Math Mammoth, and making homeschooling fun with zines, lapbooks and bookmaking.
Links in this episode:
Savvy Homeschool Moms on All Things Mothering (Link is to the archived page, as Mothering has since revamped their website and things no longer look like this. You can now find us here.)
SpiralScouts
School of Podcasting (Dave Jackson)
Audacity (free recording software)
Powergramo (Skype recorder)
Audacity to Podcast (Daniel Lewis)
The Podcast Answer Man
Math Mammoth
Article: Education in Finland
Why Am I Aligning Math Mammoth to Common Core Standards
Zines
Hands of a Child (site no longer exists)
Squidoo Lens on Lapbooking
Lapbooking on a Shoestring
Homeschool Share
Tot Books
Book Making with Kids
Making Books
Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter @SavvyHomeschool and on Facebook at SavvyHomeschoolMoms. Also you can call and leave us a voicemail at (559)426-6670. Subscribe to our podcast through iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/savvy-homeschool-moms/id529043541
In this episode the moms chat about their new partnership with Mothering Magazine, answers listener questions about SpiralScouts and podcasting, Tina talks more about Math Mammoth, and making homeschooling fun with zines, lapbooks and bookmaking. Links in this episode: Savvy … Continued
In this episode, the moms talk about ways to make homeschooling fun, bliss-led learning, and using games in your curriculum.
Links in this episode:
Article: How Emotions Affect Learning
Delight Driven Learning
Excellence in Education ~ Game Curriculum
Games For Learning Yahoo Group
Games4Learning Yahoo Group
Geosafari Games Yahoo Group
Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter @SavvyHomeschool and on Facebook at SavvyHomeschoolMoms. Also you can call and leave us a voicemail at (559)426-6670. Subscribe to our podcast through iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/savvy-homeschool-moms/id529043541
In this episode, the moms talk about ways to make homeschooling fun, bliss-led learning, and using games in your curriculum. Links in this episode: Article: How Emotions Affect Learning Delight Driven Learning Excellence in Education ~ Game Curriculum Games For … Continued
Beckie’s computer gave her the blue screen of death twice tonight while recording episode 8, so we’ll be finishing up the episode tomorrow. Such is the drama of recording via Skype on a cranky old desktop. 🙂 shouldn’t affect things … Continued
Normally we record on Sunday and if I have my act together, I get it edited and up sometime Monday. But I just talked to Beckie about today being my son’s birthday, and learned that Beckie is in the … Continued
You hear us talk about the heat here in Fresno a lot…thought you’d like to see the extremes here and if you’re in a milder climate you can be thankful. 🙂
(Part 2 is here.)
In this episode the moms chat about summertime fun, money games, how to start homeschooling, and Tina reviews Story of the World.
Links in this Episode:
Netflix Origami
Secular Homeschool
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Coins Count
The Exchange Change Game
Book Recommendations
- Homeschooling: Take a Deep Breath-You Can Do This!
- The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right Start
- Homeschooling at the Speed of Life
- Homeschooling Year by Year
- Homeschooling and Loving It
Article: Are You Qualified? (Not mentioned on the show, as we discovered it after the fact)
Website Recommendations
- How to start homeschooling
- So you are thinking about homeschooling
- Homeschool.com’s podcast page
- Homeschool Legalities by State (List of states on left side of page).
Story of the World Curriculum
What is Classical Education?
Charlotte Mason and Classical Education
Jim Weiss
Nomads documentaries mentioned: Grass and People of the Wind
Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter @SavvyHomeschool and on Facebook at SavvyHomeschoolMoms. Also you can call and leave us a voicemail at (559)426-6670. Subscribe to our podcast through iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/savvy-homeschool-moms/id529043541
(Part 2 is here.) In this episode the moms chat about summertime fun, money games, how to start homeschooling, and Tina reviews Story of the World. Links in this Episode: Netflix Origami Secular Homeschool The Mysterious Benedict Society Coins Count … Continued
In this episode the moms answer the question of “How involved is dad?”, talk about summer homeschooling, the dreaded “S word” (socialization), and creative ways to use Pinterest and Goodreads in homeschooling. Links in this Episode: Flylady Legoland Secular Charlotte … Continued
In this episode the moms answer the question of “How involved is dad?”, talk about summer homeschooling, the dreaded “S word” (socialization), and creative ways to use Pinterest and Goodreads in homeschooling.
