We recently stopped using Story of the World as our curriculum spine. So I took some time out and searched for another spine. The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History is a great factual reference book that’s really easy for kids to read and learn from. It’s also really entertaining for adults because of the way […]
Sometimes you just can’t find a perfect activity to fit the theme that you’re working with. Here are art activities that you can adapt for any unit. How To Adapt These Activities To adapt these activities to any unit that you’re working on- encourage the children to create something that reminds them of the unit […]
Lil’Miss wants to make a recipe book for someone for their birthday gift so I whipped up these notebooking pages for her. She’s going to write out 10 or more recipes and put them together in a binder for the gift. There’s lots of room for coloring in borders and a space for drawing a […]
The basis for the curriculum that we use is Story of the World. As we read each chapter, I want to expand on some topics and add more in that I think are important. I’m also the type of person who, when I am motivated to plan, I will plan and plan and search for […]
Man, I love notebooking! It’s just so simple, and yet allows for more complexity and creativity than any other homeschool system that I have learned about. A lot of times, we use notebooking pages that I find for free on the internet that are themed to whatever unit we’re working on. There are a lot […]