In today’s world, we have been provided tools to assist in just about everything. Items we take for granted on a daily basis can be used to increase the success of a homeschooling student. Information is literally at our fingertips as technology is available to lay the groundwork for knowledge and education. There are several ways that we can put this...

If you are starting The Family School in Jan. 2013 and you have never homeschooled before here are some tips on how to set up your homeschool room or a space in your house where you will homeschool your kids. I have learned some essentials to successfully setting up an efficient  schoolroom when I initially started homeschooling my oldest son some years ago. Since...

With the coming of the New Year 2013 some of you maybe considering switching to The Family School curriculum for LDS Homeschooling families. I know that this might be a big change for some of you and so I decided to write up some advice on how to start The Family School in the mid-year. 1. It is important that you cover 1st and 2nd lesson in each subject first since...

From http://lds12stepreflections.wordpress.com, Nannette Wiggins–one of the Family School authors–shares a message that I felt would be enjoyed by our readers. Let’s face it, Sunday parenting is not easy.  I have early memories of conversations over Sabbath afternoon mashed potatoes and roast beef that went something like this: Dad, who sat on the...

To help my kindergartner visualize each invertebrate classification I made a matching game. I cut out all the pictures and then we matched them to which group they belonged to. I learned a lot myself and now they’re all taped to our board to use for the rest of the section. Being able to visualize it and have them up as a reminder makes such a huge difference...

I am homeschooling my children using The Family School – LDS Curriclum for the whole family. Looking far ahead to when we’ll be reading “A Comedy of Errors” for Literature. While it’s a great book, with difficult vocabulary explained as you go through the book, I was really concerned about reading it to my 5-year-old son. I have a hard...