Homeschool Minnesota

ScreenStrong with Melanie Hempe

ScreenStrong empowers families to prevent screen addiction and reclaim their kids from problematic screen use (social media, video games, and pornography). Their solutions are not screen-free; rather they replace toxic screen use with healthy activities, life skill development, and family connections. This is how ScreenStrong defines their mission on their website and it’s absolutely true. Melanie Hempe shares her personal experience with her son, Adam, and their journey with him dealing with his addiction to screen time and how that affected him into adulthood. You can find all the information about ScreenStrong on their website: www.screenstrong.org You can also find Melanie and her team on the ScreenStrong Families Podcast

Navigating PSEO with Amanda Fisher

PSEO is an amazing opportunity for homeschool students and families, but, it can be daunting! Amanda Fisher is here to help! She works for Crown College in their PSEO department helping families to navigate everything they need to know. Join us as she helps us to understand the process and to think strategically when planning our student’s future. https://www.crown.edu/academics/pseo/ To learn how your co-op or to set up a group in your area for students to take classes together, you can find more information here: https://www.crown.edu/academics/pseo/homeschool-partners/

Courage To Stand with John Stamper

This newest book from John Stamper gives profiles of 9 people, historical and modern-day, who have stood courageously for their faith in overwhelming circumstances. In this episode John talks about his new book, the courage it takes to stand against today’s challenges facing us and our children, and where that courage comes from. To find John’s book you can follow this link: https://www.masterbooks.com/courage-to-stand

Transform Your Idea of Higher Education with Nick Ellis

Nick Ellis is the Founder and CEO of Christian Halls, an alternative option for traditional University and trade school for students. Christian Halls uses the Oxford Model of higher education which is based around conversations with a small class size and a tutor guiding the class in their work toward their degrees. Using the method of education that was standard for centuries, students engage in thought-provoking dialogues, challenge preconceptions, foster critical thinking, and intertwine intellectual, spiritual, and vocational growth (taken from the Christian Halls literature). Nick explains the vision and mission of Christian Halls and tells us about the success of it in Brazil and in models happening right now in the US! To find out more about Christian Halls, you can visit their website at https://christianhalls.org/ or visit their YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/@christianhallsinternational?si=oyqxHaqph57AO50q

Phonics and Science for the Early Years! with Carrie Lindquist

Today is a 2 for 1! Carrie Lindquist has written amazing curriculum for your early reader and explorer! Foundations Phonics is written in such a teacher/parent friendly way so that you can just pick it up and teach your child without a lot of teacher prep. Everything you need is included in the one book and in your own home! This is an engaging, hands-on curriculum that starts with a Biblical foundation and God’s character to teach your child phonics. Carrie has also written Adventures in Creation to teach children an overview of all the sciences in one school year! This curriculum is fun, engaging, and easily taught, again, with all things from your home! While this is aimed at 1st grade, it is easily adapted for younger and older so you can use this book to teach all your children at the same time. All through this curriculum you will see how Carrie weaves God’s plan for us through His wonderful creation! https://www.masterbooks.com/foundations-phonics https://www.masterbooks.com/adventures-in-creation-level-1

Language Lessons for a Living Education with Kristen Pratt

Keeping children engaged in Language Arts can be a challenge! Where do you find a curriculum that covers reading, comprehension, spelling, handwriting, vocabulary, punctuation, observation, poetry, psalms, and hands-on activities to drive it all home? Enter Language Lessons for a Living Education! This curriculum has all the above in a colorful and easy to use book. The teacher prompts and appendices are invaluable and all done within one book, which also includes lesson plans and lists of easy to find household supplies to do all activities in the book. Join Kristen Pratt as she talks not only about the curriculum she wrote, but, also how she weaves scripture and Biblical Truth throughout each lesson.

Right Start Math with Kathleen Clayton

Right Start Math is a hands-on, award-winning program that uses games and minimal worksheets in the younger grades to make math a fun and engaging subject for your child. It is set up with levels rather than grades, so that your child can begin at the proper level and advance at their own pace. The goal is to help your child understand, apply, and enjoy mathematics while building a solid foundation for higher level math. You can find Right Start Math here: www.rightstartmath.com

God’s Design: Life for Beginners with Debbie Lawrence

Science can be one of the most difficult things to teach young children. God’s Design series from Debbie Lawrence is not only easy to teach but is thorough and well thought out as well as deep in content. God’s Design: Life for Beginners covers Plants, The Human Body, and Animals all in one curriculum that can be used for various ages and can also be taught alongside the same science topics for your older students! Join us as Debbie talks all about how to utilize this curriculum for your family and bring fun and learning to your science lessons! You can find God’s Design series on Master Books at: https://www.masterbooks.com/gods-design-series

Notable Lives from History with Marilyn Boyer!

Finding stories to supplement your history that are engaging, interesting, and fun as well as educational can be difficult but the “Notable Lives From History” books by Marilyn Boyer do just that. They are incredible! Join us as Marilyn talks about the stories and the series of books that can make history come alive and enjoyable to your family. You can find her series on Master Books at https://www.masterbooks.com/what-a-character-series

MÂCHÉ Book Club with Susan Prigge

We are back with another list of great books and authors for all ages! Susan is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to books and she is talking with us today about books for the whole family to enjoy. If you want some great recommendations or are just looking for some fun reading, join us! You can find all of today’s recommendations as well as past book clubs on the MÂCHÉ book list on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2RCLMLEBP73VY?ref_=wl_share