The new school year is in full swing, and I am so glad to be back in a consistent schedule! Last year we did an integrated unit study on the 5 regions of the United States, incorporating science topics, engineering, […]
The new school year is in full swing, and I am so glad to be back in a consistent schedule! Last year we did an integrated unit study on the 5 regions of the United States, incorporating science topics, engineering, […]
Well, it’s been a minute! A lot has been going on the last few months (both personally and in the country…whew!), so my apologies for just now getting this post up and running. This school year we did a year-long […]
We’ve been “traveling” through the five regions of the United States in a year long unit, tying in all subjects along our way, and now we can check the southwest region off of our list! It’s been so much fun […]
If you’ve been following our homeschool year shenanigans, you know we are “traveling” through the regions of the United States all year and tying in all kinds of subjects in along the way. (You can read about our midwest adventures […]
When I found out the Van Gogh Experience was here in DC, I had to jump on that and get tickets! Before we went I made sure to do a Vincent Van Gogh unit study with my son so he […]
We’ve been focusing on nonfiction text features in reading recently. I’ve always enjoyed teaching nonfiction because my kids get so excited about all of the different subjects we explore. As a kid myself, I loved looking through my nonfiction books […]
An Italian Christmas Folktale Literature Unit When I think about folktales for children, Tomie dePaola always comes to mind. His books are classic favorites loved in homes and classrooms all over the world. The Strega Nona books, The Legend of […]
We are currently knees deep in a writing project, and prior to beginning I wanted to review writing dialogue using quotation marks since it is not quite yet an automatic process for my son. In an attempt to make using […]
This post is an overview of what we did as we “traveled” through the northeast region of the U.S. The way I plan integrated units is with Google docs. I create a new doc for each unit and start organizing […]
I don’t know about you, but I am welcoming this school year with wide, open arms! Last year was…a lot. You can tell how I felt about it by the amount of posts I made. It was trying on my […]