Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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Free Handwriting Resources and Workbook

For a couple of years, our family used the Prescripts series for penmanship and drawing practice. However, as one of our children progressed from Book 1:  Introduction to Cursive Writing & Tracing to Book 2: Writing Cursive Words and Practicing Drawing Skills, we encountered quite a setback. There was such a huge leap from one book to the […]

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John 1 Copywork: Print and Cursive Penmanship

As we prepare a bit for next year, we share our John 1 Copywork in print and cursive. Download the files below: John 1 in English Print Copywork John 1 in Latin Print Copywork John 1 in English Cursive Copywork John 1 in Latin Cursive Copywork Note: The English copywork above corresponds to the translation […]

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The Nuremberg Trials… and Homeschooling?!

Photo Credit: National Catalog Archives – https://catalog.archives.gov/id/540127 In May 2012, I was granted permission by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine to share the following article that originally appeared in their Fall 2011 issue. Because we were studying WWII at the time, it had caught my eye. “Caught my eye” turned into one of the most thought-provoking, chilling, […]

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Trash to Treasure Piggy Banks

For the sake of capturing a memory, here’s the Trash-to-Treasure Piggy Bank creations our boys made for our local 4-h club competition this year. Levi’s Rocket:       He won 1st place for his grade level! Stephen’s Flashlight:   Stephen won 2nd place for his grade level! And somehow I cannot find the photos […]

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Erasable Fine-Tipped Permanent Marker?

Using dry-erase markers on page protectors and laminated maps have proven frustrating because: it erases before you’re finished. the fine-tipped dry-erase markers are not fine-enough-tipped for us. Likewise, using wet erase has proven to be quite messy for us, especially when using them on page protectors, as it tends to leave them sticky. (Plus, we […]

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Newton’s Laws of Motion… Simplified

This week, Newton’s Laws of Motion provided us with a nearly-last-minute 4-H Demonstration. We chose some of the simplest experiments to explore the Laws of Motion… Newton’s First Law of Motion Garfield learned that he really should buckle his seat belt, for an object in motion will continue moving at the same speed until an […]

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Be-real-ism: Another Reality Check

Crumbs lie on the floor. Disheveled piles of papers scatter across the kitchen counters. Legos blanket just about everything in our home. And we had cereal for supper. Again. I just finished a giveaway event of resources we use, and we indeed use them. But not all the time. Not even frequently. This brings me […]

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Assembly-Line Valentines

Merging an assembly-line idea with a popular February holiday, we have finished this year’s Valentines, and with time to spare!  (And with a great Industrial Revolution history tie-in, too!) Because I could not find gummy hearts at the store, I settled for some great big heart marshmallows, which, by the way, can be EXTREMELY messy if you are trying to cut them […]

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Classical Music Study: Free SQUILT Lessons

As our family has explored different ways to incorporate classical music study into our home throughout the year, I’ve discovered several resources and methods that do not work for us (mainly because of… me!). Back in November, I planned to make our own classical music studies, starting with a childhood favorite, Prokofiev. About that time, […]