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Category Archives: Story of the World
Story of the World (with tag alongs!)
We began our formal romp through (world) history when oldest was in 2nd grade & dd#2 was in Kindergarten. Story of the World #1 (SOTW1 or “Ancients”) is geared for grades 1st-5th, so we started there. I added the Activity … Continue reading
Posted in History, homeschool, Story of the World
Tagged Story of the World, Story of the World I
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Baking With History
On our (second) trip through Story of the World 1, we have sometimes picked activities that we’ve done before. However, sometimes the kids choose to do something that we haven’t tried before. In Chapter 24, one of the activities is … Continue reading
Posted in activities, History, homeschool, Story of the World
Tagged history, homeschool, homeschooling, photo friday, projects, SOTW, Story of the World, Story of the World I
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Mummifying a Chicken (Cornish Game Hen)
As part of our studies of Ancient History (Nomads/First Civilizations through Fall of Rome) using Story of the World I, we are mummifying a chicken. Well, not a chicken. We decided to scale the project down to Cornish game hen size. First … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient egypt, chicken mummy, history project, homeschool, mummify a chicken, SOTW
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School Status
I planned to do no school this month. However, a couple of weeks ago, I felt really good with how we were doing with the new arrival. I thought about it and figured that starting one “fun” subject would be … Continue reading
Posted in homeschool, Kids, Science, Story of the World
Tagged homeschool, newborn, SOTW, Story of the World 2
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School year planning
We usually start our “traditional school year” right after Labor Day. That day is approaching quickly, so I’m posting an update on how planning is going – even though we aren’t going to start then. Lesson plans (each on individual … Continue reading
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Tagged homeschool, planning, school year planning, starting new year, starting school
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Summer Reading Club
The tiny local library has started their summer reading club up. Activities are planned once per week at the library and all books the kids read (or have read to them) are recorded on sheets and turned in. At the … Continue reading
Posted in activities, books, homeschool, Kids, Reading, Story of the World, summer
Tagged books, library, summer kid activities, summer reading
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The Best Laid Plans . . .
I have my book of lesson plans that I refer to daily to see what I thought we would do each day. We have only had three full days of school and already I am glad I am so flexible. … Continue reading
Posted in A Beka, Apologia Astronomy, homeschool, Kids, Math, planning, school year, Singapore Earlybird, Story of the World, SWR
Tagged A Beka, Apologia Astronomy, homeschool, homeschooling, lesson plans, Math, phonograms, Singapore Math, SOTW, Spell to Write and Read, Story of the World I, summer review, SWR
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Happy Labor Day!
I have no plans for anything “special” on Labor Day. My spouse is working and we are getting ready for school to start tomorrow! Just a note about what we did last week before the official start of school: History (Story … Continue reading