Since I’m kind of known as “the nature lady”, I’ve written about nature study more times than I can keep up with. If I can’t keep up with it, how could I possibly expect you to do so? So…I’ve decided to round up all the important nature learning posts in one handy spot. It’s all […]
Interest-Based Ocean Study
(This post contains affiliate links.) Interest-Based Rabbit Trails After our early autumn trip to the beach, Eli was immensely interested in beach life. When I found him pouring over one of our souvenir attraction maps, I knew it was wise to capitalize on his enthusiasm. So…a quick, delight-directed ocean study started immediately. Map Skills: I […]
Planning a Small Unit Study
We’re finally into some practical posts in my series about unit studies! In my first post, I posted about how I design unit studies for our homeschool. In the second post, I wrote about incorporating project-based learning into the units. Now, I’d like to share with you a very short and simple study we completed […]
Patriotic Fun
Looking for a simple way to engage your children in some fun learning this summer? Why not try a few learning centers! What is a learning center? Quite simply, a few goodies based on a certain theme that you put together for your children to explore. Yep, that’s it. Easy and intriguing. Here’s the latest […]
Inventors and Inventions Unit Study
Gotta Admit… I was somewhat dreading this unit about inventors and inventions because the topic seemed rather dry and dull, but I was in for a pleasant surprise once we dove in!! The A Journey Through Learning lapbook was an outstanding spine. I had never used one of their lapbooks before, but it won’t be […]