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Arkansas Unit

January 27, 2023 Ticia 1 Comment

Arkansas Unit geography United States 50 state study 11th

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...]

geography 11th grade, 1st grade, 50 states study, book list

Over 300 books made into movies to enjoy with your family

January 11, 2023 Ticia 17 Comments

300 books made into movies

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...]

reading and writing book and a movie, book list

Alabama Unit

September 14, 2022 Ticia 2 Comments

Alabama Unit geography 11th 50 state study

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...]

geography, reading and writing 11th grade, 50 states study, book list

8th-grade books made into movies

August 25, 2022 Ticia 1 Comment

8th grade book and a movie reading

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...]

reading and writing 8th grade, book and a movie, book list

Missouri Unit

June 13, 2022 Ticia Leave a Comment

Missouri Unit geography North America 50 State study United States

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...]

geography, reading and writing 50 states study, book list, North America

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