http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/homeschooling-blog.html If you want to keep up to date with What's New at Design-Your-Homeschool, this homeschooling blog will keep you informed. en-us homeschooling Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:26:47 GMT Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:26:47 GMT design-your-homeschool.com http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Home-schooling-Australia.html Home Schooling Australia - Homeschool Support Groups, Requirements, Resources, Australian Curriculum, Australian Curriculum Suppliers, Reviews by Australians all found here. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:26:46 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Home-school-Kids.html Here's an opportunity for home school kids to write their own page or mini-site about themselves. Tell us your hobbies, what you like about homeschooling and more. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:17:03 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Home-school-Kids-Justice.html Home school kids love to write! Read Justice's Journal Here! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:14:10 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/singapore-math1.html We have used Singapore Math in our home for 6 of the eight years since beginning to school at home. We highly recommend this math program not only b/c Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:36:28 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/homeschool-excursion-to-berry.html On June 21st 2011, my mum's birthday, the Merritt's and my family went on a homeschool excursion to Berry. Berry is a small-ish suburb about 1 hours drive Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:02:57 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/november-skating-road-trip.html On November 23 2011, John, Elijah, Noah Merritt and I went on a skating road trip. In total we went to 5 skateparks (in order): Goulburn, Yass, Gunners, Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:01:13 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/cyberkidz-edutainment.html Kindergarten and elementary lessons converted to educational games. Cyberkidz is an educational platform for boys and girls in the age of 4 till 12 years. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:08:04 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/the-great-ocean-road.html This is the 7th instalment of our trip to Port Lincoln & back. The Great Ocean Road We packed up, left Ocean Grove and headed back down the road to Torquay, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:38:10 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/phillip-island.html This is the 5th instalment of our trip to Port Lincoln & back. Phillip Island A couple of hours driving from Wilsons Promontory brought us to Phillip Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:37:26 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/ocean-grove-torquay.html This is the 6th instalment of our trip to Port Lincoln & back. Ocean Grove and Torquay Down past Melbourne we drove until we came to Ocean Grove, a beachside Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:36:59 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/port-fairy.html This is the 8th instalment of our trip to Port Lincoln & back. Port Fairy By the time we had finished with the Twelve Apostles it was almost dark and Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:59:03 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/language-arts-lesson-plans-fables.html Being able to teach and write Language Arts lesson plans based on Literature is not as hard as you think. In my years of experience, I find it to be the most effective way to teach spelling, grammar, sentence style and many other aspects of writing. Find out more here. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:33:33 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Homeschool-Planner-Keep-on-track.html Looking for an easy homeschool planner option? Keep on Track Homeschool Planner is simple, yet stylish. It has all the pages you need, ready to be printed; Just download and print it out; Bind it your way; Also comes with the How to Homeschool Manual - From Big Picture Goals to Daily Details to help you get organized. Ready for Jan - Dec 2012. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:10:13 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/how-to-teach-writing.html Here are my simple ideas on how to teach writing one step at a time. Writing does not need to hold fear for the homeschooling parent. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:40:10 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/homeschool-writing-curriculum.html Design your own Homeschool Writing Curriculum - what do I teach and when? This can be a question many homeschoolers face. Here'a an outline of how to teach writing skills and to put it together into your own homeschool curriculum. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:40:08 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/free-printable-writing-paper.html Looking for free printable writing paper for you and your children to use? The lined paper comes in four different formats. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:40:07 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/descriptive-writing.html Essentially a good writer makes his or her writing come alive by using descriptive writing. This can be done by describing a place, an object, a person, or an emotion using concrete nouns and descriptive verbs. Learn how to teach descriptive writing here. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:40:05 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/language-arts-lesson-plan.html Here you will find free language arts lesson plan which will focus on certain writing skills. These writing lesson plans incorporate all language arts skills. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:40:03 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/language-arts.html What makes a Language Arts Curriculum? Here you will find all the components of it. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:40:02 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/free-homeschooling-resources-language-arts.html The best of free homeschooling resources for language arts organized for you. Add your favourite homeschooling resource. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:40:00 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/teaching-writing-skills.html Find out how to go about teaching writing skills and make your own homeschool writing curriculum. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:58 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/teaching-writing.html Teaching writing to kids is an exciting process - watching their writing skills and talents develop. Look here for Homeschool Writing Ideas and add your own writing lesson plans. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:56 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/online-home-school.html Online Home School can mean different things to different families and each family chooses this option for their own unique reasons. This page lists full year, specific course virtual classrooms, online curriculum - distance education and courses only, enrichment homeschooling online programs and free online homeschooling curriculum. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:54 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/kids-writing.html View this page as the place to publish your homeschool kids writing. Check out writing examples from other homeschoolers. Enjoy the writing projects - and use them yourself. Publish here for free. