In this episode the moms chat about some great youtube channels, catch up on listener recognition and share three more day in the life interviews!

Links in this Episode:

Tina’s YouTube channel

TedTalks about “Dinosaur Shape Shifters”

History Odyssey

Crystal Cave, in Sequoia National Park, CA

Sketch Tuesday

Amazing Race 23

Homeschooling with The Amazing Race Facebook Group

Homeschooling with Art Facebook Group

Homeschool Helper app

Crash Course ~ History, Chemistry, Literature and more!

SciShow ~ Science news, history and concepts

VlogBrothers

Banned Book week

Writing with Ease

Math Mammoth

Ultimate Homeschool Planner ~ religious content

 

 

This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com

In this episode the moms chat about getting started with the new school year, their curriculum choices for the 2013-2014 school year, and share their interview with PJ Jonas, homeschooling mom of 8 from GoatMilkStuff.com.

Links in this Episode:

Jack-Jack, age 7, 2nd Grade-ish

Moving Beyond the Page ~ ages 5-7

Math Mammoth 2 A/B

Real Science Odyssey  Life Science Level 1

Danielle, age 11, 6th Grade-ish

Moving Beyond the Page ~ ages 9-11

Winning With Writing

Math Mammoth  5 A/B

Elemental Science Earth Science & Astronomy for the Logic Stage

Both Children Together

History Odyssey Middle Ages Level 1

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, retold by Barbara Cohen

Discovering Great Artists

Homeschool Helper

workbox system

list of all the great homeschool FB groups Tina discovered

Home Routines

Tyren, age 8, 3rd grade–

Math Mammoth 3A/B

Symbaloo

Sequential Spelling (book 1)

Maeven, age 12.5, 7th grade–

Math Mammoth 6A/B

Write w/the Best Vol 1

Sequential Spelling (book 2)

History Odyssey (Early Modern, level 1)

Story of the World (book 3, Early Modern)

Mapping the World by Heart

Amazing Race Country reports (season 23 starts Sept 29!)

Journey North’s Mystery Class

In this episode the moms chat with Aubyn, Krista and Janeen, three homeschool moms who share their “typical” homeschool day with us.

Learn more about what the homeschool lifestyle is like in other families in this, our first episode of our new “Day in the Life of a Homeschooler” series.

Links in this Episode:

Winning with Writing

Math Mammoth

Moving Beyond the Page

Obon

 

 

 

 

Krista’s Links

Classical Education http://www.welltrainedmind.com/classical-education/

Thomas Jefferson learning  http://www.tjed.org/

Donna Young http://donnayoung.org/index.htm

Janeen’s Links

Mind Up curriculum https://mindup.org/

DIY.org https://diy.org/

Books of the Week: (cut from this recorded show, to shorten the episode…but shared with you here, for those who like to know  what we’re reading!)

Tina’s Books:

Physik (book 3 of Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage)

Paddington Abroad

Queste

Warrior Cat series, by Erin Hunter: The New Prophecy

Power of Three Series: Dark River

The Haunted Hotel (A to Z Mysteries #8, by Ron Roy)

Ivanhound (Adventures of Wishbone #20) by Nancy Holder

Cloud Capers (Magic Puppy #3, series by Sue Bentley)

Fahrenheit 451 by

In this episode, enjoy part 2 of our interview with Deborah Markus, author of the Bitter Homeschoolers Wish List.

Links in this Episode:

The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List

Secular Homeschooling Magazine

The Bitter Homeschoolers Chocolate Cookbook (no longer available)

Don’t Worry! A Guide for Relatives and Friends of Homeschoolers

Deborah Markus, Writer Facebook Page

Secular Homeschooling Magazine Facebook Page

This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.

In this episode the moms interview Deborah Markus, author of the Bitter Homeschoolers Wish List, and editor and owner of Secular Homeschooling Magazine.

Links in this Episode:

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List

Secular Homeschooling Magazine

The Bitter Homeschoolers Chocolate Cookbook (no longer available)

Don’t Worry! A Guide for Relatives and Friends of Homeschoolers

Deborah Markus, Writer Facebook Page

Secular Homeschooling Magazine Facebook Page

This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.

In this episode the moms chat about Postcards from Youth: Peru, Biddy Bedtime Stories and Summer Planning and Learning.

