When I was in college Scholastic started an amazing book series called Dear America (it's on my History Books to read list). One of my favorite books from that series was an Oregon Trail diary, and it's one of the books I kept to give my future child to read someday. My daughter … [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...]
Grow your imagination with these botany picture books
As we worked our way through My Father's World Kindergarten each week there's a different theme. I very quickly learned it pays off to check my local library for some more books to go with our theme. Since two weeks of the curriculum have the themes of leaf and apple, I'm terming … [Read more...]
What happened to the Hindenburg?
All right, we all know what happened to the Hindenburg. I know as a young kid I was fascinated to learn about the Hindenubrg disaster, and it's certainly a topic brought up in books and movies all the time. However, my kids are being chrono-journalists thanks to their Byline … [Read more...]
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