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Homeschooling Book for New Homeschoolers – When You Don’t Know Where to Begin

April 19, 2019 | Leave a Comment
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I’m over the top excited about my book for new homeschoolers. Homeschooling 31 Day Boot Camp for New Homeschoolers: When You Don’t Know Where to Begin is a book I wrote especially to help new homeschoolers get started with homeschooling.

New Homeschooler Homeschooling How-Tos

Look at the 4 ways this book is unique from other homeschool books:

  • I don’t claim to have a very unique homeschool journey from other seasoned veterans of 20+ years of homeschooling, but I do claim it’s my attention to the unique needs of new homeschoolers that sets my book apart.
  • My book is also set apart because not only do you get the benefit of my many years of experience, but I conducted workshops with ONLY new homeschoolers for 10 years.
  • Prior to writing my book, I organized about 5 homeschool groups in various larger cities in Texas where my leaders who were trained by me conducted monthly workshops for new bees. You get the benefit in my book of my many years of helping new homeschoolers.
  • Although I know the popular questions new homeschoolers are asking when they begin, I also know that many things they don’t know. I address those unknown things in my new book
    Homeschooling 31 Day Boot Camp for New Homeschoolers: When You Don’t Know Where to Begin
Must Read Book for New Homeschoolers Homeschooling 31 Day Boot Camp for New Homeschoolers @ Tina's Dynamic

You’ll love these 3 special features in my new book:

  • Knowing the needs of the new homeschoolers, I carefully chose the order of the chapters or topics. What you want to know and what is essential to know your first year are organized with your immediate needs and long-term goals in mind.
  • It’s written with the first year homeschooler in mind. That may seem an obvious fact, but it has been my experience that seasoned veterans give advice based on what they now know. It may not be helpful, but cause more stress when seasoned veterans makes absolute statements as to what works and what does not work. One example is the encouragement by some seasoned veterans to not use a boxed curriculum. In reality, a seasoned veteran needs to know more about a new homeschooler’s circumstances to know if purchasing a boxed curriculum will bring stress or alleviate it. I give details in my book to explain how that works.
  • Because new homeschoolers can be quite overwhelmed, I have a HIGHLIGHT Section every seventh chapter so that important foundational points are understood and not overlooked. This section helps the new bee homeschooler to glean quickly what she needs to do to get started homeschooling.

How to Homeschool Book

Homeschooling 31 Day Boot Camp for New Homeschoolers. A UNIQUE book written for new homeschoolers @ Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus

If you’re looking to begin homeschooling, my online self-paced boot camp may be for you.

Want more? You’ll love my DETAILED self-paced Boot Camp

It will benefit the 1st and 2nd year homeschooler the most. And of course I always welcome your questions. Click here to read about the self-paced online homeschool boot camp.

Look at these other helps for new homeschoolers:

  • Homeschool Critics: How Do You Know You’re on Track?
  • How to Use Summertime to Put a Foot in Homeschooling
  • Deschooling: Step One for the New Homeschooler (the Definitions, the Dangers, and the Delight)
  • 5 Top Mistakes of New or Struggling Homeschoolers
  • 8 Colossal Pitfalls of Homeschooling in the WHAT IF World
  • Socialization – A Homeschool Hallucination?
  • 10 Biggest Homeschool Burnout Triggers (and how to cope)
New to Homeschooling? There's a plethora of knowledge out there, and not all of it is good or helpful, and a lot of it is scary and confusing. But not in Tina's book. Grab it now and be in the know!

Do you have a friend that needs this new book? Can you help me to make it number 1?

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Free 2019-2020 Academic Calendars – Homeschool Planner

April 17, 2019 | Leave a Comment
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Today, I’m rolling out the two color choices for the 2019-2020 academic year calendars that go in your 7 Step Homeschool Planner.

CURRICULUM PLANNERS

Don’t forget when putting together your homeschool planner that I have calendar pages like the ones today which are to be used for reference purposes.

Also, I have completely different forms for homeschool planning calendars which are to be used for tracking school week and 2 page per month appointment keepers for tracking appointments.

As mentioned, I do three DIFFERENT calendar type of pages each year.

