I have to admit, going into our Utah unit study I was thinking our Utah study will consist of a "Great Salt Lake project," and... That's where I drew a blank. Thankfully, my library pulled it out for me. I found some fun library books and discovered a few things I didn't know … [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...]
Washington state unit study
When I was in third grade my school got Weekly Reader newspapers. They were small papers with a theme, one week the theme was Mount Saint Helens and the great volcano eruption. Somehow in my head Mount Saint Helens had just erupted. In reality Mount Saint Helens erupted … [Read more...]
Learn all about Arizona through picture books
Growing up as a young child I went to Arizona every summer to visit my Grandma. She lived in a small town just North of the Mexico border. To my mind, Arizona is the place of cactus, the OK Corral, and kachinas. Those are my memories of Arizona, oh and probably somewhat … [Read more...]
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