If you’re looking to enrich your homeschool science with meaningful history and hands-on discovery, an al-Hasan scientist study is a brilliant place to start. Known in the West as Ibn al-Haytham, al-Hasan (965–1040 AD) was a pioneering Arab polymath whose work in optics transformed our understanding of light and vision. What makes a medieval scientist study like this so powerful is……
Category: History – Middle Ages
Crusades Activity – Council of Clermont
In the Crusades Activity – Council of Clermont, children created medieval-style scrolls to reenact the council, embracing creativity and history. They designed leaflets using Latin phrases to produce persuasive propaganda, sealing them with wax. This engaging approach intertwined writing, crafting, and role play, offering a memorable learning experience about the First Crusade.
Crusades Persuasion Homeschool Lesson: Pope Urban’s Speech
This post outlines a Crusades Persuasion Homeschool Lesson centered on Pope Urban II’s 1095 speech. It emphasizes teaching persuasive writing through historical events, combining source analysis, discussions, and creative projects. The lesson aims to develop critical thinking, understanding of propaganda, and persuasive techniques, fostering a memorable and impactful learning experience for children.
Medieval Illumination Homeschool Lesson
This Medieval Illumination Homeschool Lesson focuses on studying the Limbourg Brothers and their significant contributions to medieval art. The lesson emphasizes hands-on activities that blend art appreciation and historical context, allowing children to create their own illuminated manuscripts. It fosters patience, creativity, and an understanding of life in the Middle Ages.
How to Make Illuminated Letters
This post guides readers on creating illuminated letters at home, emphasizing the historical and artistic significance of medieval illumination. It describes a hands-on homeschool activity where children engage creatively with decorative initials on copper sheets. The activity fosters observation, design skills, and appreciation for medieval art in a relaxed, enjoyable atmosphere.
The Geography of Ancient China {and Xia Dynasty}
In this post about the geography of ancient China, we explore the lay of the land, as described by Marco Polo, using our paper mache map: Please note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases made from links on this website. Marco Polo and his route to Cathay Today, in The Travels of Marco……
The Travels of Marco Polo {Homeschool Lesson}
In this latest homeschool history lesson, we will be focusing on the travels of Marco Polo from Venice in Europe to Ormus in Persia. The children dressed up and ready to go on their trip across Asia as Marco Polo Discover all the fun things you can include in a Marco Polo Adventure Box Venice……
Marco Polo and the Silk Road
This week was all about preparing for our trip across the silk road. Yes, I know, week three and we haven’t even left Venice yet! I did say it was taking us a little longer than anticipated! This week we will be learning about Marco Polo and the Silk Road. Marco Polo and the Silk……
Marco Polo and the Mongolians
This week we have taken an unplanned detour. We neglected to cover the Mongolians during our ancient history studies and I wondered where it might naturally fit in. Marco Polo and the Mongolians is the answer! As we are reading Polo’s memoirs the ‘Tartars’ are the one people we have no knowledge of. They played such……
Who is Marco Polo? {Medieval Explorer}
It seems Marco Polo will be taking us longer than first thought (ahem, how very unusual for us!). His travels are a much larger, not to mention interesting, subject than I first thought. Fortunately, the freedom of home-school allows us to chop and change as often as we like, so I’m just going with it!……
Castles Homeschool Lesson
We are in the middle of a Medieval Unit Study right now. This post will be going hand in hand with my knights’ post of last week. When I was planning our castles homeschool lesson, I knew this was an opportunity to a practical, more field trip based learning. So I asked Gary if he……
Medieval Re-enactment
As we are currently studying all things medieval, I thought I’d include some photos of a medieval re-enactment we attending when the children were much younger. We love going to re-enactments (and a medieval re-enactment is surely the best!) and I think secretly the children would quite like to get involved in one themselves (lots of……
Maths at the Manor
Last week I mentioned our foray into living maths using the Domesday survey as our basis for learning about percentages. We used our handy-dandy papier-mache map (again-this is one of the best investments in time we have made!). Paper Mache Map The children built up our very own Manor, complete with a Keep: Our Manor Statistics……
Marco Polo Adventure Box
Yesterday I shared the resources I’m using for the Ancient China part of our adventure box. The resources shown here will make up the Marco Polo Adventure Box. We will be studying these in tandem, so the resources here may not look like much but together with the Ancient China resources, there’s loads! Marco Polo……
Importance of Picture Books for Learning Great Literature
Studying great literature has to be one of my most favourite times in home school. I think because I design our own studies, it gives us lots of freedoms that following a curriculum of any type would remove. I am able to keep it simple, complex or anywhere in between. We don’t have to ascribe……