(This post contains affiliate links.) During the elementary and middle school years, our history studies – for the most part – take place as unit studies. In a relatively short amount of time, we can cover SO much material in fun and interesting lessons. And this unit was no exception! Over the course of about…
It’s hard to believe my littlest one is almost two. Time flies. He’s been up to some antics lately that I wanted to be sure to document….. During a family movie one evening, we made “real” popcorn in a pan on the stove. The following day, Eli was served corn as part of his lunch. …
We’re finishing up our Thirteen Colonies & Colonial Life Unit this week! I’ll be posting soon about the biggest chunk of the unit, but I wanted to take a minute to highlight the 13 Colonies lapbook/notebook we put together using: I had to do the legwork of locating library books about each of the Thirteen…
(This post contains affiliate links and links to my business website, Shining Dawn Books.) It was COLD in Central KY yesterday The nature walk part of our nature study was rather short – just a quick trip down to the creek bed to collect a variety of leaves. But once we got home – the…
We live in Central KY – what’s often called the “Horse Capital of the World”. We’re surrounded by beautiful horse farms and have the priviledge of living near the Kentucky Horse Park. With so much horse business going on in the area, there are two premier equine hospitals within easy driving distance. Lucky for us, Rood and Riddle…
Our Creation Club met this October for the last time until spring to study deciduous trees. Â We were as busy as beavers learning and having fun together! Â You’ll love the easy ideas and free printable that will work for any sized group of children. This post contains affiliate links. Deciduous Trees Lesson and Activities Partner…
Well, not exactly! We’ve been doing all sorts of hands-on learning during our Colonial History unit and one of the activities I had planned was making butter. At co-op over the years, the kids have had the opportunity to shake cream in baby food jars to make their own butter, so I didn’t think we…
Remember Mathwire? Boy, do they have some goodies for the fall season! Below are some of the activities we’ve done so far. Scarecrow Measurement Man Candy Corn Triangular Number Pattern Insect and Spider Problem Solving And these are on our to-do list…. ~Area and Perimeter of Leaves ~Coordinate Graph Jack-o-lantern Go have some fun with…
Yesterday was Tuesday and that means another busy, but very rich day of learning in our house. After a bit of Bible and math, we went outside for nature study from a distance. Instead of observing God’s creation up-close and personal, we took time to view the beautiful autumn trees as they grow in groupings. All…
Mahayla surprised me this morning with a very yummy breakfast in honor of my 37th birthday. I wasn’t allowed to come downstairs until it was ready – in other words, they made me stay in bed for an extra half-hour! When I was called down, everyone greeted me at the bottom of steps by singing…
That’s what we did yesterday! All in the name of nature study, of course. With some of Dad’s older socks (one white pair and one dark pair) the kids were instructed to run through as many fields, patches of weeds, fence rows – whatever they could find – and then come back home in ten…
What’s good about living on a gravel road in a drought? This…. The same child (who wants to be anonymous) made me an early birthday present. It’s a new broom made from alfalfa hay. It leaves the most lovely covering of alfalfa leaves on my porch as I sweep.