Jacob is a fun character…….. One that I find a bit of affinity for. I like trickster characters, and if there's one thing that describes Jacob, he's a trickster. When last we saw him in our Sunday School lessons he was running from his brother. Now, Jacob married Rachel and … [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...]
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...]
How to write a research paper
Recently I assigned my kids a very simple research paper. One that still allowed them plenty of imagination. But, the concept behind this early elementary research paper is still sound. Then I set about teaching how to write a research paper. Update from Future Ticia, my kids … [Read more...]
Aesop’s Fables, a fun a quick lesson
This Aesop's Fables lesson is a quick and easy way to get your kids interacting with the material, and is a fun way to bring in homeschool history lesson (which is how we originally used it). The technique would be great for most subjects you learn, but today we used it for … [Read more...]
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