Quick! What’s a kid’s favorite thing about traveling? Seeing the beautiful scenery. Visiting new and exotic places. Learning the history, culture, and geography of the places he visits. Yeah, right. Who are we kidding? It’s the souvenirs. Sometimes, though, it’s the fun stuff that gets kids interested in the fun places. That’s what makes using Little…
Yep, you read that right. This is the last Weekly Wrap-Up of my family’s summer break. How did that happen? How do seven weeks go by so quickly? I thought about extending our break, but I know that any time I add would go by just as quickly. It’s 100 degrees outside most days. We…
My kids and I love learning about history through historical fiction and biographies. Reading a story set right in the middle of the action just gives you a feel for the time period like nothing else can. In today’s Top Ten post, I wanted to share some of our favorites from American history. This isn’t…
Today will be my final review on Switched-on-Schoolhouse as we wrap up our first full school year with it. You can read my previous reviews: my first overview and my spotlights on English, geometry, and biology. Despite some of the annoyances of Switched-on-Schoolhouse – and I’m sure every curriculum has them – we’ll be using…
I think I am searching for something that doesn’t exist. I mean, really, you’d think as long as I’ve been at this homeschooling thing, I’d know if it was out there…but there’s lots of stuff out there, so I thought I would ask. I want an American History curriculum that: Is literature-based Has lots of…
Modern history books are fond of leaving out any but the most cursory mention of our nation’s Christian heritage. If you read about the signing of the Declaration of Independence in today’s history books it’s unlikely that you’ll take away the knowledge that the majority of the 56 men who signed the document were active…
