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Online Educational Video Directory

Become a better teacher through the use of digital technologies. There are many web sites where you can watch streaming videos on your computer. Video streaming brings courses alive to online learners, by allowing you to use your visual and auditory senses to learn interesting and complex material.
We use streaming videos in our homeschool every [...]

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Writing to Learn & Writers Inc

Packed with everything you need in a writing handbook. Writing, reading, and additional study skills are combined in the best comprehensive writing manuals ever! The fundamental principals of writing are explained throughout for quick reference. Some of the topics covered are: writing paragraphs, poetry , punctuation, spelling, and more with sections on logic, book review, [...]

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Google & Online Videos Enhance Homeschool Lessons

Watch these videos for tips to help you find lesson plans and videos to enhance your homeschool lessons.

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Free Printable Bible Verses for Handwriting and Copywork

Kill two proverbial birds with one stone by having your children practice handwriting with these FREE printable Bible verses in manuscript, cursive, or D’Nealian.

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Free Printable 15 Minute Chore Checklists

Free Printable Kids Chore Charts
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Telling a child to clean a room is overwhelming. These check lists are broken down into easy doable one to three minute chores. Assign a child a room or a few steps. Hang the kids core chart in the appropriate room.
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Free Printable Bible Study Index Cards

The Bible Worksheets have been very popular. We wanted to make these available in index card size also. One page includes all three Bible study cards: Bible Passage, Bible Event, and Bible Character.

Print on card stock for index card quality. Store in recipe or index card box. Index card dividers are available in office supply [...]

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Improve Students Writing and Spelling with Email

Do your children have email accounts?
I created Google email accounts (free safe Gmail’s plus-addressing) for my boys so I could email educational game links to their laptop computers. I didn’t realize how motivating email would be. They began writing letters to their father, grand parents, brothers and sisters.
Writing and receiving emails makes learning fun. [...]

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Printable Rulers

Download the PFD file to print out a disposable ruler. Better yet, print it on cardstock and laminate it. I made several and use extras s book marks. Disable any “print to size” options when printing.

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Free Bible Worksheets

Students develop excellence in achievement by completing the worksheets ; they develop diligence by continually practicing clarity, accuracy, relevance, prioritizing, consistency, depth, and breadth through writing activities.

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Nurturing the Write Relationship

I was excited as soon as I saw the words “A Family Writing Lifestyle.” Mary Ann shares valuable insights not only about writing itself, but about passing on the gift of written expression as a family tradition.
What a gift to pass on to your children —the ability to capture insights, record memories, and relate perceptions [...]

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Why Homeschoolers Should Have an Ipod or MP3 Player

Can MP3s and Ipods improve your children’s reading comprehension and speed? Can it help same you time teaching and story reading? Here are 7 reasons to use MP3 in your homeschool including listening to the classics, homeschool software , improving reading, Bible study, where to get FREE downloads, and more.

Free Books: Overdrive and NetLibrary offer [...]

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Thanksgiving Memory Verses/Copywork

Bible memory verses about being thankful. Three verses per page choose from manuscript, cursive, or d’nealian.

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Thanksgiving Links for Educators

Lesson plans, stories, crafts and activities for Thanksgiving.

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Steps to Fold & Cut a Perfect Star

We needed a star for a lapbook we are working on in our homeschool.
I found this method you fold and cut a perfect star with one snip of the scissors. We really enjoyed learning how to do this.
It took four tries to get a star from the instructions. Once I watched the video it [...]

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What Classics do Your Recommend? (Free Download)

The Heart of Wisdom approach recommends immersing your children in living books or classical literature. We believe you should read the greatest classic—the Bible—the only real, literal, living book, daily, and attempt to read several classics throughout the year. Free 31 page PDF Choosing and Using Resources.

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Writing to Learn

One of the best ways for a student to understand a topic is to write about it.

Students must comprehend the material, restructure the new information, and then share their new understanding. Writing to learn is much more than an accumulation of report writing; it helps students think and learn carefully and completely.

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My Second Favorite Book of All Time

This is my favorite Bible study tool. I totally agree with Dr. Ed Hindson who said, “If I could give only two books to a new Christian, one would be the Bible and the other would be this book.” Great lapbook tool.

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Spelling Curriculum for Under $1

Children learn to spell through writing, making mistakes and correcting them. You can create an individualized spelling program for each of your children under a dollar. You will examine your child’s frequently misspelled words to look for common broken rules.

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