My family loves to use living books instead of textbooks for the main part of our curriculum. Currently our entire history and literature program is comprised of a huge list of chapter and picture books. Sometimes this momma needs some help getting through the stack of read-alouds and readers. That’s where audio books can help. […]
Founder’s Academy: Vote 2012
Usually I talk about my little ones, but today my 13yr. old and 11yr. old are in the spotlight! With this being an election year, I was feeling a little guilty about not doing a unit study or something on the subject (we did one 4 years ago, does that count?) Well I remembered how […]
Educational Games: Ancient Egypt and Military Jets Card Games
We have been studying ancient history this year and have just finished learning about Ancient Egypt via living books, Mystery of History, and crafts. I’m always on the look-out for good supplemental materials for our studies–especially fun, hands-on type things. When I saw the Ancient Egypt Card Game from BirdCage Press, I was very interested […]
WonderMaps
Many times while reading a book I’ve wished I had access to maps to illustrate exactly where things were occurring in the story. Other times I needed a map to help my children learn where certain cities, states, rivers etc. were located but did not have one that could be printed and labeled. Bright Ideas […]
Draw and Learn History at the Same Time
When I was in school, one thing I did in order to help me pay attention in class was to doodle all over my notebook. I got in trouble for that at times, but it really did help me pay attention. I recently got to look over a book that combined history and drawing: A […]
