Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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What you made possible… again!

Deep down, I was hoping I would eventually have the opportunity to buy a Jesus well with the profits made off of this website. And you did it! Not only have you sponsored a child in Brazil via Compassion International (meet Jose here!), you have also provided water to an entire village in Asia. I honestly […]

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Christian Theology and Ancient Polytheism: Study for the Dialectic

“In the same way that the dark deepens one’s appreciation for the light, the ramifications of falsehood make the truth that much more compelling.” (Christian Theology and Ancient Polytheism, page 10) Even with knowledge of many memorized scriptures, Bible stories, the plan of salvation, and apologetics, youth can still lack an understanding of theology and […]

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Burgess Falls Tennessee and How Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood Came to Be {50-states}

Once upon a time a former-oilfield-man-gone-real-estate-agent and a former-engineer-gone-high-school-math-teacher lived in Knoxville, Tennessee. As I chased my corporate motherhood dreams and aspirations to return to an engineering career, we moved down to Houston, Texas, where I learned about how God can turn our biggest failures into His greatest successes. After I had settled down to […]

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Christmas wRap 2013 – Our Year in Rhyme

Recounting the events of Twenty Thirteen January, December, and the months in between. Our year has been full of travel and fun, So let us track back through the things that we’ve done. January marked our first trip to Disney. Levi was enamored with a duck named Daisy. We met our good Florida friends at […]

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Great Artists Study & Project Ideas: The Impressionists

During this year’s Great Artist study, we’ll be learning about six artists from the Renaissance, Post-Renaissance, & Impressionist periods. Discovering Great Artist by MaryAnn Kohl and Kim Solga includes short biographies and kid-friendly, hands-on art lessons in the styles of over 80 different well-known artists, but we wanted to expound on ways to liven up […]

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My Ebenezer Stones

Samuel took a large stone and placed it between the towns of Mizpah and Jeshanah. He named it Ebenezer—”the stone of help”—for he said, “Up to this point the Lord has helped us!” —1 Samuel 7:12, NLT As I was cleaning underneath our bedside table this weekend, I found what was left of a little tube of ointment […]

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Memory Master Tips & Tricks

Over the years, I’ve had other families ask about how we review memory work, especially as it relates to Memory Master Proofing each spring. Let me be upfront and mention that after almost a decade of sending our children successfully through the Memory Master process, we found that the end result of those particular efforts […]

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Monster Truck Party {Free Printables}

Five years ago, we were blessed with our third son, Levi, our Texas-born, Tennessee-raised country farmer, dirt-loving hillbilly boy who can name a thousand different pieces of construction equipment (and was able to pronounce the word “excavator” before he could say “cup”). But this year, he finally ventured out to something new… and asked for […]

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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 […]