Today we had co-op like we usually do on Thursdays. Today’s theme was Texas Animals. We had a great time. There was a presentation on Texas wildlife symbols. For those who want to reference it or anyone who wasn’t there, …
At Homeschool Pool we like to use websites and computer games to enhance the schoolwork that occurs at home. One of the sites we have used with the younger children is Starfall. Starfall has a basic service that is …
One of the languages we study at Homeschool Pool is Spanish (along with German and American Sign Language). There were a few lessons that were learned first: alphabet, numbers, colors and days of the week. The following explains the days …
Lemonade Day for Houston is on May 6. This is a National event so if you are not in Houston, check their website to see if your city is participating. Homeschool Pool’s Tadpole and Guppy are participating this year. In …
Homeschool Pool hopes everyone is having a lovely weekend. If you are like Homeschool Pool you probably have just as busy a weekend as you do a weekday but we hope you get some relaxation in there as well as …
Today in Homeschool Pool we had a great morning with our Homeschool group’s co-op. Tadpole take Creative Expressions which is a cool class where they discuss topics and work on communication rather like a much more fun version of speech …
Today we had a great day in Homeschool Pool land. We divided and conquered today with Lifeguard dad taking Tadpole, Lifeguard Mom taking Guppy and Lifeguard Nanny with Minnow all of us doing different things. Homeschool Art and homeschool Civics …
We have a few new uploads at Homeschool Pool today. However, today we had a very busy homeschool day with the Tadpole, Guppy and Minnow so we did not get to everything we wanted to. Keep checking back because we …
Homeschool Pool is working on a unit for the Mayflower Pilgrims for US History. Plus we will be adding to the already uploaded information on the British colonization of Roanoke and Jamestown.
Home School Pool had a very busy day today between home schooling our kids and preparing curriculum to add. Look for several new cool tools and games this week.
We are also working on adding a big St. Patrick’s …
President’s Day is an important but often overlooked holiday for home school families. Since we only recently launched, we only have a few activities but they are fun ones! President’s Day next year at Homeschool Pool will be on a …
Here is a fun craft idea that incorporates United States flag facts with a make it yourself flag. There are 2 versions. The younger kid version gives step by step instructions along with pictures. The older kid version is harder …
Today Homeschool Pool added a home school government lesson. Getting ready for President’s Day we are focusing a bit on this area. Today’s upload was a history and explanation of the Pledge of Allegiance. This is designed for younger home …
Today the Homeschool Pool group went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science where we got to enjoy the Civil War exhibit. One of the amazing parts of it, in addition to learning a lot, was that they had both …
Today we added the beginning of a vast array of information in the home school language arts section. This one is geared toward Pre K and Kindergarten home school students that focuses on beginning reading, the alphabet.