Links in this episode:

Postcards from Youth: Peru

 

Biddy Bedtime Stories

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Truck-CVC-Memory-and-Flat-Tire-Game-125299

Books in this Episode:

The Thirteenth Unicorn by W.D. Newman

Flyte by Angie Sage (Septimus Heap #2)

Vampire Brat and Ghostsitters by Angie Sage (Araminta Spookie series)

Warriors: Forest of Secrets and Warriors: Rising Storm by Erin Hunter

Revolutionary War on Wednesday, Twister on Tuesday, Stage Fright on a Summer Night by Mary Pope Osborne

Vampire Brat by Angie Sage (#4 in Araminta Spookie series)

Ghostsitters (#5 in Araminta Spookie series)

Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall

Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom

Mysterious Messages by Gary Blackwood

How to Write your Life Story by Ralph Fletcher

How Writers Work by Ralph Fletcher

A Writer’s Notebook by Ralph Fletcher.

In this episode, the moms welcome their first guest to chat about homeschooling a child with autism.

Books of the Week:

Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey

The Thirteenth Unicorn by W.D. Newman

Frognapped by Angie Sage (Araminta Spookie series)

Into the Wild by Erin Hunter (Book 1 of Warriors series)

Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter (Book 2)

Civil War on Sunday by Mary Pope Osborne

The Holes in Your Nose by Genichiro Yagyu

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Lost Boy, by Brent W. Jeffs

Links of the Week:

http://www.ted.com and http://ed.ted.com

http://explore.org

The Alert Program

TACANow

Yahoogroup–For families homeschooling children with autism

Wrightslaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Training Seminars

Book–The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder

Book–The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder

Book–Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy: The Special Education Survival Guide

Book–Autism: Asserting Your Child’s Rights to a Special Education

Book–Raising a Sensory Smart Child

http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/autism-symptoms

This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at

In this episode the moms talk about Biddy Bedtime Stories, more family-friendly game recommendations, and ways of using music to enrich your homeschool.

Links in this Episode:

Biddy Bedtime Stories

Coffee Dough Fossils

Salt Crystals

Root Viewer

Sakura Quick Math

Books in this Episode:

Magyk by Angie Sage

Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves

Snake and Lizard by Joy Crowley

Stuart’s Cape by Sara Pennypacker

Bethany the Ballet Fairy by Daisy Meadows

A New Beginning (Magic Puppies #1) by Sue Bentley

The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull (about Dr Seuss)

William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki

Redoute: The Man Who Painted Flowers by Carolyn Croll

My Napoleon by Catherine Brighton

The King’s Day: Louis XIV of France by Aliki

Paris 1789: A Guide to Paris on the Eve of the Revolution by Rachel Wright

Neversink by Barry Wolverton

Into the Woods by Lyn Gardner

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Seventh Moon by Marius Gabriel

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

In this episode the moms announce the Pandia Press Giveaway winner, chat about The Amazing Race, and incorporating art into homeschooling.

Links in this episode:

Passport Templates for the Amazing Race

Our Facebook group: Homeschooling With the Amazing Race

Country Report for Amazing Race is ready for review!  To get your copy: Tell your friends about Savvy Homeschool Moms on Twitter, Facebook and/or real life, and then email me about it at tina(at)savvyhomeschoolmoms.com (The first 20 people)

The moms talk about Homeschooling with the Amazing Race in episode 19

Meal Planning Boot Camp for Plan to Eat

Games mentioned: Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Risk, Totally Tut, DungeonQuest, Busytown, Clue, Pathfinder

Please post your family board game recommendations in the comments! (Especially ones that even grownups can enjoy, with their kids.)

Books in this Episode:

The Measly Middle Ages by Terry Deary from the Horrible Histories series

The Fairy’s Return and Other Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine (author of Ella Enchanted)

 Keeping Pets series

US Army Helicopters by Carrie A. Braulick

Battlefield Support by Geoff Cornish

Fighter Planes by Jeffery Zuehlke

Rattlesnakes by Joanne Mattern

(Part 1 is here.)

In this episode, the moms chat about DragonBox, a Pandia Press giveaway and steps to starting homeschooling. Part one can be found here.

Links in this Episode:

Notabli for blogging about your kids.

Here’s a great review.

ArtKive app

DragonBox

Books of the Week:

The Finches Fabulous Furnace by Roger DruryThe Penderwicks by Jeanne BirdsallThe Thirteenth Unicorn by W.D. Newman, (currently a free download on Amazon!)The Orange Trees of Versailles, by Annie PietriThe Golden Tree (Book 12 of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series by Kathryn LaskyMagyk by Angie SageSo you want to be a writer by Vicki HambletonAthena the Wise by Joan HolubDragon Rider by Cornelia FunkeStar Wars, the Clone Wars by Jason FryStar Wars, Revenge of the Sith by James LucenoWorld Book NightGood Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry PratchettFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaids Tale by Margaret AtwoodInkheart by Cornelia Funke

Links of the Week:

GoogleLitTrips