Of all the art we have ever done in our home, this project surprised me the most. To be honest, a sense of dread settled upon my heart as I wrestled with the idea of something so complicated, especially with two of our children who aim for each art project to be a masterpiece. How […]
Linnaeus Art Project: Botanical Illustrations
So… it’s December and we’re studying flowers. Not real ones, though. There just aren’t a whole lot of real flowers blooming in middle Tennessee right now. I had all these ideas – a poinsettia, a pine cone (but we don’t have any pines growing close to us), or even a cedar (which is not nearly […]
Rembrandt Art Project: Facial Expressions
Life etches itself onto our faces as we grow older, showing our violence, excesses, or kindnesses. -Rembrandt Last week our family dove into sketching facial expressions with a simplified art study/project in the style of Rembrandt. If you fear art study – or if you don’t have special art supplies on hand – this is a fantastically […]
Memory Work Review Game Extravaganza
We’re heading into our final week of first semester, which means… it’s time for our mid-year review game party! Although last year I posted photos of our homeschool group’s Review Game Extravanganza on the Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood Facebook page, I didn’t get around to writing about it. Now that I’m searching for bits and pieces […]
In Flanders Fields: WWI Poetry Copywork & Coloring
Written by a Canadian medical officer during the First World War, “In Flanders Fields” remains one of the most popular poems ever written. When John McCrae served as an army doctor in Flanders (an area crossing the border of Belgium and France along the North Sea), he witnessed and attended to the horrific injuries suffered by the […]
A Christ-Centered Focus {Scripture Memorization}
With all the distractions that fall upon us in the coming weeks, it’s easy to miss out on the most important part of this season – that the Word became flesh. The Son of God left His glory on high to live in this broken world all because of love. How can I so easily forget to stop […]
Our First Week {and Three Tips for a Simple Start}
Week Number One. I think it’s the most intimidating week of the year for me. At least at the beginning of the year it is (but when February rolls along, I’ll probably say that every week). Nevertheless, always at the close of our first week, there exists this sense of accomplishment, regardless of what actually happened during the week. So, even […]
Historical Novels for Engaging Thinkers
In the six years that this website has existed, I have never come across any resource that has challenged me so greatly as a set of four novels by Brimwood Press. It has taken our family three years to read these books – not because of their length (they are relatively short novels) and not because of their […]
New to this website? Start here!
Howdy! Thanks for dropping by Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood! I just wanted to take a few moments to let you know the what, why, and how of this website since it can be overwhelming to pop over here without a little background information. Simply stated, this blog started in 2010 as an effort to connect with […]