The ones today are used as a reference page for checking dates. You’ll want to print one or more of them for your planner.

You’ll love these two color choices for the 2019 to 2020 academic year calendars to add to your free 7 Step Homeschool Planner. CLICK HERE to grab these free and AWESOME calendars!

I print one or more in the front of my homeschool planner and I print another one or two toward the back. Also, these calendar pages can also be used for a front cover although I have created AWESOME Front Covers on STEP 1. You decide what works best for your planner.

UNIQUE HOMESCHOOL PLANNER

If you’re wanting to grab an appointment keeper for the 2019 to 2020 school year you can grab them below or visit STEP 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers.

Download here 2019 to 2020 Aqua color choice calendar.

Download here 2019 to 2020 Raspberry Curd color choice calendar.

You’ll love these two color choices for the 2019 to 2020 academic year calendars to add to your free 7 Step Homeschool Planner. CLICK HERE to grab these free and AWESOME calendars!

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7 Easy Steps – Tons of Options & Pretty Color

Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover

Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers

Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectives

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You! Not a kazillion other people

Step 5b. Choose MORE Unique Forms JUST for You!

Step 5c. Choose MORE MORE Unique Forms Just for You!

Step 6. Personalize It

Step 7. Bind it! Love it!

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Free 2019-2020 Year Round Homeschool Planning Form (Color Luv)

March 31, 2019 | Leave a Comment
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I have the second color choice for the 2019 to 2020 Year Round Homeschool Planning form. Some color choices I just love too much to not bring them back. Color luv is one of those color schemes I love.

Long range planning is key to sticking to homeschool, so I know you’ll love getting this color choice.

Curriculum Planning Pages

Remember that I create both academic and planning calendars. Although they may seem similar, they are not.

When you take a closer look, you’ll see that each calendar has a different purpose.

The form today is for you to PLAN your school year and track the number of days and weeks your kids are doing school.

I have all 12 months on one page which means you can start on any month that you begin homeschooling and move forward to plan your year.

Plain calendars (okay, they are not so plain) are just for noting dates and for your reference. I don’t create them to write appointments on them OR to track your school.

Plain calendars are always on Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers. 

The 2 page spread appointment keepers are for appointments and have more room for writing.

The form today is to plan your homeschool year with days off, teacher planning days and holidays to take off. It gives you a glimpse of your homeschool year. Plan and track your school year on it.

Because this form is not a calendar but more of a planning tool, I keep it each year at Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You!

If you need to see how to use it go to that step Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You! to look at my sample copy.

This form today is NOT the 2 page spread calendar. You can grab that too.

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Download here free (Color Luv) 2019 to 2020 Year Round Homeschool.

Grab this 2019 to 2020 Homeschool Planning Schedule at Tina's Dynamic Homeschool Plus
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Homeschool Planning Form

7 Easy Steps – “Tons of Options & Pretty Color” Begin building your planner

Step 1. Choose a Pretty Front/Back Cover

Step. 2. Choose Calendars/Appointment Keepers

Step 3. Choose Goals/Objectivesur

Step 4. Choose Lesson Planning Pages Right For You!

Step 5a. Choose Unique forms JUST for You! Not a kazillion other people

Step 5b. Choose MORE Unique Forms JUST for You!

Step 5c. Choose MORE MORE Unique Forms Just for You!

Step 6. Personalize It

Step 7. Bind it! Love it!

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How to Determine an EZ Homeschool Grading System

March 25, 2019 | Leave a Comment
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Are grading systems really necessary for homeschool families? How can you accurately demonstrate progress and comprehension without using grades? How do you determine a homeschool grading system?

Let’s take a look at some alternatives to the standard letter grading systems used in traditional schools.

Age and ability obviously can make a difference and factor into our homeschool evaluations. For that reason, these ideas are categorized by age level.

Early Years Homeschool Grading System

When talking to homeschool moms, the consensus on grades for the early years is — no grades at all! It’s not really necessary for the littlest learners to be graded on any kind of formal scale.

The most important thing to keep in mind during the early years is to instill that love of learning, encourage curiosity, and cover the basics.

