In honor of Memorial Day I think it is good to educate our children about why we celebrate this holiday. I have gathered up a list of Children’s Books for Memorial Day to us with your children. Memorial Day is traditionally observed on May 30, but is now officially observed on the last Monday in May. […]
I have a very hands-on learner in my house. She is my child who loves to create lapbooks and notebooks that she can hold on to and look at over and over again. I will often spend time putting together a unit on something because she has become interested in it. Therefore I am thrilled […]
Geography lends itself to some fun games. One of the things my children like to do is a sort of atlas scavenger hunt. For this reason I am creating a series of World Geography Scavenger Hunt printables. This North & Central America printable is the second in my series of World Geography Scavenger Hunt printables. […]
We are studying world geography in our house this year. From my teen down to my eight year old we have been doing things like creating atlases, and playing geography games. One thing we haven’t gotten a lot of is cultural education. For instance the languages, customs, architecture and more of the places we are […]
We have found one of the most fun things to do with geography is to “find” things. My kids love it when you give them a country, landmark or physical attribute such as river, mountain, body of water, and they race to see who can find it. Since we find this to be so much […]
I am a big believer in using historical fiction to teach history, as well as to learn about history myself. Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres of literature! This is a landing page for all the historical fiction related articles I have written. I will continue to write about historical fiction, and thus […]
Shakespeare for kids! Who am I kidding? This is not just Shakespeare for kids, but for adults too! If you were anything like I was in school, Shakespeare was a tough nut to crack. With the ancient Shakespearean language it was difficult to follow and understand. As I teach my own children, I hope to […]
We are always looking for new games to play in our house. All of our kids love to be able to choose a game and have us all play together. We were recently introduced to Kings of Israel which is a Christian board game. {Disclosure: I received Kings of Israel for free in exchange for my […]
Are you looking for high school level World History Curriculum? Want something that your student can be independent with? Print or digital? Then Paradigm Accelerated World History Curriculum might be just what you are looking for! I love doing unit studies for history and science, but as my teen moves through the high school years […]
When studying history, it is helpful to also study geography. Knowing where something is located, what is around it, and what the climate is like offers clues as to the cultural climate at any given place in history or currently. Therefore we use these techniques to learn countries and capitals as part of our history/geography […]
Inspired by the series, Great Black Heroes, this is the fifth in a series of posts meant to honor Black History Month. Through this series we will cover some of the great, and not so well know contributions of blacks and African-Americans. This fifth book is, Great Black Heroes: Five Famous Writers. 1. Langston Hughes […]
Inspired by the series, Great Black Heroes, this is the fourth in a series of posts meant to honor Black History Month. Through this series we will cover some of the great, and not so well know contributions of blacks and African-Americans. This fourth book is, Great Black Heroes: 5 Brilliant Black Scientists 1. Susan McKinney […]