We’re BAAAAACK!! (Ep #65, 11/6/17)

Savvy Homeschool Moms Podcast

In this episode, the moms talk about their long absence and share what resources they are using this school year with their children.Links in this Episode:MaevedragonCreations.com (Maeven’s website, taken down for until further notice)Homeschool Moms’ Depression/Anxiety SupportHomeschool Moms with ADD/ADHDWeepyking (Aaron’s website!)DeviantArt (Aaron’s art)YouTube channel (Aaron’s videos)Red Bubble (Aaron’s products)I Need Some SpaceFresno Music Academy & ArtsThe Animation CourseInnovedForestiere Underground GardensResources we are using:TinaHomeschool Planet w/Brave Writer Lifestyle PlanTyren (7th Grade)Language Arts: Brave Writer: The Writer’s Jungle (Now retired…replaced by a new product called “Growing Brave Writers), Boomerang, Sequential Spelling online, copywork, journal, blogMath:Math Mammoth, Splash Math, Speed Game, Right Start Math Games, other math gamesSocial Studies: Civil War, Crash Course World History, historical fiction & picture books, learn about holidays as they occur, projects, learn about current events as they happenGeography:Mapping the World by Heart, Amazing Race, puzzles, projects!Science:Pandia Press Chemistry, Steve Spangler Science Club kits, NOVA, NOVA ScienceNOW, documentaries, nature hikes, Makers Club, projects!Art:Discovering Great Artists, Great American Artists for Kids , Picturing the Past, projects, art kits, photography/art projects (stop motion, video editing…)Junipine Morning (Art Subscription Box company owned by Tina & Beckie’s awesome friend 😉 )–no longer existsMusic: drum lessons, playing a variety of music regularlyAnd field trips and friend time!!Maeven (11th Grade)Business: Continue working on website (learn more WordPress), continue working on digital art (learn more Photoshop, use YouTube and Lynda.com, as needed.), continue: Micro Business for Teens curriculum, by Carol ToppLanguage Arts: Continue: Help for High School by Brave Writer, copywork, journal, blogMath:Dave Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finance, High School Edition for HomeschoolSocial Studies: Civil War, Crash Course World History, historical fiction & picture books, learn about holidays as they occur, projects, learn about current events as they happenGeography:Mapping the World by Heart, Amazing Race, puzzles, projects, learn about current events as they happenScience:NOVA, NOVA ScienceNOW, documentaries, nature hikes, Makers Club, projects!Art: Continue pursuing her art and handcraftsAnd field trips and friend time!!Aaron (10th Grade)Strongmind Educational PlatformLesson Plan NinjaBurt Brock’s Big IdeasJack (6th Grade)Moving Beyond The Page, ages 9-11AleksInnovedBooks of the Week:TinaTyrenPax, by Sara PennypackerMaevenThe Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly BarnhillMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs (supposedly currently reading)Read aloud to both kidsAmelia’s War, by Ann RinaldiThe Colossus Rises, Lost in Babylon, The Tomb of Shadows (books 1-3, of 7, of Seven Wonders series) by Peter LerangisFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. KonigsburgThe Graveyard Book, by Neil GaimanThe Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials #3), by Philip PulmanThe Secret Keepers, by Trenton Lee Stewart (currently reading)MeEnslaved by Ducks, Bob TarteThe Girl Who Drank the Moon, by Kelly BarnhillThe Time of Fireflies, by Kimberley Griffiths LittleThe Peculiar, The Whatnot, by Stefan BachmannIsland of the Aunts, Eva IbbotsonDragonflight, Dragonquest, White Dragon, All the Weyrs of Pern, Dolphins of Pern, The Skies of Pern, by Anne McCaffreyDragonsdawn, by Anne McCaffreyBeckieMeSeveneves by Neal StephensonThe Fireman by Joe HillLocke and Key by Joe HillThe Body Reader by Anne FrasierThe Girl with All the Gifts and The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. CaseyNorse Mythology by Neil GaimanHorrorstor by Grady HendrixRaising my Rainbow by Lori DuranGwendy’s Button Box by Stephen KingParable of the Sower by Octavia ButlerWhat it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah (LeVar Burton Reads Podcast!)We Are Legion by Dennis TaylorPawn of Prophecy by David EddingsInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (currently reading)Links of the Week:TinaKristina Kuzmic’s (Truth Bomb Mom) Facebook Page, website, YouTube Channel, InstagramBiddy Bedtime Stories–sadly, Biddy is now gone 🙁 Hopefully, it is temporary.BeckieEdx.orgThe Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact on Pop CultureThis episode is sponsored by:Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com.Math Mammoth – Publisher of student directed math worktexts that all the Savvy Homeschool Kids use. Learn more at www.mathmammoth.com.Pandia Press – Publisher of REAL Science Odyssey and History Odyssey. Check out their fantastic Try Before you Buy! Learn more at www.pandiapress.com. ]]>