Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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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 […]

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Historic Medicine Park, Oklahoma’s First Resort

At the main entrance to the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge lies Medicine Park, a unique cobblestone community founded in 1908 as Oklahoma’s first tourism resort.  Because this is only a 15-minute drive to my hometown of Lawton, Oklahoma, and we prefer to stay in unique places rather than hotels, it’s natural for us to rent a […]

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Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma

The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, the oldest managed wildlife preserve in the United States, is a 59,020-acre preserve located about 20 miles northwest of Lawton  in southwestern Oklahoma.  It has protected unique wildlife habitats since 1901, when it was designated as a Forest Reserve by President William McKinley. In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt renamed it as a game preserve, and […]

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Holy City of the Wichitas in Oklahoma

We have made it back from our incredibly hectic trip to visit our family in Southwest Oklahoma!  Once upon a time, my husband thought there was nothing in Oklahoma except wind and flat land (and maybe some tepees), so I thought I’d spotlight our adventures in Oklahoma to show that, yes, there are things to do in […]

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Paper Castle, Paper Theatre and Other Paper Toys

About six months ago, we came across two of the most amazing free websites for building paper models: Papertoys.com and Thetoymaker.com – all you need is to print, cut, fold and glue. Having boys that love to build things (and being that way myself), we’ve already incorporated many of the paper toy models we’ve found at Papertoys.com into our learnings.  The […]

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Quick math lesson: Geologic Geometry

We found ourselves out at the creek again looking for rocks.  (We have a habit of doing this. My pockets are always crammed full of rocks by the time we get back in the house…) What did we find?  Let’s take a look: We found POLYGONS (i.e., flat shapes with three or more straight sides)!! a square:  […]

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Creeks, forts, stones and bones

It was a lovely day to take a hike through the woods and up the ridge (ahem…only part of the way, though, since Levi was on my hip).  On the way up, we added a few animal bones to our bone collection at Fort Bones. No animals were harmed in the making of this blog post. […]