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Tips for Road Schooling Without An RV

Road schooling doesn’t mean you need to be in an RV or have a month (or more!) of free time to take advantage of the opportunities road schooling offers. We homeschool on the road as often as...

Getting Started With Homeschool Science (Even When You Don’t Know Where To Start)

When you choose to homeschool your children, being able to focus on content subjects like science can be a huge draw. You envision your children exploring and enjoying a whole world of knowledge...

5 Types Of Books To Bring Your Homeschool Science To Life

Incredible photos, fascinating facts — as a homeschool parent you probably know how much real, living science books add to your family’s enjoyment of science. But buying piles of books is not...

How to Make 2020 Your Best Homeschool Year Yet

It’s 2020, the year of perfect vision. So how can you make 2020 the best Homeschool year yet? The five-step process PandiaPress published (in 2019 here) was so good, we couldn’t resist...

How to Choose a Homeschool Science Curriculum – A Science Educator’s Top Five Tips

Are you looking for a homeschool science curriculum? Perhaps you haven’t incorporated much science into your homeschool yet and are looking for a straightforward, simple way to work it in. Or, like...

Microscopes For Kids: What And How To Buy [Updated 2020]

Are you thinking about buying a microscope for kids? Whether it’s a resource for your homeschool curriculum or just a perfect compliment to your makerspace, microscopes are amazing science...

5 Tips for Read-Aloud Success with History Quest

Lindsey Sodano, content editor of History Quest: Early Times and co-author of the companion History Quest: Early Times Study Guide, offers five tips for making the most of your read-aloud experience...

7 Reasons to Include an Environment Education in Your Elementary Homeschool Program

When you include environment education in your elementary homeschool program, you have some wonderful opportunities to connect real-world experiences with scientific understanding. In the elementary...

Why “Neutral” Science Curriculum Isn’t Scientific

Are you looking for a new science curriculum? Wondering how to decide? If so, you might have noticed curriculum options that advertise themselves as “neutral” when it comes to evolution. The idea is...

Everything You Need to Know You Can Learn from the Number Pi! [Update 2020]

[Originally published March 14, 2018]You probably first encountered the number pi as I did: in elementary or middle school math, where it played a mysterious role in equations for the area and...