This lesson, which covers the events leading to the Battle of Hastings, is fun and thorough. Oh, and it involves dressing up as Knights! I hated history in school, apart from Henry VIII. He fascinated me. The rest however was plain boring. In particular I hated learning about wars and battles. A list of dates……
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Hands-On Geography Activities {History Unit Studies}
This post shares lots of hands on geography activities which are perfect to use along with any history unit studies. Over the years we have studied many cultures, from ancient history all the way up to modern history and everything in between. Having a great set of geography activities to choose from is vital for……
How to Write a Good Paragraph
This post helps homeschool students learn how to write a good paragraph using an informational folder made especially for the job! So, if you’re a homeschooling mum and you want to find out how you can teach your child to write a good paragraph, read on! How to Write a Good Paragraph Learning how to……
Indus Valley Unit Study
In this lovely Ancient Indus Valley Unit Study, I will be sharing all the wonderful activities my children and I did. This was a fairly short study, but really interesting, not to mention unusual. The Ancient Indus Valley civilisation was not known about until the early twentieth century. Lost until archeologists discovered it the Indian……
Narration Example: Re-enactment
Learn more about the art of narration! This post covers re-enactment as an example of narration, using a paper mache map & Play Mobil figures. This is a perfect way for a child who hates writing to express their understanding of a given topic. What is Narration? Narration, in its most basic form, tells a……
Ancient China Homeschool Lesson
In this fun Ancient China Homeschool Lesson, we learnt about Chinese fables, Confucius, tangrams, writing and created a lap book and dress up. Read on to find out more. Ancient China Homeschool Lesson: Resources Main Book This Ancient China Homeschool Lesson was only going to last one week, so I kept it as simple as……
The Lifeboat That Saved The World {Book Review}
The Lifeboat that Saved the World is a faithful retelling of the ancient Mesopotamia flood written down in cuneiform four thousand years ago. This Babylonian story of Atra-hasis (meaning ‘Very-Wise’) can be found on a few cuneiform tablets kept in collections all around the world. Atra-hasis is also known by the name Ut-napishtim, a character……
Lugalbanda {Book Review}
Lugalbanda, the Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War is the oldest known tale from the ancient Mesopotamia civilisation. Older than 5000 years, it was, at first, passed down through oral tradition. An Englishman called W.K.Loftus discovered Urek in 1849. However, it wasn’t until 1888 that an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania uncovered……
Bayeux Tapestry Homeschool Lesson
This Bayeux Tapestry homeschool lesson contains recommended resources, hands on activities and an excellent online tapestry generator. Enjoy! We studied the Battle of 1066 using the Bayeux Tapestry as our starting point. I knew the children had a good grasp of the battle as we had been to see a re enactment on the hill……
Feudalism in the MiddleAges
The Normans introduced feudalism to Britain in the Middle Ages after the battle of 1066. King William claimed all the land for himself and proceeded to rent out percentages of it to the nobles. The nobles, in turn, rented out land to knights in return for their promise of allegiance. Peasants or commoners then……
DK Eyewitness: Mesopotamia {Book Review}
In this review of DK Eyewitness Mesopotamia I will share my thoughts of this book which is a mainstay in so many homeschool libraries. We have returned to this book time and time again, especially when working on our Ancient Mesopotamia Unit Study. In keeping with most DK Eyewitness books, Mesopotamia is filled with many……
The Magician’s Nephew Homeschool Lesson
We have thoroughly enjoyed the start of our Chronicles of Narnia Unit Study. We are not reading the books in the order they were first written by C S Lewis, instead we are reading them in the order that chronologically makes sense. This first homeschool lesson is based on The Magician’s Nephew, which describes how……
My Perfect Homeschool Desk
Today I’m posting about my gorgeous and perfect homeschool desk that Gary made. He originally made it for Charlotte. She and Ads have taken over the shed (now known as The Library) which freed up her office space. As the only person in the house without any space to call my own, I snatched it……
Homeschool Logbook {September 2022}
This is all the work that the girls have completed over the last four weeks. In general things went really well. Becca in particular feels that the balance of academic with less academic is good. Abigail’s workload has been a little too high for my liking so next month I hope to reduce it somewhat……
Develop an Enquiring Mind in Children
The ability to think critically and analytically then confidently reach their own conclusion is one of my main homeschooling goals for the children. We learn lots of history (and that’s great). But my desire is to use history to teach the children more transferable skills, rather than simple knowledge. I want them to think, hypothesise, predict, problem solve and support……