As promised, here is how to make a history board game to reinforce learning. This board game is themed on the Trojan War and goes along with the fun week we had studying the Trojan War. Here is a photo of our final piece: The children and I had discussed our ideas and we all…
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Stain-Glass Window Homeschool Lesson
In this stain-glass window homeschool lesson we will learn about the history of using coloured glass in windows, linking it with our current medieval history unit study. Resources for a Stain-Glass Window Homeschool Lesson We used the books we had around the house for this art study. Art of the Middle Ages is a book…
How to Make Viking Costumes
Dressing up is definitely the children's area of expertise not mine. Whilst I may give pointers if I think something is inaccurate historically, mostly I just sit back and watch the process. Dressing up is a huge part of our presentation and I dread the day when one or more children come and say they…
Anglo-Saxon Homeschool Presentation
About twice a year our older children put on a presentation about the period they are studying. So far we have done astronomy, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece. Last night we had our Anglo-Saxon Homeschool Presentation. We are very fortunate to live in a village where we are well supported in our homeschooling endeavours. …
How to Make a Viking Brooch
Viking brooches were not only beautiful to look at but were also functional, fastening the straps of their overdress, preventing it from falling down! Also, in between the two brooches at the shoulder were one or two strings of beads for extra ornamentation. In this post, I will be showing you how to make a…
Making an Aged Map
We had so much fun making an aged map from a photocopy of a photo of the paper mache map we made of Great Britain for our Vikings and Anglo-Saxons unit studies. In fact, making an aged map like this one can be done using a photocopy of any map you have on hand. Making…
Guido D’Arrezzo Composer Study
This Guido D'Arrezzo composer study is a perfect accompaniment to a medieval unit study. Guido D'Arrezzo was a Benedictine monk and one of the most influential music theorists of the Middle Ages. Practical in nature and wanting to make learning music more accessible and efficient, Guido laid the foundation for our modern system of music.…
Thomas the Tank Engine {Book Unit}
Generally, my usual book units are done over the span of five days. However, this Thomas the Tank Engine book unit spanned the entirety of one whole day. Yes, this will be a homeschool day with lots of learning. But above all, I wanted all five children to have fun! We have a full set…
Shut-In: Political Party Speeches
This has to be my personal favourite activity so far. Everyone joined in with such gusto (even Thomas), it was hilarious! Earlier on in the day I had randomly chosen eight words from the dictionary. I did this by opening to a page and with shut eyes pointing to a place on the page. I…
Shut-In: Karaoke Edition
Karaoke was up next. In a fairly musical family, I am the dud. I can't sing a note...or at least I can, but it is rarely the right one at the right time. This was the activity I was looking forward to the least. I suddenly began to understand how Thomas felt each time I…
Fun, Hands-On Dinosaur Unit: Cerapods – Tricerotops
This week's focus for our dinosaur unit has been the dinosaurs from the Cerapods group using Triceratops as an example, and we have had heaps of hand-on fun! Dinosaurs are classified into two groups dependant on the position of the hips: Saurischia (lizard hipped dinosaurs) Ornithiscia (bird hipped dinosaurs) The Saurischia are further divided into Theropods and…
Dinosaur Party Activities
I was searching through old photos for something or other and came across these ones of a dinosaur birthday party I organised for a niece of ours in Northern Ireland. Full of fun activities, I thought I would share, especially as there are going to be some dinosaur themed posts following over the next few…
Flower Fairies: Horse Chestnut Fairy
I am still catching up on posts I should have written before Christmas. We took this nature walk some time in November when we chose to focus on the Horse Chestnut Tree. These trees tend to line the streets on our way to the woodlands, rather than being in the woodlands themselves. We spent a…
Curious George Book Unit
Who doesn't love the mischievous monkey that is Curious George? This Curious George Book Unit is for all you out there who have their very own mischievous monkeys. It is chock full of lots of fun learning activities, all monkey themed around Curious George. I had my mischievous monkeys fetch our Curious George book as…
Exploring Angles and Triangles {Living Maths}
Last week we learnt about Viking runes. We made a stave and found that every letter of the viking alphabet could be made using one of these as a guide. The straight lines, angles and triangles made me think that there could be a maths lesson in there somewhere. So, we spent the week exploring…