Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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The Wonderful World of Wasps

“They are so fascinating, Mom.” The words shocked me, really.  They were spoken by our 7-year-old son who has been absolutely terrified of these little creatures ever since he stepped on one with his bare foot last year.  Even though he didn’t want to touch our little inactive wasp nest collection, he was definitely into this. A little background:  We […]

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Math Monopoly (and other games to reinforce math)

As our 7-year-old played Garfield Monopoly with his daddy, it occurred to me that they were completing an entire lesson of math review.  In fact, my math-teacher brain started kicking into gear as I overheard them discussing rules and strategy.  Wow!  Exactly how many math concepts were they reviewing? Well, there’s: Number sense Consumer math/budgeting/money Probability Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Percents […]

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Bee Battles (& Free Bug Books!)

About a year ago, we moved to our dream home – a secluded property in a hollow with creeks & rock outcroppings – a beautiful and serene place that we have affectionately named “Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood” (in honor of one of the greatest philosophers of all time).  When we moved here, the home had been vacant for a few years.  But as […]

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Classical Conversations at Home

So, since Classical Conversations only meets once per week, what do we do the rest of the time?  What does Classical Conversations look like at home? I offer this as just one way to do CC at home, but it depends on each family’s particular circumstances and dynamic. Even our “Classical Conversations at Home” approach has […]

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Handbook of Nature Study: Snails

Though we’ve always been fascinated with nature, we are starting to use it more as a springboard for science studies and investigations.  One of our favorite resources for nature study is Anna Botsford Comstock’s The Big Handbook of Nature Study.  At 940 pages, it contains hundreds of lessons and discussion questions about nature. This resource is ALWAYS available for download here at archive.org, […]

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Norway Knowledge Quest

Because Gary has been in Kristiansand, we’ve been on a quest to learn more about Norway this week.  We first located Norway on the globe in Northern Europe as part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordered on the east by Sweden (and Finland at the Northeast), with the North Sea to the south. We completed a coloring page on the […]

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Shamrock Suncatchers

I finally mustered up the courage to make a big mess with the boys in light of St. Patrick’s Day.  After seeing the Valentine Suncatchers from my favorite art blog by that artist woman, I started thinking of how we could make something similar for St. Patrick’s Day, and voila! Supplies paper towel or toilet […]

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Geronimo!

Another Southwest Oklahoma claim to fame is the notorious legend Geronimo.  Rich with history, Ft. Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum includes the Apache Indian Cemeteries where Geronimo’s grave is located, as well as the Post Guardhouse, which was also nicknamed “Geronimo Hotel.” For many years Goyathlay (meaning “One Who Yawns”), better known as Geronimo, led his band of Apaches […]

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Comanche Code Talkers of WWII

After a quick stop at the Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center in Lawton, Oklahoma, we discovered a little-known fact about the contribution that members of this tribe made to the success of the ally efforts during World War II. The Native Americans of Oklahoma were the first American Indian code talkers during both World Wars.  Needing a more secure form […]