Author: Cindy

I'm a homeschooling mom of three wonderful children living on a cattle farm in Central KY with my college sweetheart hubby. We're a Charlotte Mason family with bits and pieces of Classical education thrown in for good measure. We love unit studies, lapbooking, notebooking and lots of living literature! I personally enjoy encouraging and inspiring other homeschoolers.
Photo of a science experiment about different blood types.

Human Body Systems

Considering God’s Creation has been the spine curriculum for our 6th grade human body study.  As always, I added a few things here and there to amp things up a notch.  So, besides the {wonderful} notebooking pages that come with Considering God’s Creation, we did the activities and worksheets below, too. Sadly, I don’t have…

The Letter W

Preschool fun with the letter W (This post contains affiliate links.) Watery stickers fill in the letter W. Naming and sorting water animal cards. A watery poster for our wall made from blue construction paper and real-life ocean animal stickers. Learning about the waters of the world by jumping around on our fabric world map….

Middle ages unit study image with icon of a jester with an old guitar

Middle Ages Study

(This post contains affiliate links.) While Mahaya (9th grade) was busy with Romans, Reformers and Revolutionaries, Caleb (6th grade) and I enjoyed a shorter, simpler unit study about the medieval era. Middle Ages Study His “spine” curriculum was the Middle Ages lapbook from In the Hands of a Child.  Since Caleb really hates handwriting, I…

Dr. Seuss in Middle School

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!  In honor of his birthday, some of my blogging friends and I would like to share some fun ideas for teaching from Dr. Seuss in middle school.  The content of so many Dr. Seuss books is far more rich than you might imagine! Dr. Seuss in Middle School: The Sneetches Our…

The Letter V

Preschool Activities for the Letter V (This post contains affiliate links.) A volcano made from construction paper became our alphabet poster for the letter V. Sorting veggies from fruit doubled as a nutrition lesson. Valentine cookies are an easy recipe for preschoolers to help with – and yummy! Because it was pretty outside (and because…