We did it! We studied 5,000 years of history in one summer! But before you think otherwise, the only reason we were able to cover this span of history in a single summer was because of the Western Civilization Calendar Quest Study (better known in our home just as Calendar Quest) by Brimwood Press. And lest […]
A Family Activity Christmas Countdown Calendar
If the truth be known… I maxed myself out when I made a hand-sewn felt Jesse Tree ornament holder. I know what you’re thinking: THAT maxed her out? Yeah. And I’m proud of it even if it looks like a 5-year-old did it. In case you’re wondering, crafting does not come easy for me. But Stephen heard […]
Timelines, Shoe Classification, and My Calendar Craze
In our lives this week… We played a Ten Commandments File Folder Game. (Do you know what it’s like when you picture something in your mind, and then when you implement it, it just seems utterly ridiculous? Our Ten Commandments game ended up that way, mainly because my oldest is starting to mature beyond my […]
Favorite Educational Games Books and Resources
Over the past couple of weeks, some of our friends have asked what we have enjoyed most out of all the books, studies, and games we’ve used… There’s no doubt we’ve purchased, reviewed, and tested out a TON of various books and resources over the past ten years, some of which were fantastic finds, some […]
Sneak Peek at Six Weeks
I’ve been intending to provide a weekly sneak-peek-at-our-week for about seven weeks now, but… our weeks keep running together! Instead, I’ll provide a six-week snippet of how things have been going in our neck of the woods. Most of our efforts have surrounded the launching of a new family side-business venture: Half-a-Hundred Acre Woodshop. I’m […]
Loops Schedules: Fine Arts, Hymn Study, and Western Civilization
We wanted to take a moment to share our loop schedules of the past with you, but when our family returns to a study of world empires, we will be using a different reading plan called Mission: World Wonders, a study that incorporates a cohesive, integrated study of missions, geography, hymns, and science, along with […]
Say what?!? Revisiting goals, plans, and schedules
Contrary to popular belief, it ain’t all sunshine and roses ’round here. It’s one thing to have a toddler unraveling the toilet paper, scribbling in the teacher’s manual, emptying the wastebasket (which of course is full of pencil shavings and spiral notebook debris), and throwing raw eggs into the laundry room. It’s another thing to have […]
Historical Novels for Engaging Thinkers
In the six years that this website has existed, I have never come across any resource that has challenged me so greatly as a set of four novels by Brimwood Press. It has taken our family three years to read these books – not because of their length (they are relatively short novels) and not because of their […]
Cycle 2 Reading Plans & Loop Schedules
Within this homeschooling journey, I’ve grown to thrive off of reading great books with my children. I treasure sharing stories with them. I also ask for feedback from my children to see what they would most like to learn. And so… this is how our plans have come into existence each year. Some parents like […]