In college, as a history minor, I was required to take Texas history. The class was only offered on Tuesday/Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30. As a sophomore, I signed up to take the class and made it through precisely one class before dropping it. The professor was particularly … [Read more...]
Can you cross the Oobleck Ocean?
A few years ago we studied astronomy (check out our astronomy lessons), and at the end of it all we had a Life in Space Unit, and one of the activities I somehow forgot to write about all those years ago was crossing the Oobleck Ocean. This is a super fun and messy STEM project, … [Read more...]
Paul’s Third Missionary Trip lesson
I kinda just taught this lesson to my Sunday School class last Sunday, so I’m super behind on posting this, and techinically this lesson isn’t Paul’s Third Missionary trip, but Paul heading home from his Third Missionary Trip. But that doesn’t have the same ring to … [Read more...]
The Discovery of Iceland
Because I’m a glutton for punishment, and because I want a little leeway in our schedule I decided to complete two weeks worth of lessons in our Illuminations 2 (affiliate) schedule, and we actually did it. I was rather amazed. Our most favorite lesson of that busy week was the … [Read more...]
Teaching your kids about small arms combat and ancient warfare
As we learned about ancient history, I knew for the battles to really make sense I need them to learn about small arms combat. So I set about to teach them about small arms combat. The first step was to teach them about how to fight effectively with small arms … [Read more...]