We’re participating in the Great American Postcard Swap with other homeschool families, sending out postcards all over the country, and hopefully receiving 50 in all! Here are some facts about Arizona: The Grand Canyon State’s capital is Phoenix. The beautiful Saguaro Cactus Blossom is the state flower, the state bird is the cactus wren, and […]
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Great American Postcard Swap: Alaska
We’re participating in the Great American Postcard Swap with other homeschool families, sending out postcards all over the country, and hopefully receiving 50 in all! Here are some facts about Alaska: The capital of Alaska is Juneau. Alaska’s most northern point is Barrow, and the sun doesn’t set there for 84 days in the summer. The […]
Great American Postcard Swap: Alabama
We’re participating in the Great American Postcard Swap with other homeschool families, sending out postcards all over the country, and hopefully receiving 50 in all! Alabama Our first postcard arrived — from Alabama. The boys were so happy to have mail! We will be learning about the states and filling out notebooking pages as we go […]
Schoolroom Treasures
My favorite thrift store finds for the schoolroom have added a fun and functional touch to our shelves. The globe was still in the box, complete with the light bulb, and IT WORKS! Scored for only six dollars. I also picked up the cool spinning display rack for only $3, and it’s the perfect size […]
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 […]
Have You Found The Tomten?
As we count down to Christmas, we are having fun reading our favorite Christmas books every night for read aloud time. What are your favorite Christmas books? We have many favorites that we pull out over and over again. But, we have just discovered The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren. I was a huge Pippi Longstocking […]
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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 […]