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 […]
Cycle 2 Reading Plans & Loop Schedules
Within this homeschooling journey, I’ve grown to thrive off of reading great books with my children. I treasure sharing stories with them. I also ask for feedback from my children to see what they would most like to learn. And so… this is how our plans have come into existence each year. Some parents like […]
Favorite Picture Books: Medieval to Modern
Welcome to our family’s list of favorite picture books for Medieval to Modern world history (along with astronomy, English grammar, and fine arts). After investing in many books over the past several years, we’ve decided to let you in on what our favorites have been! We’ve selected the following books as personal family favorites because […]
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… […]
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 […]
Adding a bucket of beauty to homeschooling
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. Romans 7:15 Here I am, compelled to share a moment of raw, honest truth. This year has been a struggle for me. A real honest-to-goodness struggle. Not a struggle on whether we […]
Christmas Wrap 2014: Our Year in Rhyme
This year has flown by lickety-split. ’Twas a wonderful time, wasn’t it? Finding time to rhyme-it has been a tad tough So we’re afraid this wRap may sound a bit rough… We started the year Oklahoma bound When our shoes in Hot Springs froze to the ground. A visit to Fordyce and Arlington Hotel, (We […]
New to Homeschooling (or not)? Plan to Be Flexible!
Raise your hand if your homeschool days always go as planned. {My hand is not raised. And crickets are chirping.} If it’s not already absolutely apparent, I want you to know that I love to plan. I’ve written plans and checklists down on post-it notes since… before I was born? (Okay, okay, okay. I’m exaggerating. […]