Category: Homeschool Holidays
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Homeschool Halloween
Halloween is a contentious subject among homeschoolers, but my kids love to dress up and pretend, so it’s a big hit in our family and because of that, we’ve had a lot of Homeschool Halloween lessons. Of course, our lessons have become less common as the kids have grown older. There were quite a lot…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…