As I went about trying to find good books about New Hampshire for our geography lessons, I found a nice bit of Colonial American history and an amazing family story. This lesson also made for a great opportunity to work on order of events in a story as we read the almost 400-year … [Read more...]
Invent a better plow and you’ll build a farming empire
Growing up you always knew what a John Deere tractor was. They were green and yellow, and were the sight I associated with farmers. As we work our way through United States geography, I'm sometimes surprised by where people are from. Since John Deere is so clearly associated with … [Read more...]
Why do we float in the Great Salt Lake?
One thing I love about homeschooling is the ability to mix subjects together. In this case, we mixed some science lessons with some geography lessons. As part of our Utah unit study, we learned all about the Great Salt Lake, and that, of course, led us to a Great Salt Lake … [Read more...]
Colorado Unit Study
Growing up every year as a kid we would go to Colorado to visit family. I learned just enough about Colorado to know a few terms, Pike’s Peak, Pikers, Red Rocks, and of course Denver Broncos. My Dad was a big football fan, and so that’s what I knew about Colorado going into our … [Read more...]
New Mexico unit study
There’s an interesting thing about the Southwest United States, there are a lot of overlap because of the Spanish/Mexican influence. However, you can also see some very distinct differences between each state. Texas certainly learned that when we attempted to convince New Mexico … [Read more...]
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