Dec 30 2011
One of the many things I love about homeschooling is being able to go on really great field trips. Our most recent field trip was to Mesa Verde, Co. We did a unit study on Native Americans last year, and had planned to visit Mesa Verde immediately after. When we found out that my father-in-law, [...]
Dec 27 2011
After a wonderful year spent working at Clear Creek Ranch, we moved back home in October. Our experience was incredible! We spent a year living our dream, and now we are home to work toward owning our own ranch. We learned so many things that we are excited to put into practice wherever we live. [...]
Apr 15 2011
I never intended to take a six month break, but my we’ve been busy! Our homeschool year did not go as planned. The last few months have brought a grand adventure. Instead of our intended move to a house across town before school began last fall, we ended up moving 2 1/2 hours away. We [...]
Aug 02 2010
As Part of our U. S. History studies this year, we will be working on earning The Great American Award. Here are the requirements: 1. Match the 50 states and capitals. 2. Label and correctly spell the 50 states on a map. 3. Recite from memory the Gettysburg Address. 4. Recite from memory the Preamble [...]
Jun 11 2010
We just finished up our first year of homeschooling. I guess there are those out there who would call what we did this past year “public school at home” since we were enrolled in K12 through a local school district. Whatever it was called it allowed us to take charge of our children’s education. It [...]