curriculum

ICHE 2012 State Convention speaker Janice Campbell describes her Excellence in Literature curriculum.

ICHE board member Dave Johnson talks about one of his favorite books.

Today Hearts At Home Store is giving away Volumes 1 & 2 of Mike's Inspiration Station Art Instruction DVDs. There will be one winner who will receive both volumes.

Today's curriculum give-away is The Fallacy Detective.

What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logic – a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking.

“A cloud is 90% water. A watermelon is 90% water. Therefore, since a plane can fly through a cloud, a plane can fly through a watermelon.”

Today Hands Of a Child is donating their Living Organisms Lapbook for grades 4 - 8. 

Today's curriculum give-away is from Shining Dawn Books.

We're giving away one Summer NaturExplorers Bundle -- consisting of Incredible Creeks, Butterflies Flutter By and Hard as a Rock ebooks. 

Media Angels has donated today's book give-away.

For today curriculum give-away, WriteShop is donating a WriteShop Level 1 Fold-N-Go Grammar Pack. 

WriteShop is designed to teach composition skills to junior high and high schoolers in a step-by-step manner. Through a series of engaging lessons, students learn the four most common kinds of writing—descriptive, informative, narrative, and persuasive (essays)—by means of the following basic building blocks: brainstorming, writing, editing, and revising.

Author Jan May is a local creative writing teacher with the Learning Vine homeschool co-op here in Naperville. She offers fun 10-week classes for groups of four or more girls who would like to go through this curriculum together. Perfect for the girls who love to write and those who need a little push. They end off the lessons with a tea party and a paper doll fashion.  She will travel to your home or co-op. Check out her website for kid-friendly crafts and recipes for the summer. You can contact Jan May at JLMay63@aol.com.

KATHIE MORRISSEY

Kathie is the mother of eight children and a committed homeschooling mom of 26 years. Kathie is the founder of the Courtship Connection, as well as a popular speaker at homeschool conventions and support groups, family seminars and mother/daughter banquets. Her heart's desire is to help and encourage parents in raising Godly children with strong Christian character. Her six oldest have graduated from their homeschool, and she continues to teach the two youngest.