Plenty of people have heard of Paul Revere thanks to the poem written about him by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, but did you know that he was also an accomplished silversmith, engraver, and artist?
We have a terrific collection of 8 of his works that’s now available here! It includes political and social issues from his time, nature study, and more. Â
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This year we’ve shifted a lot of our schoolwork for our middle and high school sons to online classes. They each got a laptop at the start of the school year, and they are able to work through their classes each day mostly independently.
Today I just wanted to share a few of our favorites with you, in case you’re also looking to take a few things off your list and get your kids working more independently!
Schoolhouse Teachers offers a HUGE selection of online classes for homeschool families at an INCREDIBLE value! Â You’ll get full family access to over a hundred classes for less than it could cost to take one in a lot of places. Â They’ve got math, science, history, sign language, music, art, drama, speech, special needs, and MUCH more! Â Definitely worth looking into. Â Just recently one of my kids needed a different approach to math, and it just wasn’t in the budget for me to buy something totally new. Â I looked into our Schoolhouse Teachers membership and found a math class that I decided to try since it wouldn’t cost me anything extra. Â Bingo! Â It’s working great and he’s happier than he’s been in a long time with his math program! Â Awesome!
CTC Math has worked well for several of my kids and is a terrific value for the whole family, especially if you have multiple kids and tend to cruise through levels quickly. Â You can read my review of it here.
Experience Astronomy has been a fun and interesting online course for us that we have really appreciated. Â I’ve written about this course here.
Music in Our Homeschool offers several different online classes related to music. Â We’ve been enjoying 20th century music appreciation and Intro to Musicals this year. Â Fun and easy!
We decided to learn American Sign Language for our second language, since we have a large deaf community in our area.  Life Print is FREE and a great starting point!  We love it!
Enrichment Studies (right here!) is an awesome resource for learning about composers, artists, presidents, and key people from history, all in an easy-to-use format that will save you time! Â All resources are pretty much open-and-go. Â We are working to add the helpful 5 Day Tours to every resource to make it even easier to learn about these famous and talented people in an organized way. Â (Our goal is to have all 5 Day Tours done in 2017)
Ancient Art History from Art Curator for Kids has been a very wonderful online class for us this year! Â The instructor Cindy does a great job and will be offering more classes in the future. Â Highly recommended for middle and high school students that want a more complete art history/art appreciation course.
I’ll continue to add to this list as we find more things that we enjoy and that work well for us. Â If you have recommendations for great online classes, or if you’ve enjoyed some I’ve listed here, please let us know in the comments!
American Artist John Singer Sargent was considered to be the foremost portraitist of his time. His childhood was spend traveling Europe with his family. He was known as a rambunctious boy that didn’t have much interest in schoolwork. His mother was apparently an Edwardian-era unschooler! She believed that their lifestyle of travel and visiting museums and churches would naturally provide an adequate education for her son. Pretty cool, huh?
This month you can get this beautiful collection of John Singer Sargent’s art for FREE. Â Just sign up on the sidebar or click here.
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The exciting Build Your Bundle Sale has begun, and I really think you are going to be thrilled when you see what’s available.Â
One of the things that is very awesome about this sale is that everyone who makes even one purchase will get access to the Bundle of Bonuses Book! This book contains over $250 worth of FREEBIES for your homeschool, which is pretty fabulous, right?
Enrichment Studies has included our Great American Poets 1 collection as a TOTALLY FREE BONUS in this book, so I wanted to be sure you knew about that. Whether you purchase a single $10 bundle in the sale, or if you do the bulk of your curriculum shopping (which, trust me–you could easily do with the selection that’s going to be available!), you’ll receive the Bundle of Bonuses and get to scoop up a ton of valuable extras for FREE! You can go read more about the sale here.
Who loves free art? We all do!
Right now you can get our beautiful Girls in Art Fine Art Pages over at Homeschool Giveaways, and after you get it you’ll have an opportunity to get our Boys in Art collection as well!
Click on over to get yours today!
Father’s Day is only a month away, so this is the perfect time for you to get our FREE art that honors and celebrates dads! Simply click here to sign up for your coupon code and join our FREE Subscriber Perks Membership, where you’ll get a free product every month!
