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First Time Notebooking – Ancient China
I’m excited that our study of ancient world history has brought us to China, which I know next to nothing about. I love learning alongside the children! Resources This is an area you could easily...
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A Day In The Life of a British Homeschooling Family
Like many homeschoolers, there is no “typical” day in our household. Our week is loosely structured around external activities like sports classes and our weekly homeschool group, and there are...
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How to Make a Model Celtic Roundhouse
This full-size model was not made by us As our year studying Ancient History draws to a close, we’ve returned – for the first time since we looked at Stonehenge – to the ancient peoples who lived in...
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Field Trip to Butser Ancient Celtic Farm
What better way to round off our study of the Celts than to visit a “real” (reconstructed) Celtic village? I love the way learning leads the way to new experiences – I didn’t even know Butser Ancient...
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Weekly Wrap Up – The One With Science, Gangnam Style
A look at what’s been going on in our homeschool this week… What’s Been Inspiring Me This week I’ve been inspired by Brave Writer’s One Thing Principle, which is about creating the conditions to...
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Chinese New Year Mini-Project
The Chinese New Year begins on February 10. It’s a great opportunity to try out some Chinese writing and learn about the lunar calendar. For us, it also tied in perfectly with our study of medieval...
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It’s A Wrap: Going With The Flow
Successful strewing! Do you ever have times where everything feels easy in your homeschool? On one of those days: My children greet my suggestions with enthusiasm (or better still, make their own...
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Japan – History & Geography
Japanese Ink Wash Painting – Evening Landscape (anon) c.1540 This post is about some “spin-off fun” we’ve been having as we’ve been learning about medieval Japan. We’re using The Story of the World vol...
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Aboriginal Dot Painting for Kids
This week we learned a bit about early Australian history. We read some lovely books and had fun making Aboriginal dot art paintings. Books We began by reading Explore History: Australia, which...
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Miniature Japanese Zen Garden For Kids
As part of learning about how Zen Buddhism spread to Japan in the Middle Ages, we made miniature Japanese Zen Gardens. It seemed like a great excuse to play with sand! What You Need Sand Pebbles or...
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Field Trip to Benjamin Franklin House
Whenever I write about a field trip I feel like I’m back in infants school writing in my “news” book on a Monday morning: “We went to a museum. It was fun.” (Though back then apparently all I ever...
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History Curriculum 2013-14
Hands-on history projects Why do we teach our children history? Is it to help them become culturally literate? To give them a sense of perspective on where the human race stands now? To give them...
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Almost Unschooling History
We may not be doing school time this year but that doesn’t mean we’re not enjoying learning history. Here’s how we do it. It’s not much different from the way most homeschoolers do history. The key...
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Hands-On Russian History
We took a couple of fun rabbit trails – one artistic, one linguistic – when we learned about early Russian history. History How Russia got its name Russia (the land of the Rus) derives its name from...
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Hands-On Ottoman History – Design Your Own Turkish Rug
The fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453 marked the end of the last vestiges of the Byzantine Empire (the Eastern part of the old Roman Empire). The Ottoman Turks, who ruled over the largest...
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Hands-on Aztec History
The Aztecs dominated Central America from the 14th to 16th centuries. They founded the magnificent floating city of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) and – more importantly – were among the first...
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