I’ve received several e-mails about where we got our information and books for our Presidential Election Lapbooks. I guess if I was really on top of things I would have shared this at least a week ago so there would be more time to cover this before the election ends today. It won’t hurt to […]
Civic Duty
On Friday I went here Climbed these steps And did this. Nobody else was there except for three other people already in their voting booths when I arrived. The girls and I have been doing election lapbooks. It’s quite interesting for the two oldest who remember doing them four years ago when they were 7 […]
Nature Studies
Marrying a husband who makes his living from working the land has helped me appreciate Mother Nature from her vast weather cycles to the small creatures that live in the soil our grass grows in. There is so much to learn from studying any part of the natural world. How does a caterpillar change into […]
Hot, Hot , Hot…Hot Chocolate!
There’s no denying it. My favorite part of the Polar Express movie is where the children are served hot chocolate. Some people drink their daily cup of joe or tea. I have a daily cup of hot chocolate all year long. As part of our Christmas unit studies this past December we also did a […]
Names of Christ Complete Unit Study
(painting by Minerva Teichert)I posted a partial list of this unit study already. Here is our complete list for this year. Christmas is one of my favorite teaching times of the year. The children sense the specialness of the season making them more attune to what I try to teach them about Christ and Christmas. […]
Names of Christ Unit Study
Edited: My complete study can be found here. Christmas is one of my favorite teaching times of the year. The children sense the specialness of the season making them more attune to what I try to teach them about Christ and Christmas. Our ‘normal’ school is abandoned for “Christmas School.” I love creating unit studies […]