Ideas for tracking progress include:

  • Use tests when necessary, but only as a means to see areas that need work, not as a measurement of success or failure
  • Review work, such as math and spelling, until they achieve mastery
  • Incentives such as stickers earned or recording number of books read in a reading log

Grade System for Homeschooling Middle Years

Many homeschool families use these middle years as a time of transition to more independent work for their kids so they begin using a grading system as a means of feedback.

Ideas for tracking progress include:

  • 4 point rubric (satisfactory, needs improvement, unsatisfactory, excellent)
  • Percentage points grading scale, especially for spelling and math
  • No grades, but reviewing and correcting work until it is 100% understood and accurate

Look here at Step 5b. Choose MORE Unique Forms JUST for You on my 7 Step Homeschool Planner to find my free grading charts and grading keepers.

High School Years: Homeschool Grades Matter

Whether your child is choosing a career or college track can make a difference in the grading system for the high school years.

If you’re preparing a transcript for college admission, sometimes standard grades are the only choice.

Most of the ideas that work for the middle years also work in the high school years, so bear that in mind.

There are a few others that can be used as your kids demonstrate their maturity and ability to handle the responsibility.

How to Determine an EZ Homeschool Grading System. Are grading systems really necessary for homeschool families? How can you accurately demonstrate progress and comprehension without using grades? How do you determine a homeschool grading system?

Ideas for tracking progress include:

  • Allow the teen to grade themselves so they take responsibility for their education and their work
  • Take online courses with built-in review and grading
  • Standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT

Of course, it’s perfectly acceptable to enjoy the freedom of homeschooling and forgo any kind of grading system.

Once again, it’s always best to do what works for your family and what is required by the state you live in.

You’ll love these other tips

  • How to Grade Hands-on Homeschool Activities and Projects (Free Rubric for Grading)
  • How to Grade a Homeschool Unit Study for an Older Child (& high school assessment)
  • Should we Give Grades to Our Middle and High School Homeschooled Kids?
  • 3 Risks of Not Tracking Your Homeschool Lessons (Even If They’re Laid-Out).
  • Wipe Out Self-Doubt: 13 Ways to Show Homeschool Progress (And How I Know My Sons Got It).

Hugs and love ya,

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Geronimo Stilton Books

March 7, 2019 | Leave a Comment
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Are you looking for engaging readers for your middle to upper elementary kids? It’s hard to find books that get reluctant readers interested and finding Geronimo Stilton books was like finding buried treasure in the library (Geronimo would really appreciate that simile).

You’ll love the craft and book ideas here on Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus for the Geronimo Stilton series.

These books are a favorite in our house.

Geronimo Stilton Books

It took me a while to find books that my son looked forward to reading without nagging or prodding from me.

When we stumbled upon them, I was thrilled to have found something that kept his attention and motivated him to read on his own.

It’s a big milestone when your kid finally grabs a book of their choice and plops down to read it. These were those books for us.

He plowed through them. In fact, these were the first books he asked to buy. One year his wish list was full of Geronimo Stilton titles. How sweet, right?

What Reading Level is Geronimo Stilton

Recommended for ages 7-10, grades 2nd-5th, these chapter books are sure to please even the most reluctant reader.

They are the perfect introduction to chapter books and each one is filled with entertaining jokes and engaging illustrations.

About Geronimo Stilton

Geronimo Stilton is an editor in chief of The Rodent’s Gazette, the most “famous” newspaper in New Mouse City. He’s also the author of his own best-selling book series. 

He’s a timid single guy afraid of new adventures yet finds himself reluctantly traveling the globe with his friends and family solving mysteries and completing research for his next big story.

Because Geronimo is always finding himself in the middle of adventure while traveling the globe, the series is perfect for adding to any unit study I have.

  • Top 5 Reasons to Love Geronimo Stilton And Geronimo Stilton Book List 1-20
  • A Simple Geronimo Stilton LEGO Tutorial For Mouse Loving Kids

4 Reasons to Love Geronimo Stilton Series

  • Visual. Each book is full of colorful and inviting artwork. Great for keeping focus and grabbing the reader’s attention.
  • Fast-paced. Short chapters jam packed with adventure.
  • Amusing. Each page is full of silly jokes and fun facts.
  • Vocabulary builder. New vocabulary is brought to life with word pictures.

