Tag: elementary

  • Botany Unit

    Botany Unit

    We never officially studied botany in our science lessons. We just ran into the occasional botany lesson, and I think we may have had a short botany unit when we had a year of zoology. Mainly because I remember having a lesson about different leaf types. Okay, but either way, I was realizing I had…

  • Homeschool Halloween

    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…

  • 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…

  • Homeschool writing lessons

    Homeschool writing lessons

    I was updating an old post and went to link to a homeschool writing lesson landing page only to discover I hadn’t written one! Shock! HORROR! Pearl-clutching! That being said, there are so many great writing lessons you can have as a homeschooler, whether it’s learning how to write, writing curriculum, or writing prompts related…

  • Artist Studies

    Artist Studies

    I love artist studies. We usually keep them short, one to two days, and attempt to recreate the artwork of the artist or their style. This often means we create truly unique art, but it’s so much fun. I thought it would be helpful for all of you to collect all of our Artist Studies…