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:52 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Home-school-Science.html What makes up a Home school Science curriculum? Here you will read how to design your own homeschool science curriculum - how, why and what to use. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:51 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Home-School-Math.html Design your home school math curriculum. What are your goals? What makes a math curriculum? What are useful math resources? Find out here! Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:49 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/homeschooling-online.html The option of homeschooling online may really suit some families and perhaps it is something you are looking at right now. There are a number of online homeschooling options. Take a look at the common reasons why homeschooling families choose to home school online. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:48 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Homeschool-History.html Navigate the homeschool history sitemap and find out ways to teach history in your homeschool. What makes a history curriculum? Find out here. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:46 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Home-School-Curriculum-Teaching-Writing.html The Home School Curriculum for Writing offered by the Institute for Excellence in Writing is Teaching Writing: Structure and Style. Read below for a description and reviews. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:43 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/home-school-curriculum-reviews.html What is the best home school curriculum for your family? Read homeschool curriculum reviews and descriptions written by homeschoolers and publishers here. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:42 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/homeschool-art-sitemap.html Navigate all the homeschool art pages from this art sitemap. Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:39:40 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/creative-writing-prompts.html What are some creative writing prompts I can use to encourage writing and develop the skill of narration? Narration is firstly an oral skill and then Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:02:25 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/homeschool-groups.html Homeschool Groups provide encouragement and support for the homeschooling family. Whether you have been homeschooling for years or for a few months, you need a homeschooling group to share ideas, resources and provide support for what is sometimes a lonely road. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:52:45 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/index.html Design your homeschooling approach to suit your family. This guide will help the Christian homeschooling family to design a learning approach which reflects their own style and goals of education. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:08:18 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Delightdirected.html The delight directed approach is an approach which allows a spark of interest of a child to direct further studies in a natural way. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:59:29 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/christmas-concert.html Every year at my church we have a christmas concert. Our church has about 500+ people so the concert is pretty huge. Every year Kids Church do a dance,song Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:40:02 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/math-curriculum-to-check-homework-by-computer.html I home educated for 20 years (See my sweet grandbabies above!) then put youngest children in school for the last 3 years since I needed to work. I am able Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:53:38 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/freedom-homeschool-usa-seven-points-tx-75143-nancy-austin.html Freedom welcomes all homeschool families in the Cedar Creek Lake area near Kemp, Maybank and surrounding areas. Creative arts, movies and nature hikes. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:40:05 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/the-discovery-of-the-terracotta-warriors.html This is a story i wrote when we were studying Ancient China, in history. THE DISCOVERY OF THE TERRACOTTA WARRIORS It had just been reported that near Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:31:54 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/trip-to-port-lincoln-and-back-part-4.html This is the 4th instalment of blogs for our trip to Port Lincoln and back. Lakes Entrance, Yanakie, and Wilsons Promontory From Pambula we crossed Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:20:13 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/trip-to-port-lincoln-and-back-part-3.html This is the third instalment for our trip to Port Lincoln and back. Eden Today, our family went to Eden to look at the Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:17:36 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/trip-to-port-lincoln-and-back-part-2.html This is the second instalment of our trip to Port Lincoln. Bega and Pambula We left Bawley Point with heavy hearts but with expectations Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:15:34 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/trip-to-port-lincoln-and-back-part-1.html This is the first instalment of our trip to Port Lincoln and back. Bawley Point During the course of the next 2 months our family Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:14:09 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/SBI-Diary.html My SBI Diary - how I built this web site month by month and how you can build a website easily, too! Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:29:37 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Homeschool_Planner-options.html Whatever your budget or expertise, there's a homeschool planner option that will suit your needs and your family. Create your own planner here using one of these options. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:20:14 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/classical-music-magic.html I taught music for many years and struggled for an effective way to teach classical music in a way that children would retain and love it. All the programs Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:12:51 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/dreaming-disasters.html This is the short story I wrote recently. Make sure that your comments are honest- I don't mind proper criticism. Dreaming Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:47:08 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/homeschool-organizational-tips.html How do you organize your homeschool life? Are you full of wonderful homeschooling organization tips for others? Perhaps you have a system which you have used and had in place over the years which you would love to share with us all. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:39:52 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/free-homeschooling.html Looking for free homeschooling ideas and resources? No better place than real ideas from other homeschool families. Inspire others and be inspired here! Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:36:35 GMT http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/Homeschool-Schedules.html Homeschool schedules can be helpful to keep you on track and focussed. They can be very loose and general, or more task orientated. Check out different homeschool schedules here! Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:36:29 GMT