Tag:history
2nd Grade Homeschool Plan for J
2nd Grade Homeschool Plan Here’s what I’m planning on using for J this year. He’s at a weird stage where he’s mostly ahead in some areas and needs lots of focus in others. Reading This is where I feel like he’s far ahead of where he’s supposed to be. Rather than a formal reading curriculum, …
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8th Grade Homeschool Plan for H
Eighth grade for H has been a bit of a planning challenge this year. She attempted to use Alpha Omega’s online program last year. Although at first she really loved it, it didn’t take terribly long to realize it wasn’t a good fit for her. All of the subjects other than math were scrapped fairly …
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10th Grade Homeschool Plan for K
Well, it’s that time of year again. As I finalize what I’m using for my kiddos this year, I figured I’d share the info I have gathered so far. We start our new school year next week, and I’m a little behind the eight ball. It’s been a bit of a rough year for figuring …
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TRISMS & Trello
After struggling on several different occasions to figure out a way to sort of “schedule” TRISMS for my middle schooler, it finally hit me: Use Trello!!! If you’re not sure what Trello is, please, please, PLEASE check it out! It’s a highly customizable organizational tool that you can use for virtually anything you can come …
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Wordless Wednesday
The Fertile Crescent Sumer Modern Day Middle East
The Timeline Notebook
We have finally made a decision regarding the history timeline for K’s history course. We are going to do a timeline notebook in a binder. I have begun printing out blank timeline sheets from the Contented at Home website. We are printing them one-sided and putting them into page protectors. This will give us the option …
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The First Farmers
I couldn’t have asked for a better start to K’s new history program. Not only did she do an outstanding job on all of her work, but she loved it while doing it! After reading about the early farmers, she decided that she wanted to do further study on how the early farmers tamed animals. …
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The New History
Today began the final five weeks of the 2012-13 school year. It is bittersweet in a way, especially when you consider I am going to have a 5th grader soon. Where has the time gone? K began her new history course today. I think she did a very good job. However, we haven’t decided on …
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History Decisions
We have finally decided which way to go with K’s 5th-grade history. We are just going to keep it simple and do it a la The Well-Trained Mind (TWTM). (You can purchase it here.) We will be using Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History as our spine for the year. On Mondays, she will be reading the weekly topic …
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Preparing to Prepare
It’s that time of year again… The forums are filling up with people posting their projected curricula, asking about the latest and greatest programs, and generally trying to gear up for the school year ahead. Never mind that for most the current year is still forging ahead! The time to start planning is now! In …
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