In this post I explore the benefits of dressing up to children, relating it back to our homeschool history unit studies. Dressing up is, in many ways, the very essence of childhood. There is nothing more innocent or beguiling as a child dressing up as someone else and walking in their metaphorical shoes for a…
Category: Historical Fashions – Biblical Fashions
Mystery of History: Lesson 13 – Abraham
We had lots of fun learning about Abraham, making star globes and lots of dress up clothes for the girls' dolls Abraham: Lesson We read the lesson from the Mystery of History text book, as well as reading from the Family Bible, which gives lots of extra historical context: Our main activities were using the…
How to Use Dolls to Teach History
This post describes how to use dolls to teach history, including making historical dress and jewellery. Dolls are a great low cost addition! Last week, the girls and I did some work learning about Biblical Abraham. Back in the day, when I was learning about this with the older children, I had made dress up…