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! **The links in this post are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Little Passports is posting an exciting […]
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Great American Postcard Swap: Colorado
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! Some Facts about Colorado: The colors on the Colorado flag stand for the red soil, white snow-capped mountains, blue skies, and golden sunshine. In the Centennial State’s southwest corner you can stand […]
Great American Postcard Swap: California
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! Some facts about California: California is the Golden State The home of the only mobile national monument, the cable car, and home to the highest point in the continental United States […]
Great American Postcard Swap: Arkansas
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! Some facts about Arkansas: We were curious about the pronunciation and spelling of Ar-can-saw, and I found the history behind its name here. The South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink tomato is […]
Great American Postcard Swap: Arizona
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 […]
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 […]
From the Diary of a Homeschool Kid
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 […]