I carefully planned our human body unit study for October 2021. Making sure to schedule this unit during October meant we could go really crazy on the skeleton fun! Our kids were 5, 3, and 1 when we did this unit. I try to plan one item per unit study that will be our bigRead More
Archives for September 2022
Edisto Island Serpentarium
One of our favorite field trip locations since we’ve started homeschooling is the Edisto Island Serpentarium. We have visited twice, once in the fall of 2019, and again fall of 2020. It’s about an hour from our house, so we load up on audiobooks for the trip there. We bring our lunches to eat onRead More
Birds Unit Study
Our Birds Unit Study was a great way to learn about all types of birds. We completed this unit study in August 2021, when we had a 5, 3, and 1 year old. The first two weeks of our unit focused on birds in general. We learned about their life cycle, different types of birds,Read More
Family Routines for a Smoother Week
What is the thing you hate most about maintaining your home? What’s the most annoying thing that happens in your family when its time to get ready to go somewhere? Using these two questions, we’ve developed a few routines that help things run more smoothly around our house. I recently read the book “The LazyRead More
Light, Shadows, Rainbows, & Color Unit Study
In July 2022, we did our unit study on light, shadows, rainbows, and color. Our children were 6, 4, and 2 during this unit. Week 1: Light Unit Study We began our discussion of light by reading the book Oscar and the Moth and the first section of Light, Shadows, Mirrors, and Rainbows. We demonstratedRead More
Homeschool Field Trip Day
Today we are headed out on a homeschool field trip to Barnwell State Park. In the last post I mentioned that I sometimes have to STRETCH to find something that fits with our unit. Today we’re visiting the park because, as part of our Earth Science unit, we are learning about land features. This stateRead More