Category: Homeschool Holidays

  • Historical Thanksgiving picture books

    Historical Thanksgiving picture books

    Okay, this booklist came from an amusing source, as I was working on our Massachusetts unit I was finding all of these historical Thanksgiving picture books, so many that I had to severely limit what I picked up for our unit and I thought, “I should actually make a historical Thanksgiving picture book list, it…

  • Christmas Story bracelet and poem

    Christmas Story bracelet and poem

    Years ago I shared about our Christmas Story bracelet we made for our Sunday School class. Well, I’ve changed a few things. The general Christmas story bracelet is staying the same, but I decided to add a poem for the kids to take home. This has been wildly popular with the kids in my Sunday…

  • Christmas in Russia

    Christmas in Russia

    When I think of Russia at Christmas, I think of snow, lots and lots of snow. I’m assuming that’s true, but I haven’t been there to verify it. Texas does not have a snowy Christmas, so I am unfamiliar with the idea. This meant for us a Christmas in Russia lesson was a nice addition…

  • Creative ways to give money

    Creative ways to give money

    Five years ago I discovered it is hard to give presents to teens you don’t know super well. I love my niece and nephew, but I don’t really know them. I see them a few times a year, and I want to give them something, but what they’re wanting are starting to get out of…

  • Christmas in Italy lesson

    Christmas in Italy lesson

    It’s been a while since we did any geography lesson with Christmas around the World, and then we started studying Italy and our library had four books about Christmas in Italy, and suddenly I had a great Christmas in Italy lesson. Enjoy some yummy cookies, and a quick silly craft. (There are affiliate links in…