One of the end-of-the-year writing projects I gave the kids was to research any country of interest around the world and create a report and presentation. Mahayla chose Uganda since her Sunday school class sponsors a child from Uganda through Holt International. The project became very personal and worthwhile for her as she learned more [...]

Oops, I have to admit that we have moved on just a bit from this unit already.  We’re currently in the middle of a US Government lapbooking unit from Knowledge Box Central.  I’ll add a post about our lapbook study once it’s complete.  After that, we’re taking a science break with a unit on energy.  [...]

We did it!  Well, I guess you could say we (the four of us) AND two sets of grandparents did it!!  Yes, it took eight people in all to finish this puzzle. Now that we know the tricks to the puzzle, it will probably be easier the next time around. It’s a wonderful puzzle for [...]