I can’t tell you enough about how we have been blessed by reading the books below during our slavery and Civil War unit study.  These books were so fantastic – in information, emotion and ability put us in the midst of the time period.  I recommend each of them as living books!
(I haven’t included the [...]

We just finished up our study of Van Gogh.  As usual, I’m adding the resources from my sidebar into a post for future reference.  April is our last artist study for the school year.  (Yep, we’re almost finished with school – and looking forward to a nice, long summer break!!)  We’ll be studying Cezanne.  Those [...]

We’ve just finished learning about and listening to Mozart (one of my favorites.)  Next month is Chopin.  You’ll find his resources in the sidebar soon.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Classics For Kids Radio Shows
Click and Play Biography
Kid’s Bio and Music
Listen to Mozart
Books We Read

At co-op today, one of the mom’s room topics was about Easter plans  – meaningful celebrations and academic tie-ins.
I’ve linked to some of my previous posts about Easter and included some of the new ideas we talked about today.  I’m excited to start making plans for my children and I hope this helps you in [...]

Words cannot adequately express our trip to the Freedom Center in Cincinnati yesterday.  After spending so much time in our unit study learning about slavery in our country before and after the Civil War, we have become immersed in the sadness, courage and strength of slaves, abolitionists and those who risked their lives to help [...]