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Category: Texas
Texas Geography Unit
This past year we’ve been studying Texas history. Here’s the thing, I’m a firm believer in understanding geography to understand history. The geography of a state or country effects how things happen. Why am I telling you this? So you’ll understand why the very first unit of our Texas history lessons was a big long…
The Battle of the Alamo
When you think of Texas, nothing is more iconic than the Alamo. It became the battle cry of the Texas Revolution, “Remember the Alamo!” It’s a major tourist attraction, and when we reached the Battle of the Alamo in our history lessons as we cover US history, I knew we had to do a Battle…
The Ultimate Guide to Hands on Learning for Texas history
I promised the kids we would study Texas history next year. I’m amazingly excited about this, and I’m also starting to think of projects we can do with our history lessons, field trips we can take, and how amazing this is going to be. It’s going to be an awesome year of Texas history, and…
Best Austin Area Field Trips
The kids and I love to go on field trips, though we don’t go quite as often now that the kids are getting older. Regardless, over our 6 years of homeschooling here we’ve found the best Austin area field trips, and I’m going to share our wisdom with you. **State capitol image from pixelchecker and…
Taking your kid to the Renaissance Festival
I’m attempting to weed through the 2 million folders of pictures I have to sort through, and as I was doing that I found the pictures from when we went to Sherwood Forest Faire last Spring. For our family, the first rule for taking your kid to the Renaissance Festival: they have to be at…