Homeschool Together Podcast

Summer is here! On today’s show we discuss what summer means to us as year round homeschoolers and discuss some great ideas to keep learning fun and interesting during this time of year! Year round homeschooling Keep the core drop the rest (just math and reading) Embrace unit studies Gameschooling (thursday’s episode) Homeschool R&D Destination Learning If you’re returning to public school, pr...

Are you ready for a challenge? Laser Maze by Thinkfun is a terrific one player logic game. The perfect combination of laser, mirrors, splitters, and targets is necessary to achieve victory in 60 levels of play. Ages: 6+ Players: 1 Playtime: 15 min Skills: logic, trial and error FREE Resource Guide Download our FREE North American Resources List to enhance your global studies with your learners! ht...

On today’s Family Movie Night episode we’re discussing the new Netflix movie The Mitchells vs. the Machines. Produced by Lord and Miller this movie has the snappy dialogue and excellent jokes we’ve come to associate with them. It also has emotional weight and a good message about the importance of family. Check out our full review of this new family friendly flick! Rating: PG Runtime: 1 hr 54 min...

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Many games contain some sort of hidden math, which is a terrific way to teach math concepts, but what about those times when your student needs to write and solve equations? Sum Swamp from Learning Resources is a great way for kids to visualize basic addition and subtraction equations with two numbered dice, an operator die, and cute characters moving through the colorful board. Ages: 5+ Players:...

After more than a year of isolation schooling during the pandemic, our area is now opening up with classes, meetups, and activities. On today’s show, we take a look back at the previous year and talk about what we lost, what we gained, and what we’ll take forward from this time. Losses Gains Preparing to Go Forward FREE Resource Guide Download our FREE North American Resources List to enhance your...

Uncle Sam’s states are unsettled. They’re bored with their current locations and need a change of pace. What ensues is a madcap adventure where every state finds that there’s really no place like home. Based on the popular Scrambled States of America book, Gamewright has created a fantastic card game that teaches US Geography in an exciting and accessible way for kids and adults! Ages: 6+ Players:...

In today's podcast, we had the pleasure to speak with Valerie Castle of My Homeschool Castle. Valerie is a busy mom of a blended family and a special needs daughter. It was a fantastic conversation that showcased the various challenges and joys of homeschooling. Valerie's experience helps us understand that homeschooling can adapt and fit the needs of many diverse families. And as Valerie says, "W...

On today's Short Bite we continue with our series on first games! These are games that can be played as young as 2 and help to develop fine motor skills, color recognition, memory, cooperation, counting, and logic. Today we'll be discussing a matching and dexterity game, Wig Out by Gamewright! Our Kindergartner loves this game and it could easily be played with a very young learner (with the speed...

We are halfway through the Right Start Math Level 0 curriculum. We wanted to share our opinion on how the curriculum is going, the wins, the losses, and tweaks we made along the way. Catch up on our updated review from episode 19. Curriculum Series Part 7: RightStart Math https://homeschooltogether.fireside.fm/19 FREE Resource Guide Download our FREE North American Resources List to enhance your g...

Art education can play a critical role in a child's development, but teaching art as parents (especially if you don't feel you have artistic talent yourself) can often be daunting. Today we review the Outside the Box Creation art subscription box Interview with Beth Herrild from Outside the Box Creation about how we should approach art with our kids and the importance of art in our homeschool. htt...

We are halfway through the All About Reading Level 0 curriculum. We wanted to share our opinion on how the curriculum is going, the wins, the losses, and tweaks we made along the way. Catch up on our updated review from episode 17. Curriculum Series Part 6: All About Reading https://homeschooltogether.fireside.fm/17 FREE Resource Guide Download our FREE North American Resources List to enhance you...

Today on the podcast we're discussing the terrific one player logic game Gravity Maze by ThinkFun. The game is a great workout for your child's 3D visualization skills. You can check out this episode as an audio only podcast or see us discuss and display the game on YouTube! Watch the radiant Jennifer Aniston and grizzled goldminer of Gameschooling on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Vi4VFJkP_LY FREE Res...

