Category: Free Resources

  • Writers in Residence: A New Writing Program From Debra Bell

    WIR-Facebook_profile_image (1)Writers in Residence, Vol. 1, Apprentice has arrived! You can order it now at our special introductory price here. You can request a FREE sample here. And join my private Facebook group here.

    This is the first volume in a complete language arts program for 4th-8th. Writers in Residence teaches kids to write (and love it!) while also presenting grammar, punctuation, and capitalization in the context of high-interest writing assignments. I’ve taken 30 years of teaching experience and distilled it down to the best activities and most effective writing instruction I’ve gleaned from mentoring homeschool students over the years. I can’t wait to hear what you think of it.

     

  • Homeschool Teacher Appreciation Week

    Hi Everyone! It is Homeschool Teacher Appreciation Week and to celebrate we have several free resources and a giveaway.

    Our Spanish teacher David Nance has written a book on learning a language and it is free on Amazon now thru Sunday. In this short but insightful e-book David talks about what it really means to be proficient in another language and how to attain that.

    SAT Math instructor Kathryn Gomes is offering this free graph paper printable. This surprisingly simple resource can make a world of a difference for an algebra students. She developed and designed it while working with struggling math students in the public schools. Additionally, if you are wrapping up math for the year you can find a great end-of year project also created by Kathryn Gomes here. Student use their knowledge of systems of equations to determine whether it is cheaper to fly or drive to a destination.

    Finally, for English students (and their parents) Debra Bell has created this helpful writing rubric. The rubric is based on the six traits of writing that she used to develop the Writers in Residence curriculum.

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    Last but certainly not least we are giving away a free Ultimate Homeschool Planner and student planner this week. Click here to enter. Keep in mind that you get 3 additional entries every time you share the giveaway with others.

    And Happy Homeschool Teacher Appreciation Week!

     

  • FREE Starter Kit for Student and Teen Planners

    The Ultimate Homeschool Planner for moms will be widely available next week. But the student and teen planners are still (at the outside) a month from being released. We are working diligently to get them to you sooner. In the meantime, I secured permission to create a starter kit. The attached file includes planning pages from both the student and teen planner so you can use these to get your homeschool under way. I had to watermark them to prevent viral copying, but I tried to make that as light as possible.

    You are free to reproduce these pages for your personal use — and you are free to distribute the starter kit on your own blog or Facebook pages. Actually — thanks so much in advance for doing so.

    Student and Teen Planner Starter Kit

    In case you missed our most popular post: https://wp.me/p15e7J-bo That’s a sneak peek inside the Mom’s Planner, now available for purchase from Apologia and CBD.