Written by Alicia Hutchinson of Investing Love. After the writing, the spelling, the flash cards, the fact sheets, and any and everything in between, trying to squeeze in a little world geography as well might be a little tricky. There’s so much great subject matter to pack into each homeschool day, sometimes geography gets…
Y’all know I love hands-on learning, but my teens? Well, if they didn’t look so much like each other and just like my husband, I might suspect that there a hospital mix-up. As young children, they loved hands-on activities, but now my teens prefer to use workbooks for school. If you’re a hands-on homeschooling mama…
Written by Susan Williams of Education Possible. If your kids are history buffs (like mine) you can never have too many swords and shields! Around our house we must always be prepared to re-enact a famous battle from history. Whether our studies are focused on ancient Greece, Roman soldiers, or the battles of the Middle…
Ask a homeschooled parent what their favorite subject is to teach and a great many of them will say history. Ask them what subject they hated most in school and the answer will likely be the same – history. What changed? I suspect that age and perspective has a little bit to do with it,…
I love history! I wouldn’t have been caught dead saying that back when I was in school. Maybe it’s part of becoming older because I hear a lot of adults say they love history but not a lot of kids. Or maybe it’s the way we teach history. Names, dates, and dry facts are boring….
Last school year, we discovered that sometimes, when studying history and geography, what you need is a really big map. Unfortunately, with limited wall space – and, you know, the fact that we school in the main living areas of our home – we don’t have a spot for a really big map. So, in…
