Tag: kindergarten

  • California unit study

    California unit study

    Well after many tries and travails we have finished our California unit study, and that means it’s time to share some more homeschool geography with you.  We completed the California unit study twice, once when the kids were in preschool, and a second time when they were in 5th grade, so I’m including both versions…

  • 50 State Study: New York

    50 State Study: New York

    I was going to write about when we studied New York in high school where we did our quick blitz of a geography lesson as we ran through United States Geography, and I realized I had written about this way back when the kids were tiny all the way back in 2011, so as I…

  • Oklahoma Unit

    Oklahoma Unit

    We have now done an Oklahoma Unit twice. Once when my kids were super little, and in kindergarten, and a second time when they were in junior high. Both times, they were fun geography lessons, but they did teach me a lesson in humility. Just because I vividly remember a book and activity, does not…

  • Florida Unit

    Florida Unit

    Hi! Okay, this is Future Ticia 2024 coming in and updating this post for when we redid the unit in high school. I’ve clarified the projects we did in our original Florida Unit back in 2011, and then updated with more information for a more thorough geography lesson and all that for our current United…

  • STEM challenge: Design a Greek Temple

    STEM challenge: Design a Greek Temple

    There are certain design styles that are eternal. They come back into style over and over again, and one of the most eternal is the Greek columns. You constantly see them brought back whenever a society wants to show they are mature and need to be taken seriously. Look at all of the European capitals…