Oh, how I love the memories we’ve created together when we’ve embarked on learning adventures as a family! These little snippets have been some of the most rewarding experiences during our elementary school years. Because we’ve often lacked the time to pursue time-intensive projects during our normal school routine, we’ve used the time off from […]
Our Essentials Experience, or How to Scale Back
How much time does Essentials take for a 4th grade boy who is somewhat allergic to holding a pencil (aka, does-not-like-to-write-stuff syndrome)? How do you scale it back? First, be encouraged! The first six weeks are like trying to take a sip out of a fire hydrant, but then we spend the rest of the […]
Family fun in Philly {50 States}
Now entering…. Pennsylvania! State #14 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. Stops for this trip were planned solely from the recommendations of Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood readers! For our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary, click here. In light of the current situation with our National Parks (which makes me a bit sick), I continue our memoirs from our trip back in May […]
Lincoln’s Boyhood Home in Indiana {50 States}
Now entering…. Indiana! State #17 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. Stops for this trip were planned solely from the recommendations of Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood readers! For our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary, click here. Our family just barely made it into Indiana on our big Mid-Eastern States trip. Our only stop was Lincoln’s Boyhood Home in Lincoln City, IN. The five […]
The Creation Museum and Louisville Kentucky {50 States}
Now entering…. Kentucky! State #16 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. Stops for this trip were planned solely from the recommendations of Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood readers! For our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary, click here. As we entered northern Kentucky, our first stop was The Creation Museum in Petersburg… If you’ve never been, you can go on a virtual tour of the […]
Hocking Hills and Hopewell in Ohio {50 States}
Now entering…. Ohio! State #15 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. Stops for this trip were planned from the recommendations of Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood readers! For our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary, click here. As we entered Ohio, we decided to go off the beaten path… to visit Old Man’s Cave in Hocking Hills State Park. I mean, what’s not […]
Memory Work Fun with LEGOs
Set up: Grab the LEGO game board template at Homeschooling on a Dime. (I laminated it because I knew it’d get a lot of use in our home.) Then, collect a stash of 2×2 (square) LEGO pieces and have each child find a minifigure. Instructions: Child answers memory work question and then gets to roll […]
Notebooking with Foldables
As we embark on our studies in astronomy, let’s revisit a method of notebooking that our children often request… Lapbooking, or notebooking with foldables. (Click here to see an assortment of lapbooks or foldable notebook pages we’ve completed.) Other homeschooling parents have asked why we would go through the trouble of using foldables to learn and […]
Dunn’s Falls in Mississippi
When you’re on the road and have a deadline to meet (as we sometimes do when traveling for my husband’s job)… and you’re aiming to specifically meet a friend you haven’t seen in years which takes you off-the-beaten path… sometimes you find a random place to explore. In this case, we stopped at Dunn’s Falls, […]