Multi-Sensory Materials for Individual Learning Styles
When my boys were younger, we read a lot of Magic Tree House books to learn about history, animals, geography, and weather and other natural disasters and in our homeschool. Now, that they are older, I find us turning to the I Survived... series of books for this purpose. This historical fiction series, currently at … Continue reading I Survived Books for Your Homeschool
Do you buy a full history curriculum or create your own? We have done both in our homeschool depending on how much prep work I want to put into it that particular year. The benefit of creating your own history curriculum is your children can choose the topics. Then, they will be much more engaged … Continue reading DIY Your Own History Curriculum
A few years ago, I was at our state homeschool convention and came across the Take Time for Art booth. I learned they made art kits for different historical periods with accompanying art history and instructional videos for each kit. I KNEW the Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece kits would be perfect in a year … Continue reading Take Time for Art: Middle Ages Art Curriculum Review
Whenever I start a unit study in our homeschool, I always start with books related to the subject. Some subjects, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., have so many books written about them that it can be hard to know where to start! Below are short reviews of 13 books about Dr. King for preschoolers … Continue reading The Best Martin Luther King Jr. Books for All Ages
Games make learning and reviewing information fun! They can transport you to a different time period and let you experience how people lived, worked or played back then. Or they can be a fun way to memorize names, dates and places in history. They are also just a fun way to spend time with other … Continue reading 7 Fun History Games for Kids
Games are a fun way to learn and review information. History is full of names and dates and places and games can be a fun way to memorize them. If you have a set of flash cards or note cards, you can DIY history games by following the steps below. Then you will have games … Continue reading DIY History Games for Kids
Have you ever wondered how it came to be that we celebrate Jesus's birthday? From the earliest days, Christians have celebrated his resurrection, but when and how did we start to celebrate his birth? My oldest child and I love to study history. Now that he is getting older, I thought it would be interesting … Continue reading Homeschooling Through the Holidays: The History of Celebrating Christmas
This post is part of our Teaching History with Magic Tree House Books series. This year we are using the Magic Tree House books as my 2nd grader's reading 'curriculum'. I have organized them to correlate with our history and science lessons. Check out Teaching History with Magic Tree House Books to see why we … Continue reading Teaching History of the 1900s with Magic Tree House Books
This post is part of our Teaching History with Magic Tree House Books series. This year we are using the Magic Tree House books as my 2nd grader's reading 'curriculum'. I have organized them to correlate with what we are learning in history and some times science. Check out Teaching History with Magic Tree House … Continue reading Teaching the 1600s – 1800s with Magic Tree House Books
This post is part of our Teaching History with Magic Tree House Books series. This year we are using the Magic Tree House books as my 2nd grader's reading 'curriculum'. I have organized them to correlate with what what we are learning in history and some times science. Check out Teaching History with Magic Tree … Continue reading Teaching the Middle Ages and the Renaissance with Magic Tree House Books
This post is part of our Teaching History with Magic Tree House Books series. This year we are using the Magic Tree House books as my 2nd grader's reading 'curriculum'. I have organized them to correlate with what what we are learning in history and some times science. In Teaching History with Magic Tree House … Continue reading Teaching Ancient History with Magic Tree House Books
Do your kids love the Magic Tree House books? We started reading these books aloud when my children were about four and five. Then, as they began to read on their own, these became some of their first chapter books. This year we are using these books as my 2nd graders reading 'curriculum'. I have … Continue reading Teaching History with Magic Tree House Books