Welcome to our link buffet for CC Cycle 1 Week 24! All of the following resources (and more) have already been available (organized by subject) on our Cycle 1 Resources Page. There are several resources on our Cycle 1 Subject Resources Pages that span multiple weeks. Don’t forget to check them out (especially math, science, […]
World History & Geography Resources: Ancient through Modern
Here’s our resource link buffet for World History: Ancient to Modern Times. As I come across new and improved resources, I will update this webpage to reflect those discoveries, so be sure to bookmark this page and check back often! (Note: For Classical Conversations users, this list may be used with Cycle 1 Foundations – […]
Biology & Earth Science Resources
Here’s our resource link buffet for Zoology, Botany, and Earth Science. As I come across new and improved resources, I will update this website to reflect those discoveries, so be sure to bookmark this page and check back often! Follow Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood’s board CC Cycle 1 Science on Pinterest. Biology & Earth Science Resources {For […]
Basic Drawing Skills: Six Weeks of Lesson Ideas
Thanks to homeschooling, I am slowly-but-surely learning how to draw (among many other things that I’ve learned alongside my children). This is a big feat for someone who has only drawn free-body diagrams (physics) and stick figures (not physics). Here I’ll give you what has worked best for me, a beginner, in drawing. We’ll start […]
English Grammar Resources: Prepositions, Linking & Helping Verbs
Welcome to our list of resources for practicing prepositions, linking verbs, and helping verbs. This list of grammar resources provides practice with learning and applying these elements of English grammar. In the primary grades (K-2), our children learn quite a bit of English grammar through our custom-built plan based on the Words are Categorical […]
Keeping a Timeline: Timeline Resources
Keeping a visual timeline has been one of our favorite history learning activities. It has provided a way for us to understand circumstances leading up to and surrounding historical events. It has provided a context for us to connect the various things going on across the world at the same time through history. And it’s […]
Favorite Free Latin Resources
Latin’s certainly on my mind a lot lately as we get much more serious about Latin studies in our home. The more we study Latin, the more I love it – and the more value I find in studying this “dead language.” To tell the truth, Latin is much more alive than I’ve given it credit for. In fact, Latin […]
WWII Wrap-up
And, now… after 16 weeks… we have finally finished our official WWII Unit Study. As our WWII history buff, Stephen requested this special project after completing the Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression. As we closed out the school year, he even told me that “if we don’t finish the WWII projects before summer, that’s okay. Because […]
I was scared. Really scared.
Today I came across a video of a homeless man joining a musician in worship (boy, this video makes me cry such good tears!) and it reminded me of something I wrote shortly after we moved to the backwoods of Tennessee. (Really, a trip to Houston should not freak me out all that much, seeing how […]