Tag Archives: Home School Curriculum
Paul Revere: The Midnight Rider Review
Biography’s documentary on Paul Revere is a great supplement to curriculum when you are learning about the Revolutionary War. It gives a fairly well rounded and accurate portrayal of Paul Revere and emphasizes the fact that the legend of the …
Great Play of Cypress Review
Since Great Play of Cypress opened, we have wanted to try it out. Their Open House free trial offer was the perfect time to do so. We got a free class for all three children so got a good indication …
Starfall Review
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 …
Houston Maritime Museum Review
Even the best places have off days. This was the sentiment I had last time I visited the Houston Maritime Museum and why I held off writing a review until now. Without going into too many of the gory details, …
Star Spangled Banner, US National Anthem Explanation
The Star Spangled Banner’s lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. The lyrics came from a poem he wrote entitled The Defense of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.
John Stafford Smith wrote a popular British song …
Disney and Pixar’s Brave Movie Review
One of the most anticipated events in the Homeschool Pool household was the release of Disney/Pixar’s latest offering, Brave. Brave is an animated feature about a young girl who is coming into her own and dealing with the pressures …
DIY Puzzles
Today we did some do-it-yourself puzzles. This is a fast, easy, and inexpensive way to be creative and have some fun. This is one of Homeschool Pool’s go-to crafts for rainy day fun when all your plans fly out the …
Blackjack Math
Math is one of those things that comes easy for Tadpole. She understands the concepts flawlessly. What she struggles with, however, is the actual calculations. She can do multiplication and division pretty easily. She learned her times tables long ago. …
Short Film and Commercial for Theater
For co-op this semester Tadpole took Filmmaking as one of her classes. This was the majority of what we did with theater over the past few weeks. The teacher wrote the following:
The students learned many aspects of filmmaking and…
The Houston Health Museum Review
Because Homeschool Pool frequents so many museums in the area we try, whenever possible, to get annual memberships. We did not have the Health Museum on our radar for an annual membership because we did not believe we would go …
Monday Update
Hello to everyone and hope the new week is productive for all. This week we have co-op, Lemonade Day activities and typical course work for everyone. Our butterfly garden is doing really well. We have caterpillars and we had to …
Happy Thursday Everyone!
We thought we would update you a bit on what we have been up to this week. There has been a lot of activity in our butterfly garden. We have caterpillars! We have pretty flowers, too but the caterpillars are …
Spanish Days of the Week
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 …
Butterfly Garden Update, 04/15/2012
Watering the butterfly garden has been incorporated into our morning routine. We have several plants doing well and others not quite there yet.
The zinnias are the ones thriving the best. All four of the zinnias have blooms, one of …
Texas A & M Veterinary School Open House Review
At Homeschool Pool all the kids are interested in animals but then again, what child is not? However, Guppy is especially interested in them and seems to have a gift with them. She is already a very compassionate child so …
Ragtime, The Musical at Miller Outdoor Theatre Review
Thursday April 13, 2012 Homeschool Pool adults, Tadpole and Guppy attended HITS Theatre’s production of Ragtime, The Musical performed at Miller Outdoor Theatre. We were quite impressed on many levels. For homeschool families, this is tailored a bit …
Home School Dad: Finding those Teachable Moments
Due to the nature of my work, I’m home a lot more than many dads and I am happy about this each and every day. However, even the busiest homeschool dad can find teachable moments in the evening and the …
Hip Homeschool Hop Birthday Edition
If you found us by the Hip Homeschool Hop, please let us know! For those of you who do not know about it, Hip Homeschool Moms have a weekly event designed to help other homeschool sites network. Welcome to everyone …
Review of the Columbus Foundation Columbus Ship Tour
A few weeks ago, Tadpole and I had the opportunity to go see the replica of the Nina and the Pinta that were, at that point, docked in Freeport, Tx. When I first heard about this, I cleared my schedule …
Singapore Math Review
I will start out by saying Singapore Math is not for everyone. We did not start here. Instead, Homeschool Pool used another math curriculum that used a spiral approach. This means that every new section mostly reviewed the previous while …
