This list of resources will be in the sidebar for a little while, too, but I wanted to be sure those who use blog readers have a chance to see this list before Thanksgiving! We won’t be doing a Thanksgiving unit this year, but several books will be in books baskets and book nooks [...]

Well, I shamefully admit that you may see Cezanne in the sidebar again next school year.  We finished up school around the middle of April and when we were done, we were DONE!  Artist and composer study didn’t happen.  The way I look at it – I’m one step ahead of the game as the [...]

In researching and making plans for our unit on the westward expansion, I was reminded about another important event in history that I couldn’t possibly leave out of our learning time – the Industrial Revolution, including the subject of child labor.  My children were very much moved by the thought of children working so hard, [...]