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This week’s Virtual Curriculum Fair theme includes two of my favorite subjects: Exploring Our World: Social Studies and more Science. (Science was also included in last week’s theme, Discovering Patterns, but I chose to focus on math.) For both of these subjects, social studies (which I consider to include history, cultures, and geography) and science, [...] Have you ever read a book that stayed in your mind for days … weeks … forever? When I was a kid, my family went to the library at least once a month. I loved scanning the shelves until a title grabbed my attention. Then I’d read the synopsis and decide if I wanted to [...]
I don’t know if everyone feels this way, but I love the idea of being an archaeologist – of digging through the dirt to find relics and clues to an ancient past. I had the chance to go on a small archaelogical dig when I was in college. It was a site [...] As I homeschool my boys, I love using “living books” to bring history, science, and other subjects alive for them. I love the opportunity to delve into a time period or topic and really “live there” for a while. When I see the boys play-acting an event from history weeks after we studied it, I [...] My oldest is still about five years away from high school, so Advanced Placement (AP) exams really aren’t on my radar yet. Even so, I received a complimentary copy of Cerebellum’s Light Speed U.S. Gov & Politics AP Exam Prep DVD. I like history, though I can’t say I’m exceedingly fond of politics, but [...] |
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