Courses by Carolyn
Color Block Handwriting teaches correct letter formation with fifty-two letter units: one for each letter in both lower and upper case. Designed by a mom of kids with writing struggles, this handwriting curriculum can benefit students who are learning to write, as well as students in need of extra support for letter reversals. Feel free to pick and choose letters as needed. Bonus files are included for numerals and flashcards.
Covering All the Bases: Geometric Area and Volume: This seven-week course covers the basic formulas for area and volume by explaining the underlying principles that created them. It uses video lessons, hands-on activities, and text worksheets with plenty of opportunity to learn and review.
Editing Photos with GIMP teaches timeless principles of digital image manipulation using the GNU Image Manipulation Program. The course covers editing basics and image manipulation tools, along with numerous filters available to set loose the student’s creativity in each photograph.
Geometry in Real Life: Our Geometry in Real Life homeschool math course, created exclusively for SchoolhouseTeachers.com, presents the sometimes-complicated world of geometry in understandable, applicable lessons that give every student the opportunity to succeed. Using real-world examples and a touch of humor, this course is a delight for students and parents alike.
Intro to Calculus: Derivatives and Integrals provides students with a foundation in early calculus concepts. Whether aiming for an engineering degree or planning to take the AP Math exam, your student can use this course as a next step along the homeschool math journey. Intro to Calculus is a 36-week course designed for students who have successfully completed Precalculus.
Story Skills for Reading Comprehension will take your student through multiple stories, examining the parts which make it interesting. Students will learn about characters, conflict, plot, and point of view, among other skills. Those skills, in turn, lead to a deeper comprehension of the story being read.
Courses Co-Authored by Carolyn
Algebra 1: This 36-week course is designed for students who have completed pre-algebra and are ready to advance to the next level of math. This course covers a pre-algebra review, algebraic expressions, solving linear equations, graphing, inequalities, systems of equations, polynomials, factoring, and exponential expressions. It concludes with a final test.
Physical Science: Through downloadable and online readings, experiments/labs, and hands-on projects, students explore the three main branches of physical science—chemistry, physics, and earth science. Topics such as elements, acids and bases, chemical formulas, force and motion, work and energy, electricity and magnetism, geology, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy, and more are explored.
Staying Sharp with Sixth Grade Math: Staying Sharp with Sixth Grade Math is the next step in your student’s math journey. Building on what they have already learned, this course moves students into equations, absolute value, ratios, proportions, graphing, percentages, banking, exponents, and more. New for 2024: This course now contains videos in addition to the text-based lessons.
This Changed Everything: Turning Points in History: From the Gospel to the Magna Carta, from the Reformation to the Declaration, this course examines primary sources and founding documents to trace the thread of freedom woven through Western history. This video- and text-based course uses hours of documentaries, worksheets, and primary source documents to engage the student in the story of liberty.
Unit Studies taught by Carolyn
The History of Hanukkah: Subtitled “Why Christmas is on the 25th,” this unit explores the historical and Biblical context of this long-standing Jewish holiday. Students will learn about the difference between the solar and the lunar calendar and consider parallels between Hanukkah and Christmas. The unit study is presented in both video and text formats.
How to Write a News Lede: Journalistic writing is not the same as essay writing, and the news lede is the most striking difference. The five Ws plus an H (Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How) form the backbone of the first paragraph of every news story. This short unit provides instruction on how to turn the answers to those questions into a news lede.
Other unit studies by Carolyn include Study Skills and Note Taking Tips, Scientific Notation Explained (with video), How to Cross Cancel Fractions, and Converting Units in the Metric System.
