One of the best things about blogging regularly is the opportunity to look back at our homeschool year and see how we have grown. I enjoy writing an end of the week post by subject for our homeschool. Today I thought I would give you a peek into our most recent week. Gospel – We begin our [...]
Snow, snow, and more snow… The Crafty Crow Great winter crafts and some new ideas to have fun in all that snow a lot of you have gotten! The Olympic Torch… No Time for Flash Cards It’s a T.. no it’s the torch… it’s a cute craft that can go with your letter of the [...]
I’ve never been one for teaching geography as a separate subject. I just can’t seem to fit it in consistantly. Also, we learn geography through history, because our history program takes us all over the globe each year. As this happens, our children learn a great deal of world geography. If anything, I need to [...]
It’s easy enough for me to say that board games (more than 500 of them!) have opened up a new world for me. But there are certain games that have been opening up the world for my son as well – by helping him understand geography. One series of terrific games for learning about the [...]
Something the kids and I have really been having a fun time with in our homeschool lately is “Fifty State Fridays.” I decided, over Christmas break, that I’d like us to learn more about our fifty states. I’d tried this a time or two and abandoned it, so I decided that I wanted this go [...]
With all of this traveling I’m doing the past couple of weeks, I have an itch for geography. I love learning about new places. I grew up in Canada, and so personally I have trouble remembering the locations of the States on a map, especially on the East Coast. 10 provinces and 3 territories (there [...]