(This post contains affiliate links.) The Main Lessons Our Kentucky unit study was mostly worksheet-based, with final projects being research-based. Why did this hands-on, literature-based momma choose to use worksheets?? Well first, I wanted the unit to be fairly quick. Second, my oldest has covered this topic before at co-op, so it just made more sense to provide each kiddo with worksheets covering different topics. And third, for the oldest (age 10), I wanted her lessons to be completed independently as much as possible. Not to mention, the worksheets in The Big Kentucky Activity Book are really fun. Kentucky Unit Study Notebooks All the worksheets were compiled into unit ... Read More
Pontoon Tour
In October, we were blessed to take a *free* pontoon tour of the KY River in Frankfort with my parents. The city offers this tour weekly late spring through early fall as a unique historical guided tour of Kentucky's capital city. Boats, dams, bridges, flood walls, historical sties, historical stories and more made for fascinating science and history lessons! As a nature study, a boat tour is a great way to observe river life from a new perspective. Trees, plants, rocks, landforms, erosion, decomposition, evidence of flood, water animals, animals that live near water, predator/prey relationships and many more opportunities presented themselves just during this hour-long ... Read More