Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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University-Ready Writing

If you’re looking for a resource that teaches note-taking skills, formal writing models, the Five Canons of Rhetoric, and/or the Five Common Topics, we highly recommend IEW’s new course, University-Ready Writing. University-Ready Writing is a 12-week video-based course which teaches high school students advanced note-taking skills and writing techniques in preparation for college-level writing. It […]

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High School Science: Experience Biology

Our family has come across some high school-level biology courses that have  prepared our sons well for college. However, we wanted to share a video-based option that helps families in tackling this often challenging subject. We’re excited to share a high school biology course that not only provides quality, self-paced instruction (with labs and dissections!), […]

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Why we do what we do. And an honest update.

We’ve experienced it. We had embraced family-style homeschooling for several years when our eldest son entered high school. Suddenly, our family felt pulled in different directions. A large reason we started homeschooling was for family togetherness, and yet we witnessed unity and connection disintegrating right in front of us. At that time, we re-evaluated our […]

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High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek Two

Intimidated by homeschooling high school? You don’t have to be! We’ve done the planning for you with High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek series. A few years ago, we started to pursue a long-term vision of developing a complete course of study for Grades 1-12, one in which families can experience many of the benefits […]

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The Nutcracker – A Mini-Art Tutorial

We’ve enjoyed having our eldest son among us while he’s home from college. This week gave me a glimpse of a life once lived in our home – one where four boys worked together on assignments and projects…. Before this chapter of his life, I knew I would miss this. I just didn’t realize how […]

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Christmas Wrap 2023

Another year down, ’23 in the book. What happened this year? Now let’s take a look! The start of the year is the best to begin. When the boys and their dad finished up at Bag End. (Bag End is the nickname for a tiny home we built for our sons who are going to […]

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Light of the World Candleholder Craft

With a theme this summer of light vs. darkness, our community’s choir camp focused on building crafts related to light. Before tackling this craft, we discussed Matthew 5:16… Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. …and explored ways we can […]

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Curriculum Picks, Schedules, & Lessons Learned

When our eldest son graduated two years ago, I had no idea how much it would shift my priorities and our family dynamic. While it’s been a joy to watch him pursue his post-homeschool educational endeavors (and work in his first research internship with Oak Ridge National Laboratory), the honest truth is that… when he […]

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Homeschool High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek One

Intimidated by homeschooling high school? You don’t have to be! We’ve done the planning for you with High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek series. A few years ago, we started to pursue a long-term vision of developing a complete course of study for Grades K-12, one in which families can experience many of the benefits […]