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
Weepyking (Aaron’s website!)
DeviantArt (Aaron’s art)
YouTube channel (Aaron’s videos)
Red Bubble (Aaron’s products)
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 (Now retired…replaced by a new product called “Growing Brave Writers), 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
Jack (6th Grade)
Moving Beyond The Page, ages 9-11
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
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.
