Tag: Vikings

  • Viking Spear Craft

    Viking Spear Craft

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    Last year as part of our study of Vikings in our homeschool history we created a Viking costume.  Not too surprisingly because they are Vikings, it mostly focused on weapons. We actually added an entire week into our Illuminations schedule* for Viking projects last year.  Today I wanted to share with your our Viking Spear…

  • Viking Brooch craft

    Viking Brooch craft

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    Ticia
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    Last year in our homeschool history we were studying the Middle Ages, which meant we studied Vikings!  Yes that requires an exclamation point.  In the middle of winter when everyone was in the winter doldrums we took a week out of our normal Illuminations schedule to have a week of funschooling about Vikings. One of…

  • Leif Ericson discovered America

    Leif Ericson discovered America

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    Ticia
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    I’ve been a bit all over in posting our history lessons this year, partially because they’re getting more complex.  Shortly after we learned of Eric the Red and the discovery of Iceland and Greenland, we also learned Leif Ericson discovered America. And because Lego history is more fun, let’s see the Lego history version of…

  • The Discovery of Iceland

    The Discovery of Iceland

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    Ticia
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    Because I’m a glutton for punishment, and because I want a little leeway in our schedule I decided to complete two weeks’ worth of lessons in our Illuminations 2 schedule (a now-defunct homeschool scheduler), and we actually did it.  I was rather amazed.  Our most favorite lesson of that busy week was the discovery of…