Links in this Episode:
Flylady
Legoland
Secular Charlotte Mason Yahoogroup
Minecraft Teacher
Article: “No Thank you, We Don’t Believe in Socialization”
Tina’s Pinterest
Beckie’s Pinterest
Tina’s Goodreads
Beckie’s Goodreads
Wikipedia page of Margery Sharp, author of the Miss Bianca book series (which the Disney movie “The Rescuers” is very loosely based on.)
For Fresno Area Locals:
Wild Wonderful King Museum
E & M’s Reptile Family
The Discovery Center
Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter @SavvyHomeschool and on Facebook atSavvyHomeschoolMoms. Also you can call and leave us a voicemail at (559)426-6670. Subscribe to our podcast through iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/savvy-homeschool-moms/id529043541
This week the moms discuss memorizing math facts, structured vs delayed preschool, encouraging special needs children to read, and Tina reviews Math Mammoth. Links in this episode TinaMama’s Pinterest PBSKids Chisenbop Tutorial Finger Multiplication Finger Math Right Start Math Games … Continued
This week the moms discuss memorizing math facts, structured vs delayed preschool, encouraging special needs children to read, and Tina reviews Math Mammoth.
Links in this episode
TinaMama’s Pinterest
PBSKids
Chisenbop Tutorial
Finger Multiplication
Finger Math
Right Start Math Games
Timez Attack
XtraMath (This is the digital flash cards game Tina talked about but couldn’t remember the name of on the show.)
Soroban Abacus
Enki Education
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (book)
Librivox
Math Mammoth
Currclick (site mentioned where you can purchase Math Mammoth ebooks, as well as lots of other digital curriculum, and educational webinars.)
We are back after a week off due to internet issues. This week the moms discuss Summer Reading Programs, more Secular Charlotte Mason, iTunes feedback, and Beckie reviews Moving Beyond the Page.
Links in this episode:
Math Mammoth
Enid Blyton
Dinotopia
Dolphin Tale
Summer Bridge Activities
Math Made Easy
Scholastic Summer Reading Program
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program
Chuck E. Cheese Reward Calendars
BookIt Program
Book Adventure
Pottery Barn Kids
Guardians of Ga’Hoole series
Wolves of the Beyond series…spinoff from the Ga’Hoole series
Moving Beyond the Page Curriculum
Charlotte Mason Links:
20 Principles of Charlotte Mason
Penny Gardner, Charlotte Mason Study Guide
Original CM series online / CM Series in Modern English online
More about Charlotte Mason Education
Creative ideas for narration
iPhone apps mentioned: iBird and My Nature Tree Guide
Don’t forget there’s even more Charlotte Mason info on Tina’s website, Homeschool Realm (Look for “Secular Charlotte Mason” in the sidebar menu)
We are back after a week off due to internet issues. This week the moms discuss Summer Reading Programs, more Secular Charlotte Mason, iTunes feedback, and Beckie reviews Moving Beyond the Page. Links in this episode: Math Mammoth Enid Blyton … Continued
We usually record our podcast over the weekend and publish as soon as I have things edited…but unfortunately we’re unable to record today as planned because we use Skype and Beckie has no Internet!! We could use Skype on her … Continued
This week, the moms discuss: Life in their homeschooling households the past week, activities during the recent solar eclipse, finding unexpected learning opportunities, exploring Charlotte Mason education, answer the question “Am I capable of homeschooling?”, and Beckie reviews the REAL Science Odyssey series.
Links for this episode:
- May 20, 2012 Solar Eclipse
- How to make and use pinhole viewers
- Risk Board Game (And here’s a short blog post about the educational values of this game.)
- To help explain Tina’s Jay Leno reference
- History of Us, by Joy Hakim
- The Hero of Harlaam, entire book is available online at this link…I’ve linked Ch 18, where the story is found.
- Hans Brinker (this link is to the version of the book I talk about in the show)
- Rabbit trails
- Extreme Engineering (Seasons available on Netflix instant view)
- Nova, Nature, How its Made (Seasons available on Netflix instant view)
- iGame Timer 2
- Charlotte Mason
- Charlotte Mason Study Guide, by Penny Gardner
- Great forum thread on being afraid of failing at homeschooling
- California Virtual Academies (CAVA)… https://cava.k12.com/ is the place to look for the same program outside of CA.
