by Heather Schwarz | Jul 10, 2024 | For Parents, Jr/Sr High School, Upper Elementary, User Guides
In our last blog post, we shared some thoughts about the importance of memorization in learning history. This week we want to show you a little bit more about how our live and recorded classes work and specifically how testing works. Tests don’t have to be...
by Heather Schwarz | Mar 3, 2024 | Promotions & Giveaways, Series: Flags
Add a little geography to your homeschool day with this printable crossword puzzle … with a twist! All the clues are flags! What will your students use to figure them out? A map with a flag legend? An atlas or children’s reference book? Wikipedia? Will...
by Heather Schwarz | Nov 20, 2023 | Series: Geography, YouTube Videos
How many of these countries do you recognize? How well do you know your way around the world … at night?The newest mini-lesson in our Geography series is a game. Can you figure out which countries are shown just by seeing how they look at night? Don’t...
by Heather Schwarz | Nov 13, 2023 | Series: Geography
Geography mini-lesson There’s a new video in the Geography series of mini-lessons on our YouTube channel! If you’ve been taught to think about the world as made up of continents, you may have noticed that one continent is not quite like the rest. What is...
by Heather Schwarz | Nov 5, 2023 | For Parents, Podcast, YouTube Videos
Podcast Episode #3 As parents, we know we can’t be experts in every subject. That’s why we look for the best curricula we can find to help us homeschool our kids. But what makes a good curriculum? And in particular, what makes a good HISTORY curriculum? In...
by Heather Schwarz | Aug 13, 2023 | Mini Lesson, Series: Flags, Series: History Through Art, YouTube Videos
A new series on our YouTube channel We’ve added another mini-lesson series to our YouTube channel all about history in art. You might know that we rely on great artists to help us “see” the amazing things that happened in history before the invention...