Words jump off the page through the witty illustrations. New vocabulary stands out and kids remember it.

And look at my post here 10 Things to Learn From The Fun Geronimo Stilton Chapter Books.

Geronimo Stilton List of Books

As we read each book and do a hands-on activity, I’ll list them below for you.

The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid (Geronimo Stilton Series #2)

  • Barbie Mummy

The Journey Through Time (Geronimo Stilton Special Edition) (Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time)

This first book in the series takes you through prehistory with the dinosaurs, and through Ancient Egypt and the Great Sphinx of Giza, and finally into Camelot.

  • Medieval Stained Glass Craft.
  • Geronimo Stilton The Journey Through Time Fun Easy No Sew Dinosaur Mat

The Journey Through Time #2: Back in Time (Geronimo Stilton Special Edition) 

Next, we learning about Mayans, Rome and King Louis.

  • Ancient Rome Colosseum craft
  • Mayan LEGO Temple craft
  • Make a Mosaic Roman Solider
  • Geronimo Stilton Back in Time Second Journey Through Time and Fun Mayan Mask
  • Geronimo Stilton The Second Journey Through Time Sun King Fun Medallion

Stilton List of Books

The Race Against Time (Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time #3)

Learn alongside this adventure seeking mouse Geronimo Stilton as we learn about Ice Age, Ancient Greece and The Renaissance.

  • Fun Edible Spine like Davinci
  • Geronimo Stilton The Race Against Time Build a Fun Greek Water Clock
  • Geronimo Stilton Race Against Time And Make Pottery Like Ancient Greeks
  • The Race Against Time Geronimo Stilton Activity Craft Fun Dragon Eggs

Lost in Time (Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time #4)

This book of the Geronimo Stilton series takes us through Cleopatra’s Time, Genghis Khan and Queen Elizabeth.

  • Fun Egypt Game
  • Fun England Tower Guard
  • Make a Cleopatra Cuff and Collar

No Time To Lose (Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time #5)

In Geronimo Stilton No Time To Lose The Fifth Journey Through Time Geronimo jumps from Napoleon’s Time to the Vikings’ Time and finally to King Solomon’s time in the Whisker Wafter time machine.

  • Build an Edible Eiffel Tower

Time Warp (Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time #7)

Also, we travel to Greece, Mythical Atlantis and learn about Stonehenge.

  • Lost City of Atlantis Diorama

Out of Time (Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time #8)

In this book, Geronimo visits Alexander the Great, Queen Cleopatra, Mozart, and Sir Francis Drake. 

  • Learn About Mozart
  • Sir Francis Drake Ship Craft

Field Trip to Niagara Falls (Geronimo Stilton, No. 24)

  • Flint Corn Craft

Down and Out Down Under (Geronimo Stilton, No. 29) 

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Mighty Mount Kilimanjaro (Geronimo Stilton, No. 41)

  • How To Make A Mountain Volcano | Mighty Mount Kilimanjaro With Geronimo Stilton

Mouse in Space! (Geronimo Stilton #52) 

  • Mouse in Space Fun Puffy Moon Craft (Glow in the Dark)
  • Make an easy Straw Rocket

More Geronimo Stilton Resources

Geronimo Stilton Books

Also, look at some more resources below:

  • Who Is Geronimo Stilton Rodent Notebooking Page
  • Why Is Geronimo Stilton So Popular Among Young Readers

You’ll love these other reads and tips:

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  • 100 BEST Books for Kids from all 50 States (Easy Geography)
  • 8 World War II Historical Fiction Books for Middle School
  • 5 Steps to Choosing Geography Living Books Your Children Will Love
  • 3 Less-Known and Irresistible Homeschool Hands-on Science Books

Are you looking for engaging readers for your middle to upper elementary kids? It’s hard to find books that get reluctant readers interested, but these books will do it.  CLICK here for 10 Fun Things You Can Teach Using Geronimo Stilton Books!
10 Fun Things You Can Teach Using Geronimo Stilton Books

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