Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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Memory Work Review Games

While on a search for simple memory work review games that can be prepared easily and implemented “on-the-fly,” I’ve found (and made) some ideas that I just wanted to share with others! The thought here is that… if a teacher can find 6 games that his/her students like, those games can be repeated once per […]

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Woe is me, Washington, DC!

Now entering…. Washington, DC! Check out our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary. Can I be honest with you? This part of our trip made me go AAAACCCCKKKK! It even made me boo-hoo. More than once. We approached DC already planning to make a return trip when the boys are older, since there are many things they just […]

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Virginia’s for Lovers [of nature and history]!

  Now entering…. Virginia! State #10 of 50-States-Before-They-Graduate. Check out our Mid-Eastern States Itinerary. Stop #1:  Natural Bridge | Natural Bridge, VA Deemed the “Bridge of God” by the Monacan Indians, Natural Bridge was at one time owned by Thomas Jefferson…. …and surveyed by a young George Washington, who (according to legend) carved his initials into […]

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Notebooking through science or history

Just wanted to share a simple and effective idea for notebooking through science or history memory work. This example uses science and history cards, although you can create notebooking pages using pretty much any resource available to you. Copywork:  Our children refer to the picture on the front side of the card to draw an […]

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A Hornworm Horror Film

The main character: the Tobacco Hornworm Species: Manduca sexta He’s a confused kind of guy.  He keeps eating the tomato plants, probably from a lack of other options in our garden… (Note: We have a tobacco barn, but that’s just for looks.  It’s really just a giant doghouse. But the dogs don’t even use it.) That […]

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Of Curriculum and Schedules…

Now that I’ve posted about a bajillion links to resources, I thought I’d share a bit about our schedule and how we’ve used the links in the past. But… although I offer correlated resources here on our blog, we really don’t use much from our list of links anymore. This past year was full of […]

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A Super Mario Party

While preparing for our oldest son’s birthday, it dawned on me that I’ve let four months pass without sharing our Mario party, so here goes… The cake David requested a Mario birthday cake with a number 7.  Easy enough! I am not a baker at all, but I love to build things (but without fondant). […]

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World History Resources: 800 AD to 1994

Welcome to our on-line teaching resources for World History from the Medieval Period to Modern Day! This list of resources focuses on the time from the reign of Charlemagne through the wars and conflicts of the 20th century. I call this a link “buffet.” It is not intended that all of these resources be used. […]

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Ecology, Astronomy, and Physical Science Resources

Welcome to our on-line resources for ecology, astronomy, and physical science. Remember this is a link “buffet.” It is not intended that all of these resources be used. It’s simply an organized list of crafts, worksheets, or on-line resources that you can reference if you’re looking for activities to supplement a study of ecology, astronomy, […]