Month January 2016

Homeschool teaching subject by subject: Geography

Teaching Geography: Subject by Subject, Part 4

If you had mentioned geography to me twenty years ago, when I started homeschooling, my mind would have immediately visualized dusty maps with puzzling colored shapes and lists of imports, exports, and natural resources. Oh, and currency types. And sometimes…

Charlotte Mason homeschooling subjects: History

Teaching History: Subject by Subject, Part 3

When I graduated from “the school of the yellow bus,” I knew next to nothing about history. Yes, I had made good grades, but very little about history had stuck. There was no reason to retain that mental list of…