Monday Mix-Ins: Teddy Roosevelt
Roosevelt shortly after leaving office, October 1910 {photo by the American Press Association via the Library of Congress / Public Domain} Far and away the best prize that life has
Category: Home Schooling
Free Friday: June 2, 2017
{photo by Jack Hamilton} And just like that, it’s June! Earlier this week we were talking about nurturing curiosity and exploration in our kids, and here’s a fun article which
Intellectual Curiosity
{photo by Luca Campioni} Growing up, my little sister used to say, “It's summer, I don't have to learn anything!” While I can certainly appreciate that a child would feel
Monday Mix-Ins: Memorial Day
{photo source: The U.S. Dept. of Defense via Wikimedia Commons} Today we celebrate Memorial Day – a holiday set aside to remember and honor those who died in active military
Free Friday and our Drawing Winner!
{photo by Aaron Burden} Our most recent blog drawing is over, and we loved hearing from you! We took all the entries, assigned each a number, and one was chosen
When Kids Don’t Love to Read
{photo by Amanda Tipton via flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0} With summer just around the corner, we want to encourage reading as a (hopefully) preferred summer activity for our kids,
More Fun with Sherlock Holmes
{photo by Gregory Wake via flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0} “The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” ~ Arthur Conan Doyle Our students
Monday Mix-Ins: Jim Crow Laws and Women’s Suffrage
Woman Suffrage Headquarters, Cleveland, 1913 {Public Domain photo via Wikimedia Commons} Here are a few optional links about Jim Crow laws and Women’s Suffrage, both of which were huge civil
Monday Mix-ins: US States and Capitals
{photo by Art Projects for Kids} Greetings! This week we are going to veer slightly from our usual list of mix-ins, and throw in some fun geography links to focus
Enter Our Fill-in-the-Blank Blog Drawing!
{photo by Anthony Delanoix} We aren’t really into handing out fill-in-the blank worksheets on a regular basis here at SLOCA, but today we have a fill-in-the-blank challenge for our parents!
