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A Simple Week
Today was the first day we’ve participated in the Lowe’s Build-and-Grow Clinic since our move to Tennessee, primarily because we live WAY OUT in the boonies now. But, every time we visited our nearest...
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Orphan Trains, Elements, and Building Big
I found out I was subbing for the Apprentice class 5 days in advance. But that doesn’t help much when you procrastinate in hopes that you will somehow be delivered from the task you know you must...
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A little about WWI. A lot about life.
This week we finished up our timeline for Industrial Age through the Great Depression… And completed some activities on World War I from the same Project Pack. And finished up a turn-of-the-century...
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Through the Great Depression
We have finally closed out our official study of the Industrial Revolution through the Great Depression. Stephen finished his WWI Ammo Belt. We played the Route 66 History Facts Review Game. I was...
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World War II, Chemistry, and U.S. Geography
Stephen started his World War II conflicts map (with overlays) and timeline (from the Time Travelers World War II project pack)… (He is as content as can be working on maps and timelines, ESPECIALLY...
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Checklists, Puppetry, and Going Outside
Though our schedule normally looks sort of like this: Welcome to School, Boys! o Bible o Math o Handwriting o Spelling/Phonics o Reading & Language Arts o Current Memory Work & Maps o Memory...
View ArticleClosing the CC Year with Weeks 21-24
As we close out the school year, I just thought I’d list our links for the remaining weeks. All of this can also be found on our Cycle 3 Weekly Resources Page… It is intended that this list be used in...
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WWII Wrap-up
And, now… after 16 weeks… we have finally finished our official WWII Unit Study. As our WWII history buff, Stephen requested this special project after completing the Industrial Revolution through the...
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The Plan vs. Reality
A post written in April 2012, after we completed Cycle 3 two years ago. Republished here in July 2014 for those who are discouraged, overwhelmed, new to homeschooling, new to Classical Conversations,...
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Atomic Cookies & Element Flashcards {Printable}
What is the atomic number? It is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom, which is also the number of electrons in a neutral atom. For any element: Number of Protons = Atomic Number Number of...
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Tycoons, Bridges, and Silly Sentences
After completing a small project on the “Indian Wars” and recalling some of the activities we did over the summer in studying Native Americans (and especially Geronimo), we took a look at advertising...
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