A few weeks ago we took a field trip to visit my friend Amy in South Carolina to work on a project. My husband loved the idea of taking a day off to go flying and my son was all for having a day out of our normal homeschool routine. For me though, Read More
In elementary school, I learned a little poem that I’ve remembered since. In August 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. October 12th they sighted land, And set their feet upon new sand. There were lots of other facts regarding Christopher Columbus’ adventures and questions raised throughout my school years about whether Columbus thought the Read More
September 17th marks the date thirty-nine delegates to the Constitutional Convention held their final meeting and signed our Constitution. It’s certainly a date worth celebrating. It’s definitely a date worth understanding what led to it, as well as what followed. image credit: archives.gov Ideas for Constitution Day Lessons Read the Constitution Show your Read More
My sweet family gave me an iPad this past Christmas. {Swoon} The first thing I did when I set my iPad up was to start searching for applications in the Education category. Okay, that’s not entirely true. It was the second thing I did after I installed Twitter. Well, at least I’m coming clean here. Read More
We absolutely love the DVD series America the Story of Us and I was delighted when we received a copy of the book on the same series. The book is simply beautiful. With gorgeous photography and illustrations provided on every page, it keeps both of us in rapt attention. It’s actually one of Little Buddy’s Read More
Great resources for learning U.S. Presidents and their contributions.
We’ve begun learning about our presidents for the past few weeks. I’m not quiet sure why I was dreading teaching about them, but I honestly had been. It was probably because I remember in great detail how I hated studying them when I was in elementary school.
Happy Veteran’s Day We’re remembering this important day today by taking time to do the following Pledge of Allegiance. Singing of the Star Spangled Banner Prayer followed by a moment of silence at 11 o’clock to remember all of our veteran’s Discuss family and friends who are veterans Send thank you notes to soldiers through Read More
I remember learning my multiplication tables when I was Little Buddy’s age and not exactly enjoying it. And that’s a major understatement. At dinner time, my Daddy would grill me on my sevens. At breakfast, my mother would quiz me with a that week’s numbers. And I still didn’t get them like I should have. Read More
As a homeschooling parent, you quickly figure out that you are the one responsible for teaching your child. I remember that moment all too well. It was like someone had doused me with a bucket of cold water. No lolly-gagging allowed, this was serious business. But I must say, we’ve done pretty well in our Read More
We are studying early American life. We are thoroughly enjoying America the Story of Us and reading books about that period of our history. Discovering about the lives of those who came before us is not only humbling, it’s truly inspiring. We’ve learned the importance of the tobacco plant to the livelihood of early settlers Read More
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