Homeschool with Moxie
Check out these posts for homeschool language arts curriculum reviews, resources, courses, and teaching ideas. We'll cover book lists, vocabulary, grammar, literature, handwriting, writing programs, phonics, and more.
When your kids reach the high school years, suddenly it hits you that you need a structured and organized plan, even if you were more flexible in the early years. You probably still covered literature, grammar, spelling, and writing, but now it needs to be formalized on a transcript. Here’s a step-by-step guide for pulling together a customized homeschooling high school English… Read More
We all know that public speaking skills are important for our teens, but until now it’s been hard for homeschoolers to find a user-friendly approach to learning these skills. So I’m happy to review Introduction to Public Speaking from Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW). It’s the perfect curriculum for your middle or high schooler to use independently or in… Read More
Are you looking for an engaging writing curriculum for your teen homeschoolers? Here’s our Cover Story Clear Water Press Review so you can get an inside peek into how this course works. Plus you can hear our chat with Daniel Schwabauer on episode 209 of the Homeschool with Moxie Podcast. My 9th grader has been able to use Cover Story… Read More
Some of you may be homeschooling a child with dyslexia. I’ve been there! The “experts” in the school system may try to tell you that you are not qualified to teach your child with dyslexia. But that’s just false. A well-equipped and knowledgeable parent can do a far better job one on one with their child than a teacher at… Read More
Language Arts is one of the main core subjects that you need to teach throughout the years in your homeschool. This is addition to math is usually skill-based, where you should teach each child at the level they are at and move forward as they gain mastery and understanding. Language arts contains multiple subjects and we’ll cover what it includes,… Read More
Unit studies are an efficient and interesting way to homeschool multiple ages together without losing your mind as the homeschool mom. Have you tried them yet? Here is a round-up list to pin for later with 25 unit studies that are fun for the kids and easy on you! Here’s how to make it work. This post contains affiliate links… Read More
If you are homeschooling 5-12 year olds and are looking for a fun program that will help your kids improve their core writing skills, then you’ll love Night Zookeeper. There’s a link to a FREE trial at the bottom of this post. Plus, you can even get 50% off annual subscriptions with our exclusive links! This is a sponsored post… Read More
Here we are again! We’ll be homeschooling 9th grade for the fourth time with just one more kid to go in a few more years. As always, some things have remained the same, but some curriculum choices have definitely changed as I’ve learned about new curriculum options. Take a peek at what we’ll be using! My posts contain affiliate links…. Read More
Finally, for those high school kids who need a foreign language credit – what’s a homeschool mom to do? We struggled not only in the younger years with foreign language, but unfortunately in the high school years as well. So many programs are written for a classroom experience. The videos are not always well done. The written assignments are confusing…. Read More
Fix It! Grammar from Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) is an amazing language arts resource that we heartily recommend to homeschool families. Here’s our honest review of the newest edition (2022) of Nose Tree and Robin Hood. Disclaimer: I received a copy of this product in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review,… Read More
