As a kid, most of my knowledge of Arkansas was President Clinton was from there, and we made a lot of jokes about people in Arkansas being rather backwards. I have no clue why that is, but Arkansas and Mississippi were the two states we picked on. Now as a grownup I know there … [Read more...]
Over 300 books made into movies to enjoy with your family
As a kid, I always loved being assigned a book to read in school that had a movie. I knew that meant we’d spend at least a day or two of that class watching the movie. Sometimes the movies were good, more often they were bad, but they always lead to great discussions … [Read more...]
Alabama Unit
Our Alabama unit was a great addition to our homeschool geography lessons. For me it was a great revisit of some books we had read when the kids were younger, and since our library had a few new books a chance for me to add some new books to our book lists. (there are … [Read more...]
8th-grade books made into movies
Did you cheer in your mind growing up when the TV cart was rolled into your classroom? Or were you one of those lucky people who had a TV in every classroom like schools do now? Reading a book and then watching the movie is a great way to get more engagement with your kids (or … [Read more...]
Missouri Unit
When we go up to visit Tara we drive through Missouri. It's just a little corner as we drive up through Kansas, and then exit over to Missouri in Kansas City, but it's a pretty regular drive. Jeff and I drove through it on our way up to Chicago for our first wedding anniversary, … [Read more...]
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