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
Homeschool Field Trips
Field trips are about 75% of the reasons I wanted to homeschool. Seriously. When I was student teaching, I got to teach South Carolina History 4 times per day. I always wished we could load up the kids every day and take them to the places we studied. (I would pay big bucks to beRead More
Daily & Weekly Homeschool Schedules
It probably sounds silly, since we can make our own routines, but sticking to a homeschool schedule is HARD. It can be really easy to let unexpected events derail us into not completeing any work for the day, sleeping late, or getting ”behind”. While some families thrive in the randomness that homeschool allows, ours isRead More
Building Unit Study
Our building unit study was a specific request from our then-five-year-old. I had no idea how we would do a whole unit study on it, but once I started planning and we started learning, I found it was one of my favorites (and theirs) all year. This unit study was completed when our kids wereRead More
Morning Time with Littles: Grammar
We are learning grammar during morning time this year because it was an easy place to put it in the schedule. When planning for the grammar we’d learn this year, I used the Common Core standards for first grade to pull out the ideas and topics I wanted to cover. Currently, we are working onRead More
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