The Mystery of History

You may be geared up and ready for the 2024-2025 school year (or not) but that doesn’t mean you’re entering an easy season! Join me, Linda Lacour Hobar, author and veteran homeschool mom, for my “Top…

Have you heard? Our publisher, Bright Ideas Press, has just released The Mystery of Science!  We are so excited to see this new addition to the Bright Ideas family. Designed for 4th-8th grade, the fi…

Do you struggle with your summer to-do list? Do the weeks of summer slip away too fast? Are the kids restless while you’re overwhelmed? I understand. Summer can be fun and frustrating all at the same…

Let’s be honest; some of you need help with world history for students 13 years and up—especially if you’re counting credits for high school! Why? The reasons are varied, but some of you feel pressur…

From time to time I post an audiobook excerpt from our series and convert it to a podcast, because I’m passionate about world history and don’t want you to miss some of the best stories we have. Well…

Are you overwhelmed by curriculum choices? Do you get stressed over daily lesson plans? Do you worry when you don’t finish a program? We understand. We’ve all been boxed in and stressed out by curric…

It’s hard not to notice that Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us. Every year the retailers bombard us with candy, cards, and heart shaped chocolates boxes. But it begs the question, what has any of tha…

Home education is a journey with lots of twists and turns. One of many ways to help navigate the good days and the bad is to incorporate audiobooks! For inspiration, join me and my guest, Jim Hodges …

You may know the tender Christmas carol titled “Good King Wenceslas.”  But you may not know the tragedy behind this true medieval story!  Join me this Christmas season for an audio narration of “Good…

Many a student has wondered why the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor about halfway through World War II. I confess that the incident seems "out of place" in World War II where Europeans and Russians were…

This is “Understanding the Middle East (Part 3.)  This audiobook excerpt is designed to help with “some” understanding of today’s headlines.  While I can’t make full sense of the current war in Israe…

I’m going to interrupt our regularly scheduled podcasts to bring you “Understanding the Middle East (Parts 1-3).” These audiobook excerpts are designed to help with “some” understanding of today’s he…

Welcome to “Understanding the Middle East” (Part 2.)  This audiobook excerpt is designed to help with “some” understanding of today’s headlines.  While I can’t make full sense of the current war in I…

Planning to teach ancient history? Need help integrating the Bible? Listen to Linda Lacour Hobar, author of The Mystery of History, as she takes you from Creation to the birth of Christ in a 30-minut…

If you like Read-Alouds in your family, or need help liking read alouds in your family, you will love hearing from our guest Dr. Michelle Dunham, the founder of Ruby Reads. Michelle has gone a step f…