One thing that has really helped over the years with homeschooling multiple ages is unit studies. Yes, even in this Charlotte Mason-inspired homeschool. A unit study can be as elaborate or simple as you need it to be. I have written plenty of posts about our unit studies over the years (complete with literature lists) and even created 19 NaturExplorers guides which can easily be used as unit studies. I've also written practical, detailed posts about planning small and large unit studies for your own homeschool. Today, I thought I'd share a set of three simple steps that you can easily use to pull together a quick unit study for any topic of interest - history, science and ... Read More
Planning a Large Unit Study
(This post contains affiliate links.) In this final installment of my unit study series, I’m going to share with you how to design a unit study that is fairly in-depth. For those of you new to this series, you can catch up by reading... How To Plan a Unit Study Unit Study Projects Planning a Small Unit Study In this post, I'll walk you through how I plan for a large unit study, in particular Slavery and the Civil War. This study lasted about ten weeks! How do I go about putting together a thorough study on such a large topic? For the most part, the same way I put together a small unit. I always begin with the same basic steps: 1. I gather all the resources I currently ... Read More