Nicki Truesdell talks with Yvette Hampton about learning to LOVE language arts and teaching it so your kids will love it too, bringing History to life, and homeschooling multiple children in different age groups.

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Nicki Truesdell is a second-generation homeschooler and the author of Anyone Can Homeschool. Texas born and raised, she is mother to five children and a homemaker at heart, who loves books, freedom, history, and quilts. Nicki believes that homeschooling can be relaxed and that history is fun, and both can be done with minimal cost or stress, no matter your family’s circumstances. 

Topics discussed in the full three-part interview:

Reading lays the foundation for language arts

Simple copy work builds spelling and grammar skill on the foundation that reading lays

Five steps to making History fun and relevant

Using Historical Literature to make history come alive

Making crafts to make history memorable

Why teaching history chronologically is critical

The importance of using primary sources when teaching history

How to make homeschooling work with multiple age ranges

Recommended Resources: 

NickiTruesdell.com

KnowledgeKeepersBookstore.com

Anyone Can Homeschool: Overcoming Obstacles to Home Education, by Nicki Truesdell 

Book Lists on Nicki’s Website

Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History - Historical Timeline Wall Panel, by Sebastian Adams

Managers of Their Homes: A Practical Guide to Daily Scheduling for Christian Homeschool Families, by Steven Maxwell

Large Family Logistics, by Kim Brenneman

The Bible Smuggler, by Louise A. VernonThe Great and Terrible Quest, by Margaret Lovett

Little House Books Complete Set, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Anyone Can Homeschool! – Nicki Truesdell on the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast 

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