Half a Hundred Acre Wood

Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles

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CC Cycle 2 Read Aloud Plan

Of all that I share here on this blog, searching through books to develop our reading plans is what I spend the most time doing, as I hope to choose books that our family cherishes reading together (and your family cherishes as well, should you choose to use our reading plans!). The only problem is… […]

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Ten Thousand Miles?!?

It’s been pretty quiet over here at Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood lately. That’s because we’ve just completed a 38-day road trip with over 150 stops in 20 different states crossing 4 different U.S. time zones and traveling a total of 10,334 miles (all in a minivan). And somehow I thought I was going to continue writing and posting […]

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History through the Summer… and Beyond

It was three years ago, and… here we go again! It’s not often that we have reviewed a new curriculum (especially one spanning 5,000 years of history) and have used it completely – in its entirety – in one summer.  In fact, there’s really only one study that fully fits that description. It’s called the Western Civilization (Calendar Quest) Study […]

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Our CC Cycle 2 Booklist

After many hours, I’ve finally finished updating our Cycle 2 Booklist!  I have not reviewed or read all of these books, although I have sorted through book reviews and recommendations by others I trust in order to compile this list, including (but not limited to) suggested resources from Honey for a Child’s Heart, Timeline of Classics, The […]

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CC Cycle 2 Planners

Due to special requests from Classical Conversations families, we updated our Cycle 2 planners to include reading correlations, book lists, and a Memory Work Review plan to keep the memory work fresh without review becoming cumbersome and overwhelming. Check it out here. If you’re interested in a basic planner without the booklist, reading correlations, and […]

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Why We Chose Classical Conversations (for a season)

How about an inside scoop on the when, why, what, and how of our homeschool journey? Here’s how our family ended up homeschooling, why we chose Classical Conversations for a season in a our homeschool journey, and how this website started, along with (I hope) a few words of encouragement no matter which educational method […]

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Australia & Oceania Countries Capitals Flashcards

It’s the final leg of our trip around the world via flashcards! We are now headed into Australia and Oceania. If you missed our previous countries & capitals flashcards, be sure to scroll to the bottom of this post to download all of them! A few things (disclaimers, provisos, quid pro quo) about these cards: For […]

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Unexpected Changes & Heartfelt Thanks

For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. Colossians 1:16-17 (ESV) We all know that learning is more than […]

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Rock the Rock Cycle Lesson Plans

Now that we’ve had an introduction to minerals, we’re diving into a short study of rocks with our rock cycle lesson plans! For this lesson, students will need a hand lens, some rocks, some minerals, a die, and the Rock Cycle Diagram print-out (included in our Introduction to Rocks and Minerals Lesson Packet). This lesson uses the […]