Occasionally in our homeschool history lessons we get inspired by our book to dig deeper. I don't know if it was reading the lesson and thinking how fun it would be to build a super tall building, or if the kids remembered the last time we read about Ancient Sumeria, but this … [Read more...]
Don’t get lost in the minotaur’s maze as you study ancient Minoans
We are heading back to ancient history this coming year in our history lessons, and this past week I've been working on my plans for the Minoans. I remembered how much fun we had with our Minoan lessons, and our great attempt at learning how to be bull jumpers (that went as well … [Read more...]
Who shot first at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
Do you ever think about what starts a war? Some of the wars in history officially started for ridiculous reasons (War of Jenkins Ear comes to mind). Then there are wars like the American Revolution. There's not a single cause, and in many ways, they tried for so long not to … [Read more...]
Creation lesson activity Mystery of History 1
Future Ticia here, in the fall of 2018 we're cycling back to Ancient History for the last time, and I wanted to see what we've done in the past in our history lessons. Since we'll start off with this Creation lesson, I thought this would be a good place to start looking at, but … [Read more...]
Leaf Men come forth to rescue us!
With spring arriving and all the new leaves unfurling, it's time to revisit a darling book we read way back when the kids were in preschool/kindergarten. We read this as part of our botany study for My Father's World (leaf and apple theme). Of course this book is a bit more … [Read more...]
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