Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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Why Math U See?

In our early years of homeschooling, we tried so many math programs: Saxon, Math Mammoth, A Beka, Christian Light Education (CLE), Master Books, ACE Paces, Life of Fred, Beast Academy, and others I’m probably forgetting.  I kept defaulting back to Saxon (unsuccessfully, I might add) until my husband told me to get rid of it. […]

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Curriculum Picks & Lessons Learned Revisted

When our eldest son graduated from high school four years ago, I had no idea how much it would shift my priorities and our family dynamic. While it’s been a joy to watch him pursue his post-homeschool educational endeavors (and work in scientific research as an adult), the honest truth is that… when he graduated […]

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Bible Readeez: The Word Set to Music

Here’s a blast from the past – a post written in November 2013. Still… after over a decade, our boys still love Bible Readeez. Our oldest two sons (who are now adults but were 10 and 7 when we first started using this resource) still pop up with little scripture jingles from Bible Readeez. (We […]

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Four Corners Roadtrip Itinerary

Our goal to see all 50 states with our children before they graduate started as just a whimsical thought just over a decade ago. Little did we know that we would actually visit all 50 states with our boys before our eldest son graduated from college! This roadtrip is what we’re calling our final Ferrell […]

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High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek Four

Intimidated by homeschooling high school? You don’t have to be! We’ve done the planning for you with High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek series. A few years ago, we started to pursue a long-term vision of developing a complete course of study for Grades 1-12, one in which families can experience many of the benefits […]

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High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek Three

Intimidated by homeschooling high school? You don’t have to be! We’ve done the planning for you with High School Lesson Plans: Truth Trek series. A few years ago, we started to pursue a long-term vision of developing a complete course of study for Grades 1-12, one in which families can experience many of the benefits […]

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Tuttle Twins in a Nutshell

Individual liberty. Fair Competition. Entrepreneurship. Civics. Economics. About a year ago, we grabbed some books that simplified these complex ideas so that even our youngest son could understand and engage in meaningful conversation. The series has easily become a favorite in our home. Even our teens have enjoyed the books — and the cartoon! The […]

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Calculus for Everyone

I recently mentioned something I would have done differently if I could turn back time and homeschool our oldest two sons through high school once again. There’s another thing I would have done differently, especially because they both ended up as STEM majors in college. Neither were math whizzes, but surprisingly, one decided to major […]

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Launching Teens into Adulthood

Character building. Vision casting. Goal setting. These are life skills needed to launch successfully into adulthood. As parents, we strive to instill these qualities in our children, and yet, especially in the current economy and culture, we find that many young adults are not launching into adulthood. Although I recognize that college is a time […]