Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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What we’ve been up to…

Introducing… Isaac Henry Ferrell! June 11, 2014 12:52 pm 8 lb 9 oz, 21.5 in. My water broke six hours before our scheduled cesarean.  What a whirlwind of unexpected surprise! Delivery went very well!  Recovery is still in progress, but we are at home and recuperating …and lovin’ every minute!     Thank you for […]

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Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Resources

Welcome to our on-line resources for Cycle 3 of the Classical Conversations Foundations program. Here you will find our organized list of supplemental crafts, worksheets, videos, and other on-line resources corresponding with the weekly memory work. We offer these lists as a quick reference for those who wish to easily find such resources. This portion […]

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U.S. History Resources

Here’s our resource link buffet for U.S. History!. As we come across new and improved resources, we hope to update this website to reflect those discoveries, so be sure to bookmark this page and check back often! American History Resources & Activities All Years – American History Overview (Scroll down for individual topics) The Great […]

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English Grammar Resources: Verb Principal Parts & Sentences

Welcome to our list of resources for practicing verbals, principal parts of verbs, sentence parts, and sentence structure/pattern. This list of grammar resources provides practice with learning and applying these elements of English grammar. This Principal Parts of Verbs Chart provides a simple way to practice writing in the principal verb parts each week. Students […]

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United States Geography Resources

Our geography focus for the coming year includes U.S. states & capitals, territories, trails, great lakes, rivers, and other prominent features. Memorization is our first goal using the show-me / tell-me method, along with tracing or drawing the outline of the United States (and individual state outlines if you or your child feels so inclined). Of […]

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A Less-Stress Summer School

We’ve wrapped up our year, and though we will be taking it easy this summer, there are a few things we’ll be working on so as to not go completely brain-dead this summer. In the past I’ve had better plans (like last year’s Calendar Quest study, which I highly recommend to anyone who wants a […]

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Utopian Plans vs. Everyday Reality

Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it’s the Lord’s purpose that prevails.  Proverbs 19:21 Raise your hand if you ever make plans that don’t go as planned. If you’re not raising your hand, then this post is likely not for you.  But for anyone else, let me give you a little background. […]

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John 1 Latin Flashcards & Games

Years ago, I wasn’t at all interested in the Latin part of a classical education. I didn’t see why we needed to learn Latin when we could learn a more “useful” language. However, we decided to trust wiser and more experienced folks and just go with it. At first, we just memorized verb and noun […]

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Our Field Trips and Activities {2013-2014 in Review}

I realized I dropped the ball this year on one of my biggest priorities in blogging, which is my family. I did not chronicle our lives to the extent I have in the past, and both my children and husband noticed. So… here’s one last post that covers many of the things I wish I […]