We have just finished week four of our ten week Little House on the Prairie unit study. I was a bit concerned we would have nothing to post about as three of my five children are fairly ill with a nasty throat infection and very high temperatures. But it seems we are more immersed in…
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Review: The Little House Cook Book
This is such a great book, with over 230 pages. Not only is it full of tasty recipes but also full to the brim of information about Laura's times. In fact the first chapter is entirely devoted to the foods found during the years that the Little House books were set in. Likewise the second…
Helping a Struggling Maths Student: Dumping the Curriculum (at least for a while)
Source L10 has always hated anything to do with maths, right from learning how to count. I have tried every curriculum. Now I don't think changing curriculum frequently is a very good idea and generally I live by that. Although of course for the past four years we've pretty much been unschoolers as far as…
School plans 2013-14: Autumn Term
Between October and December we have two terms of five weeks each with a one week holiday in the middle. The first week of each term will be an immersion week, where we will immerse ourselves in our new topic. In the remaining four weeks we will do all sorts of hands on and writing…
One Year Pond Study Week 20: Checking in on the Chicks
Welcome to week 20 of our one year pond study. For the rest of the posts in this series please see here. This week I was astounded by the change in our Moorhen chicks - they have grown so big so quickly, changing from a fluffy black chick, to a sleek brown - grey chick to one…
Little House on the Prairie Unit Study: Week Three
We've just finished the third week of a ten week summer unit 'A Summer of Little House Living'. Click on link for a peek at week one and two. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to come close to replicating the success of this summer. Everybody is enjoying it so much and we all feel like…
Review: My Little House Craft Book
This is a fairly thin book full to the brim of 18 activities taken straight from the Little House Books. The projects range from making a broom, to building a garden to sewing a patch work, and would suit a wide range of both ages and abilities. There really is something for everyone. So far we are finding activities…
Summer Reading
Last summer I bought 45 books which were devoured in the first few weeks. The children are AVID readers and keeping up can be problematic at times. They are using their hour quiet time to read through their history books to get a head start on the crusades for next term. I'll share those at …
Our One Year Pond Study Week 19: Bird Study – Herons
This week, due to our family party, we did not manage to spend long at the pond, although actually visiting is never an issue because it is on the way to our local shops! However this week we did not have the time for a prolonged study so I had the children fit in bits…
The Angelicscalliwags Challenge: Week 8
I'm running a bit late with my posts at the moment. We had our yearly family party on Saturday and it's been all hands on deck! We host the children for a garden party in our garden whilst my mum hosts the adults next door. It is always great fun, and this year the children…
Little House on the Prairie Unit Study: Week Two
This is week two of our ten week unit study of the Little House on the Prairie books. It has been busy, busy, busy all week long and we have achieved loads. The thing we are learning the most is that things we thought would be hard are actually very simple when you apply yourself…
Incr-Edible Science: Making a Sour Dough Starter
Laura Ingalls did not have access to the dried packet yeast that we all take for granted these days. Instead her family would have made their own to use with flour and water to make a slightly different type of loaf to the one we eat. The loaf was called sour dough bread and the…
New post on A Summer of Little House Living
C10 has posted about knitting a dish cloth for their Little House
Review: Little House Books for Younger Readers
These are companion books for the original Little House books, for the younger ages (approximately 3 to 8 years it says on the back of the books). I personally would pitch them a little younger than that. They are inexpensive (used copies go for about £1 on Amazon) and are the perfect size to be held by…
New Post on A Summer of Little House Living
T11's post is up about making a ladder and a peg rail.