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A Midyear Homeschool Check-In: Planning the Rest of the School Year
December always feels like a natural pause point in our homeschool. The holiday break gives us a chance to step back and decide what we want to carry forward into the rest of the school year. By this point, we’ve settled into our routines and learned a lot, not just academically, but about what’s actually…
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Is Global Explorers Right for Your Family? 10 Questions to Help You Decide
Choosing a homeschool curriculum can be daunting. Trying to find something that fits your family’s learning style and values can feel overwhelming, especially when there are so many wonderful options to choose from. I know our curriculum isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay. Our approach incorporates geography, literature, art, science, and culture through stories and…
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How to Add Supplemental Links to Your Global Explorers Notion Planner
One of the best things about using the Global Explorers Notion planner is how easy it is to customize. You can add your own resources like videos, book links, or online articles so everything your family needs for a unit study is easily accessible in one place. In this quick tutorial, I’ll show you two…
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Kid’s Animated History with Pipo: Supplemental History for Homeschool Families
Looking for an easy history for homeschool resource? Pair Kid’s Animated History with Pipo with our country unit studies for some fun, bite-sized lessons on ancient civilizations and world cultures. If you’d like a simple way to weave some history into your geography and culture studies, I’ve matched Kid’s Animated History with Pipo episodes with…
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How to Organize Homeschool Unit Study Materials
In this post, I’m sharing my simple, step-by-step method for how I organize and store our homeschool unit study materials each year. When you’re homeschooling with a unit study approach, keeping resources organized can feel overwhelming. With books to read, resources to print, activities to prep, and supplies to gather, there’s a lot going on!…
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How We Use the Writing Revolution Resources in Our Social Studies Homeschool Curriculum
One of my favorite things about learning is how naturally different subjects weave together when we allow them to. In our home, writing isn’t a standalone subject. It starts with oral narrations — inspired by Charlotte Mason — and continues with sentence-level activities based on Judith C. Hochman’s The Writing Revolution method. These two approaches…
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Free 3D Food Chain Pyramid Template: Explore Food Chains & Ecosystems Around the World
Give children a fun, interactive way to explore the relationships between plants and animals in different biomes around the world with our free food chain pyramid templates. This hands-on activity lets students visualize the flow of energy within ecosystems by drawing and assembling their own 3D food chain pyramids. Supplies & Materials How to Create…
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Asia Unit Study for Kids: A Hands-On Geography Homeschool Curriculum
I’m excited to announce that our newest continent study from the Global Explorers Club is now available! Our Asia unit study bundle includes 20 individual country unit studies spanning the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Our homeschool geography curriculum is packed with engaging stories, cultural activities, and hands-on learning experiences your…
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Why We Created Our Homeschool Geography Curriculum: The Story Behind Global Explorers
As a parent, I spend a lot of time thinking about what really matters in our days: the lessons, the values, the moments I hope will stick in my children’s memories. When we first began homeschooling, I asked myself a few simple but powerful questions: I sat down and made a list of what I…
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