Homeschooling these kids has done funny things to me. During my own schooling, history was a “boring” subject I couldn’t get excited about. But teaching it to my kids has been fascinating and I surprised myself by getting giddy about an annual “Days of Knights” medieval festival just a short drive away. We grabbed daddy on a day off, and declared it field trip time! Sword fights, horse-back jousting, blacksmith
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How We Won Our First Geography Fair
Details on how we won this year’s Geography Fair!
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Tips for Taking Kids to a Museum
Although museums can be a great place to learn about history, art, or culture–they’re not always kid-friendly and up until recently the thought of taking my crew inside was terrifying. I mean, there have been times when we barely make it through the grocery store without a major meltdown or three, so my initial thought was until they’re older, we’ll just read a book about that–thanks. But this homeschooling journey is stretching
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Taking a Field Trip to the Parthenon
Taking a trip to the Parthenon in Nashville, TN
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It’s All Greek to Me!
Debunking the intimidation of Ancient Greek Mythology as we read our way through ancient Greek myths
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