My oldest’s super talented Montessori preschool teacher has launched a new venture called Montessoring. She is offering a free Halloween themed sample, which you can find here: Free Language Works for Halloween! I am definitely going to be using these with my 6 & 9 year olds. So cool! The post AMAZING Montessori FREE Resource for 4-9 year olds appeared first on DDC Homeschool Blog ..read more

Please note: this post may contain affiliate links. For more information please see my affiliate statement page.  I’m sharing here resources/plans relating to or specifically about Economics. I had shared this with my private network, but since I think it’s generally helpful, am blogging it here. This is related to my other recent post High School Mini MBA Book List. The following is a list of resources I plan to use, in a as of yet undetermined capacity, for my rising 9th grader. Due to the robust amount of resources, this will likely be spread out over several years. MOOCs* (which ..read more

Please note: this post may contain affiliate links. For more information please see my affiliate statement page.  As I begin to plan for my second high schooler, I have some very different ideas. Firstly, ICYMI, check out the post I just wrote about creating a “Mini MBA” reading list. I have written two prior posts on this topic, which you can find here, and here. This blog post is meant to contain further homeschooling high school planning thoughts that I haven’t previously posted about. Other ideas I am thinking about/curriculum I am considering for my rising 9th grader include: F ..read more

Please note: this post may contain affiliate links. For more information please see my affiliate statement page.  I have posted a bit on social media about an idea that I’m playing around with to have my rising 9th grader engage in a “mini MBA” program, whereby she reads various business books throughout her high school years. If you know my kid, this will come as no surprise. I recently had the opportunity to browse some titles in the Business section, and I stumbled across some that were business specific. Because of the complexity of the concepts in Business books in general, I t ..read more

All of the books I am about to share with you are from the Ambleside Online Year 9 Booklist, which can be found here. My daughter will be following their schedule, which is set out here. I did not get all of the books, as we attempt to use AO in a secular way, but we are definitely using a big chunk of them. So if any of the books below piqued your interest, definitely check out the full list for more information, as well as for AO’s affiliate links. (I will not be linking to any of the books in this list, because AO compiled the list, I am just sharing which of their selections we got, and wh ..read more

I compiled a list of essay prompts for my 9th grader to work on. As you may know if you are a reader of this blog, this year our family studies focus on Russian and Ukraine. You can read more, and find out what books she has been reading here. I compiles these from various websites, and decided to share this list for others either using The CMEC, or otherwise studying The Death of Ivan Ilyich. The Death of Ivan Ilyich Essay Prompt Options: Compare Tolstoy’s novel, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and the Russian State based on your reading about the Romanovs and the Russian Empire.  Discuss a ..read more

Please note: this post may contain affiliate links. For more information please see my affiliate statement page.  The following is a list of all of the books featured in my youtube haul, in case you would like more information about each of the titles. As I wrote in the video caption, many of these are included in the Memoria Press Kindergarten Social Studies or Science plans. Some are related or on other concepts I want to cover. I went ahead an included all of the books I had ordered, since they arrived sometimes 1 at a time, and it makes my eyes cross trying to only include the o ..read more

Please note: this post may contain affiliate links. For more information please see my affiliate statement page.  What I Actually Want This Year. Homeschool Mom Edition. @DDCHomeschool November is about the time of year that bloggers compile a list of gift ideas that usually coincides with some sort of branding promotion or affiliate deal. I admit, I have been guilty of doing this in the past. Well, instead of making a list of “bobbles and trinkets and their whosits and whatnots,” as Kacey Musgraves puts it in one of my 5 year old’s favorite songs… Here is a list of things I act ..read more

Please note: this post may contain affiliate links. For more information please see my affiliate statement page.  My apologies for not getting this out sooner. As you will soon discover, this year our homeschool curriculum picks have a lot going on! That is because I heard of some new options just before the start of the school year, and after we actually started I decided to switch things up. So without further adieu, here are our 2022-2023 Homeschool Curriculum Picks, with tons of secular selections. (Note: I believe Ambleside Online & The CMEC are the only providers listed bel ..read more

I’ve been :super: busy figuring out what we’re doing. But here it is, the first day of school, and I think we’ve finally landed! It’s long and complicated, which is why it’s going to take me some time to pull together my thoughts, resources, and most importantly links! Stay tuned for my full on long winded post, coming soon! Meanwhile, if you want to see what we’re up to in real time, head to my IG The post Curriculum Picks Are Coming appeared first on DDC Homeschool Blog ..read more