- Connections Academy
- Reggio Emilia, Montessori, Waldorf
- R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey, by Pandia Press
- The Wired Homeschool podcast
Here’s the review I wrote on iTunes, which tells even more about why I like this show (click the image below to see it bigger): * The Sociable Homeschooler podcast
Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter @SavvyHomeschool and on Facebook at SavvyHomeschoolMoms. Also you can call and leave us a voicemail at (559)426-6670. Subscribe to our podcast through iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/savvy-homeschool-moms/id529043541
This week, the moms discuss: Life in their homeschooling households the past week, activities during the recent solar eclipse, finding unexpected learning opportunities, exploring Charlotte Mason education, answer the question “Am I capable of homeschooling?”, and Beckie … Continued
Sorry for the delay…It took far longer to write the show notes than it probably should have (because I did them this time instead of Beckie…she probably would have been MUCH more efficient with her time, LOL!) So I only … Continued
In this week’s episode, the mom’s talk about how their week went, homeschooling with migraines, charter school disappointments, and Minecraft madness. Then they give a quick overview of how to legally homeschool in California, and ask listener’s opinions on homeschool planners. Lastly, both mom’s waxed poetic about their love of the Scholastic Warehouse sales.
This week’s links: * Time’s Up Kidz – Sadly, this site is now gone. * iGame Timer – This app is gone now too. * Flylady * Minecraft (Not mentioned in the podcast, but this is a very educational game that Tina’s blogged about multiple times. Stay tuned for us to talk about it again in more depth in the future!) * GeekMom Blog * Mental_Floss * Homeschool.com * Balancing Everything post: Getting on Top of Housework. Finally. (post no longer exists) * Legally Homeschooling in California * Legally Homeschooling by state * Homeschool Attendance Sheets * Homeschool Daybook * Scholastic Warehouse Sale
Don’t forget you can find us on Twitter @SavvyHomeschool and on Facebook at SavvyHomeschoolMoms. Also you can call and leave us a voicemail at (559)426-6670. Subscribe to our podcast through iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/savvy-homeschool-moms/id529043541
In this week’s episode, the mom’s talk about how their week went, homeschooling with migraines, charter school disappointments, and Minecraft madness. Then they give a quick overview of how to legally homeschool in California, and ask listener’s opinions on homeschool … Continued
Meet the Savvy Homeschool Moms! Tina and I are so proud of our first podcast. Recording it was an adventure, and we look forward to sharing it with you, our listeners! Going forward our show notes will include links and contact information for all the resources we share with you. For this first show, the notes were a little more difficult, but here we go!
This show covered why we decided to make this podcast, who we are, and why we homeschool and what to look forward to on future episodes of the Savvy Homeschool Moms Podcast!
We mentioned one of our favorite websites, Khan Academy! An excellent resource not only for math (where it is a LIVESAVER!) but also for other subjects and topics of interest to the homeschool family!
Another link from the show: Secular Homeschooling Magazine (Sadly, this magazine and it’s website, no longer exist, so we’ve removed the link.)
Also we talked about where we can be reached on the internet, for your questions, and comments!
Like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/savvyhomeschoolmoms
Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/savvyhomeschool
You can find Tina at http://HomeschoolRealm.com (among other places, all listed on her About Tina page)
And you can find Beckie at http://BeckieTetrault.com
Meet the Savvy Homeschool Moms! Tina and I are so proud of our first podcast. Recording it was an adventure, and we look forward to sharing it with you, our listeners! Going forward our show notes will include links and … Continued
Well, mostly. Beckie’s computer crashed as we were just getting ready to wrap it up so we will record the closing tomorrow (hopefully), and get to work on the intro and I’ll edit it all together and VOILA! Second episode … Continued
I had so much fun editing our podcast! I had no idea what I was doing, but being that I’m always up for a challenge, I Googled and found the info I needed and had a blast putting it all … Continued
OK, its a bit rough…but would you expect anything less from our first shot at this? Considering its our first…I do think we did pretty good! Not uploading it yet though. I heard on a podcast about podcasting that they … Continued
**This company appears to have now gone shut down. The site no longer exists. I see you can still download the product out there on the web, but I don’t recommend this since there will be no longer any support. … Continued
We had planned to start recording Savvy Homeschool Moms today…but ran into some difficulties and are having to postpone for a bit. After a LOT of struggles with finding a Skype recorder that actually works for us, I think we … Continued
Welcome to our site! Bookmark us, subscribe to our feed, and/or check back often, as we are just getting started! Soon there will be a regularly updated homeschool podcast posted here! Join Beckie & Tina, 2 homeschool moms of young … Continued