Little House in the Big Woods

When Daddy is out of town, we all like to camp out in the family room. We pull out the pull-out bed. We stay up and watch television. This is a special treat for the children. Of course, we do this on the Friday night so we could sleep in on Saturday and not interfere […]

We have been studying the French Revolution and the leaders of France. Now it is time to have a little fun. Your quest today is make a pirate walk the plank. Answer the questions correctly and watch the pirate take a swim. Just click on picture of Jack below to go there.

Lapbooks are a great way to help children learn. You can do them at any grade level with any subject. We did our first lapbook last week. We are study the French Revolution. Each of the children pick a French leader to do the lapbbook on.
This is an example I found on the internet. There […]

Last week was such a blur. I can’t even remember all that was done. I am actually amazed by the fact we got so much done. I also feel bad because blogging got put on the back burner. We have been really trying make school priority. I am glad to say we have accomplished that […]

Menu planning is helpful for most homeschool families, well at least for my family. There are some families that menu planning would cause more unnecessary stress. I firmly believe you need to do what is best for your family. What works for one family might not necessary work for another family.
This is how I […]

On Saturday, some of us homeschool moms took a trip down to Mystic. It was beautiful and many of the shops still had their Christmas decorations up.
This is one of the stores’ window displays.
 
This store displays their store like a colonial house. It was really neat how they did it.