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The following post is a collaboration between Heron Books and MommyMaestra. All thoughts and opinions are my own. On MommyMaestra, we've shared resources for teaching art to preschool and elementary or middle school kids, but we haven't covered curricula for tweens and teens. Which makes this book series from Heron Books a great fit! Quick OverviewProgram: Natasha's Sketchbook SeriesReligious Perspective: SecularFormat: Book Series (Self-Paced)Ages: Recommended for 15 and up (see description below)Price: $29.95 per book/ $195 per set (or less with 40% discount shown below)Art Curriculum for TeensIt was a delight to review a book from the Natasha’s Sketchbook series...

According to the Pew Research Center, the number of kids who are reading just for fun is at the lowest it's been since 1984. Kids aren't reading for the sheer enjoyment of reading anymore. I would argue that it's because we've trained them to hate books. In our proclivity to drill and kill with worksheets in order that we might have concrete written proof that they've not only read the material but that they fully understand it, we've turned pleasure reading into an assignment. It's no longer fun anymore.

For most of us, “normal” life as we know it may never be the same again, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Work? That’s a totally different experience now. School? It’s been tremendously impacted. Toilet paper? No one could have guessed it would turn into such a precious commodity. Basically anything and everything has been affected by the coronavirus over the past couple of years.  However, not everything has been negatively impacted. One silver lining in the midst of it all? A booming housing market. And, with that, a fresh start for many people.  But, like many things, a move isn’t...

.wp-block-image img {max-width: 100%;} img {height: auto;} March Vintage Quilty & Stitchy Truck of the Month preview! is a post from Confessions of a Homeschooler. If you’ve enjoyed this post, be sure to follow Erica on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest! Also be sure to stop by her Community to join the discussion or her Store to see her latest items! I’m so glad you are all enjoying the Vintage Truck of the Month series! I uploaded a fun little video showing both the March Stitchy and Quilty trucks of the month! Watch my Vintage Quilty & Stitchy Truck of...

168: Online Black History Resources As February is Black History Month, here are some online Black History resources to add to your homeschool. If you haven’t already listened to last year’s episode on the topic, you can find it here. None of the resources I mentioned in this episode are repeated from last year. Here are the resources mentioned in this episode Smithsonian’s Museum of American History African American history page which contains links to many resources including HitoryYime videos for elementary students. Smithsonian Museum of American History’s Black History Youtube Channel Museum of American history Business of Slavery –...