* This post may contain affiliate links or sponsored content. *

 

Trish is the owner of Hip Homeschool Moms. She also owns Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers, Homeschool Travel Adventures, Only Passionate Curiosity and Love These Recipes! She has been married to her best friend, David, for 25 years and they have three sons (ages 23, 22 and 18). Trish is from the coast of North Carolina, but they now live in rural West Tennessee on a 40+ acre farm. She has been homeschooling since 2009 and her homeschool style leans towards a Montessori approach with a heavy emphasis on hands-on learning. Trish’s family is Messianic and they love studying the Scriptures, learning Hebrew and growing in their faith and walk daily. In her spare time, Trish loves to travel, write, work in their garden and can regularly be found trying to learn something new, modeling that learning is indeed a life-long endeavor!

Similar Posts

  • Writers in Residence

    This Apologia writing curriculum is a complete, writing-focused language arts program that integrates grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.

    Teaching students about sentence structure, the parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, and usage within the context of creating clear, engaging stories and essays, this program sets aside the traditional “personal/ expository/persuasive/narrative” divisions in favor of real-life writing assignments. Volume 1 focuses on introducing the parts of speech and how they function in a sentence, including: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections.

    Thorough and systematic, six units and twenty-four modules are included, with lively and colorful lessons building on previously-taught concepts, skills, and terms. The easy-to-use, “all-in-one” Student Text and Workbook features an engaging tone that’s written directly to the student. Each unit opener includes a focus on a Christian writer, unit overview, and rubric; units include models from professional writers for students to study and use as an inspiration for their own writing. Modules integrate clear, engaging instruction with sidebar notes and a variety of exercises.

  • Christian Kids Explore Chemistry

    Explore the world of Chemistry with our bestselling science curriculum!

    Launch an exciting science learning adventure with Christian Kids Explore Chemistry!  Teach chemistry to kids in grades 4 to 8 with Scripture integrated from cover to cover.

    Our comprehensive workbook authored by trained educators provides 30 lessons, each grouped into five units. Vocabulary words and materials lists are provided for each section, with every lesson clear and easy to follow. Creatively illustrated, well-organized, and presented from a biblical world view – indexed, with author bios included.

    Includes 30 lessons and Resource CD.

  • Teaching Textbooks Elementary

    Designed for independent students, the Teaching Textbooks learner will discover a wealth of instruction written directly to them, clear examples, fun hand-drawn illustrations, highlighted important concepts, and of course, step-by-step solutions to every problem. Plus, a 5-10 minute interactive lecture is included for every lesson, and includes a print summary that reinforces the key concepts to remember. Automated grading, non-required additional practice problems, lectures and step-by-step audiovisual solutions to every homework and quiz problem make for a thorough and easy to use curriculum for both parent and student. Consistent review and real-world illustrations help reinforce both concepts taught, as well as the relevance of what they’re learning.

    The new hybrid CDs feature multiple improvements, including:

    Easy multiple user setup (built into program)
    An area where parents can access all of their students’ gradebooks.
    An editable gradebook where you can reset a particular lesson(s) without having to uninstall and reinstall.
    Easy gradebook backup and/or transfer.
    This kit includes: Student textbook, Answer booklet, and four hybrid CD-ROMs with lectures, problems, quizzes and solutions arranged by lesson.

    Specific levels for grades 3-7. After the elementary series is complete, students can advance through Pre-Algebra through Calculus for middle and high school.

  • History Go Fish and Memory games

    Learn historical facts while learning about history!

    History Go Fish comes in 5 different card decks: Ancient History, Medieval History, American History, Constitution, Bible.

    With each game, you can play up to 4 different types of games. Rules for each game are included. Cards and categories for each deck differ. To give you a sample, the list of categories for the medieval cards are:

    Architecture; Paintings; Aztecs, Incas, Mayas; Technology; Religion; Warriors; Royal Power; Warfare; People; Arabia; Castles; and Famous Medieval Leaders.

    History Memory comes in 2 different sets: Ancient and Medieval.

  • Economics for Everybody

    Economics: it’s everywhere, influencing everything — and so rarely understood.

    Economics for Everybody seeks to remedy that through an insightful and entertaining exploration of the principles, practices, and consequences of economics. Thoroughly unconventional, this church, family, and homeschool economics curriculum links entrepreneurship with lemonade, cartoons with markets, and Charlie Chaplin with supply and demand.

    If you’re confused about teaching economics, or are just looking for a great homeschool economics curriculum, this is the place to begin. It not only explains how economics works, it shows how economic freedom is directly related to religious freedom; it explores the differences between socialism, interventionism, and free markets; and it explains how stewardship is at the heart of a healthy economic system.

  • Kindergarten Complete

    Kindergarten Complete is an all-inclusive curriculum that integrates all subject areas within thematic units with a biblical worldview. The unites appeal to chilcren and provide a variety of activities for all learning styles and enrichment activities to challenge your child.

    The lesson plans in this curriculum cover Language Arts, mathematics, social studies, science, physical developement, fitness, fine arts, character development, and Bible. 144 detailed lesson plans and corresponding student worksheets are included in a sturdy three-ring binder. The program is easy for the parent to follow, and truly contains everything you need for a complete kindergarten program.