Art education can play a critical role in a child's development, but teaching art as parents (especially if you don't feel you have artistic talent yourself) can often be daunting. Today we talk with Beth Herrild, the creator of Outside the Box Creation art subscription boxes, about why art education is so important, how we should approach art with our children, how open-ended art provides an oppo...

Today we're talking about our country study of Canada using Build Your Library and Torchlight curriculums. We discuss what we loved, what we adapted, and our favorite books and activities from this country study. Build Your Library - https://buildyourlibrary.com/ Torchlight - https://torchlightcurriculum.com/torchlight/ The books we discuss The Very Very Far North - https://amzn.to/3ab0mi2 Our det...

Homeschooling has it’s daily ups and downs, but every so often we just don’t get back up again as we normally would. We seem to lose momentum and focus. We’re in a collective funk. The kids are arguing, lessons are no longer exciting, and you wonder if your homeschool is broken for good. But, with a bit of introspection and some creative ideas, this too shall pass! Today we’ll be sharing some sugg...

As gameschoolers we use games to have fun and teach along the way. Math in particular is well served by games. Addition or subtraction are easily found, but multiplication? Not so much. Some games feature small multipliers, but multiplication up to 12x12 is much more rare. On today’s Short Bite we’re diving into Mathery, a quick and fun Sequence-like game that’s perfect for kids struggling with mu...

Today, we’re continuing our series of interviews with first year homeschooling parents to discuss what went well, what didn’t, and what surprised them about this new journey in their family’s life. We sit down with Angie Burns, a full-time working mother to 2nd and 5th grade daughters. After finishing the last school year on Zoom, they decided to take the plunge and homeschool this year during the...

Continuing our Gameschooling After Dark series, this week we're talking about Sagrada, a gorgeous dice drafting game from Floodgate Games. With each turn you add dice to create your unique stained glass masterpiece! Ages: 10+ Players: 1-4 (5-6 player expansion available) Playtime: 30 to 45 min Skills: probabilities, logical and critical decision making FREE Resource Guide Download our FREE North A...

To continue our series on subscription boxes, today we’ll sit down to discuss Little Passports Early Explorers box. Our daughter is just began an around the world study with Torchlight and Build Your Library so we thought this would be the perfect addition. Join us to hear all the ins and outs of this subscription box! Show Notes Early Explorers Subscription - https://www.littlepassports.com/subsc...

On today's Short Bite we continue with our series on first games! These are games that can be played as young as 2 and help to develop fine motor skills, color recognition, memory, cooperation, counting, and logic. Today we'll be discussing roll and play game, Feed the Kitty by Gamewright! Our daughter loved this game at 2 and now at 5 she plays with her younger sister who's 22 months. Ages: 2-7 P...

Today, we’re continuing our series of interviews with first year homeschooling parents to discuss what went well, what didn’t, and what surprised them about this new journey in their family’s life. We sit down with Rebecca Riyana Sang, an herbalist and mother of a four year old daughter. We discuss their first year, learning in nature, and falling in and out of love with curriculums. This is a ter...

Continuing our Gameschooling After Dark series, today we’re talking about Space Base, a dice rolling and card drafting game set in a distant galaxy. As you gather the ships in your fleet you’ll gain resources and the ability to expand. It’s the game we most often get to the table. It’s fun, fresh, and has a good amount of hidden probabilities to reinforce those concepts with your learner. Ages: 12...

We've just recently finished the Blossom and Root Early Years Vol. 2 Curriculum with our 5 yo and provide our complete and full review. We talk about what we enjoyed, what we changed, and where we recommend new homeschooling families to start. At the end of the podcast, we cover all of the new and recent changes made to the Blossom and Root Early Years Vol. 2 curriculum. Please go to our Facebook...

While we love to play games with our young learners, there are a plethora of terrific gameschooling games for older students and adults. Today we’re starting our series of Gameschooling After Dark with Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle. It’s a terrific cooperative deck builder that follows the movies and the journey of these beloved characters! Ages: 10+ Players: 2-4 Playtime: 1-1.5 hr Skills: Cooperat...