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The Power of Gameschooling

It’s all fun and games until someone learns something

Gameschooling is a homeschooling style that uses board games and card games to teach. And if you’ve never tried it before, trust me, it can change everything!

Gameschooling - It's all fun and games until someone learns something.
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Letterboxing—The Ultimate Family Activity for Homeschoolers

Letterboxing, a pastime that traces its origins to Dartmoore, England in the 1850s, is a sister activity to geocaching. And it is a phenomenal way to incorporate learning on any subject with outdoor family fun and exercise.

Letterboxing - The Ultimate Family Activity for Homeschoolers
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Classic Literature for Third Grade – A Suggested Reading List

This reading list accompanies our classical homeschooling curriculum for third grade. It is:

  • a reading list for classic literature for third grade,
  • a reading list to accompany Vol. 3 of Story of the World, and
  • a reading list to guide you through classics from the Renaissance through 1850.
A Classic Literature Reading List for Third Grade

There’s a lot here! But it gives you a wide variety of classic literature to pick and chose from. These books work as read-louds for the whole family or as assigned independent reading for a proficient third-grade reader.

And don’t forget to download and print the cute bookmarks to mark your new treasures with!

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Our Third Grade Homeschooling Curriculum

It’s that time again, folks! *cues the Christmas music* It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeear . . . Curriculum Unboxing Time!! ((wild cheers))

A classical third grade homeschooling curriculum

*ahem* I shall try to curb my enthusiasm while I unveil our choices for our (mostly) classical third-grade homeschooling curriculum. If you’re looking for suggestions for a different grade, check out our curriculum category.Continue Reading

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