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American Girl Unit Studies Overview
It’s BACK TO HOME-SCHOOL TIME! If your plans include the American Girl History Units this year, this post is just for YOU! A friend recently asked me if I could give her an outline of what each of the American Girl Unit Studies cover. As I went through and put it all together, I thought it might be helpful to some of you as well! I have completed the FREE Unit Studies for: +American Girl Kaya (Native America-1764) +American Girl Felicity (Colonial America-1774) +American Girl Josefina (America’s Southwest Frontier- 1824) +American Girl Kirsten (Pioneer America- 1854) +American Girl Addy (Civil War America- 1864) +American Girl Samantha (Turn of the Century-…
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How To Choose a Homeschool Curriculum
What homeschool curriculum do you use? Whether in a park, at a co-op meeting, or wherever we find another one of us out and about, one of the first questions homeschoolers ask each other is, “What curriculum do you use?”. If you are new to homeschooling, you might still be in the stage of asking YOURSELF this question! THE CURRICULUM QUESTION!! Whether this phrase gets you feeling super excited or causes you to panic and head for the hills, this post is for YOU! If you’re just starting out with Littles, stressing about teaching High Schoolers, discovering that the expensive curriculum you bought in August is a bust, or…
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Valentine’s Day Mini Unit Study- Fields of Daisies
Valentine’s Day is a fantastic time to try a unit study ! Unit studies are a great way to learn! Whether you are looking for a better way to teach multiple aged children all at once, you want more freedom, JOY or creativity in your learning, or you just want to dig a little deeper into a topic, a unit study might be just the answer you’re looking for! Valentine’s Day is packed full of history, inspiring stories of real love and determination, and believe it or not, even some pretty SWEET science! You can cover all your subject areas this week AND have FUN learning! Also, don’t miss the…
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Top 10 History Movies For Kids
Welcome to Part 5: Top 10 Teaching History Helps For Kids Today I’m excited to add to the Top 10 History Helps, my TOP 10 HISTORY MOVIES FOR KIDS! Grab some POPCORN and get cozy! I hope you’ve been finding all kinds of tips and tricks in the Top 10 History series! So far I’ve shared my absolute favorite Top 10 History Podcasts For Kids, hopefully gotten your entire family singing some of the Top 10 History Songs For Kids (sorry some of them just get stuck in your head forever lol), showed you how to make 10 History Timelines For Kids that would fit any homeschooling space and talked…
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World War 2 (American Girl Molly) Unit Study
World War 2 ?! Molly couldn’t believe her ears! This couldn’t be happening! Welcome to the 8th Unit Study in the American Girl History series! In this Unit, we will learn what life was like in America during the days of the second World War. Molly of course knew all about the war being fought a world away in places like Europe and Africa, but one cold morning in December, the war that had been so far away had come to American soil. In one moment everything changed. Where was Pearl Harbor? Why did the Japanese bomb it? Would America’s enemies come again and attack another city? Fathers and brothers…
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