With all the distractions that fall upon us in the coming weeks, it’s easy to miss out on the most important part of this season – that the Word became flesh. The Son of God left His glory on high to live in this broken world all because of love. How can I so easily forget to stop […]
Our First Week {and Three Tips for a Simple Start}
Week Number One. I think it’s the most intimidating week of the year for me. At least at the beginning of the year it is (but when February rolls along, I’ll probably say that every week). Nevertheless, always at the close of our first week, there exists this sense of accomplishment, regardless of what actually happened during the week. So, even […]
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 […]
New to this website? Start here!
Howdy! Thanks for dropping by Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood! I just wanted to take a few moments to let you know the what, why, and how of this website since it can be overwhelming to pop over here without a little background information. Simply stated, this blog started in 2010 as an effort to connect with […]
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 […]
Favorite Picture Books: Medieval to Modern
Welcome to our family’s list of favorite picture books for Medieval to Modern world history (along with astronomy, English grammar, and fine arts). After investing in many books over the past several years, we’ve decided to let you in on what our favorites have been! We’ve selected the following books as personal family favorites because […]
Great Big Ole Book Giveaway 2016
As our family reorganized our bookshelves this summer, we decided to release a few of our books to bless another family who may wish to add some Medieval-to-Modern world history related reading to their home library. This giveaway ended on July 26, 2016. Thank you to all who participated! Be sure to check back in […]
CC Cycle 2 Read Aloud Plan
Of all that I share here on this blog, searching through books to develop our reading plans is what I spend the most time doing, as I hope to choose books that our family cherishes reading together (and your family cherishes as well, should you choose to use our reading plans!). The only problem is… […]
Ten Thousand Miles?!?
It’s been pretty quiet over here at Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood lately. That’s because we’ve just completed a 38-day road trip with over 150 stops in 20 different states crossing 4 different U.S. time zones and traveling a total of 10,334 miles (all in a minivan). And somehow I thought I was going to continue writing and posting […]