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Travel is… the Ultimate Educational Adventure!

This month NextGen Homeschool is joining 30 other family bloggers for the “Travel is…” Family Travel Blogging Series at Word Traveling, where we’ll be providing practical and personal insights into […]

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Top Homeschool Posts of 2014: Hands-On

Welcome to NextGen Homeschool’s Top Homeschool Posts of 2014 Series! This week we’ll be sharing the top homeschooling topics — and most viewed posts — of […]

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Planning Our 1800s America Unit Studies

I decided to spend this entire school year immersed in 1800s American history. To say that I am excited about this would be an understatement! When […]

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Hands-on Homeschool: Medieval Fair Trip

Last Friday we took the kids to the Medieval Fair in Norman, Oklahoma. We had been studying The Middle Ages earlier this year, so the […]

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Hands-on Homeschool: Garden Prep Field Trip

Last week we took a few days off for a spring garden prep “field trip” at the home of my in-laws in Kansas. Grandpa and […]

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“Freedom Worth Defending” – 29th Annual Oklahoma Homeschool Capitol Day

Our family decided to attend this year’s Oklahoma Homeschool Capitol Day. I took our two daughters to this event seven years ago, when our son […]

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Hands-On Homeschool: A Backyard Farm?

Last year I wrote about expanding our backyard garden and involving the girls in every step of the process, from choosing what to grow and […]

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Top Homeschooling Posts of 2013: Hands-On

Welcome to NextGen Homeschool’s Top Homeschooling Posts of 2013 Series! This week we’ll be sharing the top homeschooling topics — and most viewed posts — […]

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Christmas Sweet Treats to Make With Kids

This month we’re joining a special series at So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler called, “A Goodie a Day Until Christmas.” Instead of sharing a […]

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Homeschooling Through the Holidays: Engaging the Senses

NextGen Homeschool is proud to join 26 fabulous homeschool bloggers for a special Christmas series at UpsideDown Homeschooling called, “The ABCs of Homeschooling Through the […]

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Autumn Inspiration: Fall Foliage Hikes

When it comes to Autumn inspiration, the scenic mountains of Colorado and Aspen groves turning into blankets of pure gold never fail to take my […]

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Fall Brings Crisp Adventures, Fun Traditions

I love fall! After the summer heat and humidity in Oklahoma, the crisp cool air is a welcome change. This makes fall an ideal time for […]

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Real Life Homeschooling in Your Own Backyard

At this point in our back-to-school schedule, we still have a few free afternoons each week. Our weekly homeschool enrichment programs, such as worship dance, […]

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Flashback Friday: Guardian Academy’s Unit Study Presentation Day

In our homeschool this year… This year we at Guardian Academy (the little homeschool co-op I’m doing with my sister Elizabeth and her girls) are […]

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What’s Working: Preschool Busy Boxes

I was inspired last week by a vlog on Rachael Carman’s blog, HisSunflower.com, where she showed how she kept her younger children busy when she […]

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How to Plan for Homeschool Travel

Anytime we have the opportunity to travel as a family, we are looking for fun and adventure. However, one of my favorite benefits of homeschooling […]

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Tuesday’s Tip: Create a Unit Study on the Fly

It took me a couple of years of adjusting to the homeschooling life to realize that homeschooling is about so much more than cracking open […]

Living History Day
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Hands-on Homeschool: Living History Days

Today my family attended Living History Days hosted by Vision Heirs in Colorado. They are offered twice a year in our state, and I know […]

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Hands-on Homeschool: How important is it to memorize basic math facts?

I remember that when I was in third grade in public school (way back in 1980), I memorized math facts. My family had moved to […]

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Hands-On Homeschool: Making corn husk dolls

I recently wrote about how the girls book club co-op I host has chosen to read The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder this semester. […]

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What’s Working: A daily routine vs. schedule

I am one of those list-making/calendar-posting/digital-app-loading recovering perfectionist moms who has tried to keep it all together seven ways ’til Sunday since we started homeschooling. […]

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Tuesday’s Tip: Why you’ll love a laminator

One invaluable tool that I have had on hand for several years is an at-home laminator. I have found so many uses for it when […]

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What’s Working: Girls Book Club co-op takes off

I have written in the past about how I started my own homeschool co-op last fall — a tween and young readers girls book club […]

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Tuesday’s Tip: Must-have electronics kit for kids

By Rosanna Ward My son Joel, age 7, enjoys taking old electronics apart, such as DVD players, cable boxes, and more. My best friend was […]

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Tuesday’s Tip: Spontaneous projects with Pinterest

I have to admit I am pretty late to the Pinterest bandwagon, but I have finally figured out how to make it work for me […]

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What’s Working: Apps for Kids

Long gone are the days when having one computer in the house was a boon for a homeschooling family like the one I grew up […]

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Wildlife Wednesday: Close encounters with mule deer

By Renée Gotcher This week NextGen Homeschool is joining forces with Creation Conversations and Kathy Balman @Kathy’s Cluttered Mind to bring you Wildlife Wednesday — posts about nature […]

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NGHS Students: Deer Poetry

After our recent close encounters with mule deer in our neighborhood, the girls wrote the following poems to express what they learned about deer in […]

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Elections night party and the morning after

Another national election has come and gone: The results are in, and today, we move forward. For me, this election was significant not just because […]

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Up close and personal with the elections

This weekend I came to a better appreciation of living in a swing state: It can be pretty exciting and fun the week before a […]

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