Mosdos is a phenomenal literature course, available for grades 3-8. May we introduce you? Mosdos Opal: a complete literature program for your third grader. Mosdos Opal includes two teachers manuals, two readers, and a double-sided student activity book. Starting here in the teacher’s manual you will see that they give you a snapshot of what each page in the textbook will look like, along with some teacher helps. Each lesson starts with what they call a Lesson in Literature. This is using original short selections to give your students the initial practice with the targeted literary component or skill. Next, we’ll...

Are Timberdoodle Kits suitable for kinesthetic learners? What makes them such a good fit? Deb: Welcome to Timberdoodle! Today we’re going to tackle the question of whether our curriculum is suitable for a kinesthetic child. Why would that be important, Hope? Hope: Mainly because your kinesthetic child is the hardest type of learner to tailor a curriculum for. A visual learner is probably the easiest child to teach. An auditory learner is not far behind because you can read most of the stuff to them and that’s how they learn best. Typically, it is hardest to find a curriculum that will suit a kinesthetic...

Today’s Q & A addresses our favorite assessments, courses, and questions to utilize in helping a student come up to speed on language arts. What would you add? Hope: Someone wrote in and said,  “We kind of dropped the ball with my 11th grader on his spelling, writing, and reading skills. What do we do? How do we help bring him up to grade level on that?” What are your thoughts? Deb: Well, it’s unfortunate we’re not dialoguing back and forth because it would be very helpful for me to know some of the background. Have you used anything? Have you tried...

Shared By: Melissa P. of Carrollton,Ky. Meet Our Family: Hello! We’re the Puckett family. I am a homeschooling mom. My husband is an inspector of metal, piping and a vibrations tech. We have three boys and two girls. Our eldest son is Kendall, age 24, who has a degree in Computer Science. Next is Kameron, age 20, who is in college for Radiography, and Kallen, age 15. Our girls are McKenna, age 14, and MaKayla, age 10. Our boys love anything to do with computers and have built several computers of their own. Our girls love crafts and our youngest...

Some people enjoy spending hours mapping out their schooldays, but many of us find the thought petrifying. What if your curriculum kit included free access to a scheduler that allowed you to be as in-depth or easy-going as you’d like to be? TIMBERDOODLE’S CUSTOM SCHEDULER 2.0 FEATURES: 1. SET A CUSTOM START DATE FOR SCHOOL, AS WELL AS HOW MANY WEEKS YOU’D LIKE TO SCHEDULE. A standard school year is 36 weeks, but you could opt to school year-round or, compress all your schooling into fewer weeks so that you finish before the baby comes, vacation, or your next big thing....