It seems like Thanksgiving gets pushed aside in favor of the Black Friday “holiday.” But, this holiday deserves to get some attention, and shopping really can wait until Friday. Since I enjoy researching things and learning the “who, what, when, where, and why” behind them, I stumbled upon this book, Thank You, Sarah! and read it […]
History
Living History: Honor Flight
Heroes Last week, my husband went on the Honor Flight to accompany veterans from WWII and the Korean War. The flight left early in the morning and returned the same night to a celebratory crowd of supporters. These veterans spent a whirlwind day in Washington, DC, visiting the WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War Memorials […]
Real Teens Read: Hagood Mill Field Trip
To accompany this month’s book, Walk Two Moons, our Real Teens Read group packed up and hit the road for a field trip to a historic mill, built in 1845. We were treated to a tour and oral history narrative by Mr. Ed, who is passionate about what he does, and kept us on the […]
Real Teens Read: To Kill a Mockingbird
Our teen literature discussion group just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and we met last week to discuss the book and some poetry selections, and to watch the movie version. The teens were totally engrossed in this film and were visibly moved by it. The teens filled out character charts as they read, […]
Real Teens Read: The Diary of a Young Girl
Our Real Teens Read group read Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl this month. Powerful, beautiful, engrossing, heartbreaking — this memoir should be required reading for everyone. What a delightful, vibrant young woman she was, and what a talented writer! I found this month to be tough, because I couldn’t get through much of the history […]
Curriculum: History Resources
Curriculum Fair is a place for me to share the curriculum we use. However, we modify and revamp as we go along. Our homeschooling journey is always changing! History with Living Books We have been using Sonlight since we started homeschooling as the base for our curriculum, except for the year that we did the Prairie Primer unit […]
The Far East Learning Activities
We are studying two different Sonlight Cores this year, and I’m trying to coordinate them so we are all at least learning about the same countries or cultures at the same time. All three boys are listening to the read-alouds from both Cores, but my oldest is reading his Core 5 readers on his own.To […]
Hands-On History: Covered Wagons
Learning History Through Hands-On Activities The covered wagon train is safe! The pioneers are being led by Indiana Jones, two brave Jawas, and some mighty Ewoks. All is safe on the trail. We bought some wooden covered wagon kits and spent the afternoon building them as we learned more about the prairie schooners. The boys […]