Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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Our CC Cycle 1 Booklist

After many hours + hours + hours, I’ve finally finished updating my booklist for Cycle 1. In compiling this list, I have sorted through book reviews and recommendations by others I trust, including (but not limited to) Sonlight, Tapestry of Grace, and Veritas Press, as well as the 1000 Good Books List, Gospel Coalition, Old-Fashioned […]

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Where my Love of Books Has Led Me {Heart Talk}

Booklists, Reading Correlations, and Reviews, Oh My! By now it’s probably pretty obvious that I love books. I love to read them. I love to review them. I love to share good ones with others. I’m still considering where this website may take us one day. Can I share my heart with you? Can I […]

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The Mystery of History Volume IV: A Review

It’s chronological. It’s Christian. And now it’s complete! For those who have been searching for a comprehensive, Christ-centered history curriculum, the fourth and final volume of The Mystery of History (MOH) has arrived, so let’s give you a glimpse of what’s in store! As we wrap up our reading of the four volumes of Story of […]

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Orchestra & Famous Composers

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Woodwinds and Brass and Percussion and Strings, These are a few of my favorite things! Once upon a time, I played flute, piccolo, bass drum, cymbals and baritone (but… not all at the same time). In high school, I placed my flute on a shelf to collect years […]

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The Three-Week Binge, Once Again

I’m afraid it’s been a while since I last featured what’s happening in our family. Once Gary returned from Brazil, we hit life at full-speed-double-time. The only way I was able to catch back up around here was to order a gigantic snowed-in snow-week! As soon as Gary returned, we unveiled our big surprise for […]

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CC Cycle 1 Planners

Due to special requests from Classical Conversations families, within our CC Cycle 1 planners, we included reading correlations, book lists, and a Memory Work Review plan to keep the memory work fresh without review becoming cumbersome and overwhelming. Check it out here. For a basic planner without the booklist, reading correlations, and memory work review […]

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An Accordion Timeline Notebook

Throughout our history studies, we’ve enjoyed keeping a timeline – on the wall and in a notebook.  Our first experience with using an accordion-style timeline was when we completed two Homeschool in the Woods Time Travelers History Studies three years ago. Since then, our timeline-and-history-obsessed son has wanted to use an accordion timeline for his entire […]

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Three Weeks in Review and Our Homeschool Q&A

It’s been a slow a-cranking-back-up this month, but January is always kind of like that for us. Even with our slowly cranking-up school days, life still seems to race by. I blink and the weekend is once again upon us. How can time pass so fast?!? Is it really 2015? [And are those really Fruit […]

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America the Beautiful: U.S. History Study (1000 AD to Present)

Every time we cycle back through a year of U.S. History study, I usually piece together an assortment of various books and activities from different curriculum companies and websites based on my children’s interests. This year our family is trying out a one-year study of American history that is chronological, complete, and simple to use. […]