Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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Summertime Stories: Part 1

We started out the summer with a trip to Destin as a special reward for Stephen’s diligence in striving to become a “Memory Master.” Though the dolphin cruise fit in nicely with our Island of the Blue Dolphins and Nim’s Island unit studies,   Gary reminded me: “You know, Brandy, it doesn’t HAVE to be about learning…” […]

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Care to join us…?

Care to join us for dinner?   The conversation is quite engaging…   And we always eat at least ONE BITE of our veggies: though sometimes Mom needs a microscope to see it.  Like David’s “bite” of carrot here. Sometimes we WEAR our food…   Sometimes we SHARE our food: We make important discoveries… Rigatoni noodles ARE like […]

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I spy… America City

It’s not often I’ve found a video game that I think has any usefulness whatsoever.  In fact, I really don’t much care for that thing they call the Wii. (Yes, I’m an overreactive mother who thinks that it’s a waste of time, money, energy, and brainwaves to play videogames, for the most part… but the fact […]

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Creepy Crawly Critters

It’s summertime in Tennessee, which means lots of critter collecting… After chasing grasshoppers all over the yard, Levi finally caught one all by himself! See, Mommy?  SQUISH!   With better luck, this cricket survived Levi’s observations…   Walking out to Flat Rock, Stephen found a very unusual sight: Walnut Caterpillar Moth Caterpillars.  It kind of makes […]

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Pocketful of Prayers

Due to circumstances in many of my friends’ and family’s lives, I’ve been thinking a lot about prayer, and how many times I’ve told someone, “I’m praying for you.” I wonder… how many times have they actually believed me? I want to be sure that when I say it, I really do mean it!   And […]

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Narrowing it down: What we’re actually doing

Someone recently asked, “So out of all this great stuff you’ve posted over the last few weeks, what do you actually plan on using this year?”  I thought others may be thinking the same thing.  And my concern is that some may be so overwhelmed with everything I’ve posted that they have no idea how […]

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Free Science Resources: Human Anatomy & Chemistry

Welcome to our resource link buffet for Anatomy, Chemistry, and Origins! As we come across new and improved resources, we’ll update this website to reflect those discoveries, so be sure to bookmark this page and check back often! If you find outdated links, please let us know so we can fix them for you! We […]

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Ultimate List of Math Resources: Operations, Conversions, Laws, and More!

Math Resources for teaching multiplication, unit conversions, geometry, math laws and more… The following links may be used for basic math facts at the elementary school age.  This list includes online games, printable games, activities, worksheets, and more for memorizing skip counting, math facts, math formulas, and math laws. (The links also correlate as supplemental math […]

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Improving Our Vision: Many are the plans…

For all those planners, perfectionists, and overwhelmed moms out there… Here’s my little story to provide a dose of encouragement and hope for you! At the beginning of this summer, I had it all figured out.  I had plans to make plans to make more plans.  My plans included planning these wonderful, thorough lesson plans that […]