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How is chocolate made?

March 24, 2011 Ticia 8 Comments

When I learned the state cookie of Pennsylvania is chocolate, I knew what we had to do: learn: how is chocolate made. I took the little kid activity from All About Chocolate from Reading A to Z.  I printed an extra copy of the book and cut out the pictures for the kids to glue … [Read more...]

geography, reading and writing, science Pennsylvania

Battle of Gettysburg lesson

March 23, 2011 Ticia 10 Comments

Battle of Gettysburg history Civil War US history Modern

"Four score and seven years ago our forefathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.  Now we are engaged in a great Civil War, testing whether that nation, or any nation so … [Read more...]

history Civil War, Pennsylvania, United States history

Handkerchief doll craft

March 17, 2011 Ticia 9 Comments

Handkerchief doll fast fact

As part of our geography study of Pennsylvania, I wanted to find a good book about the Amish (hence the handkerchief doll), and I found a great book set in the 1700s, so this also served to teach a little bit about Colonial America at the same time.  I loved learning this fun bit … [Read more...]

geography, history colonial America, Pennsylvania, United States history

Liberty Bell craft

March 16, 2011 Ticia 14 Comments

Liberty Bell craft kinder

This post is a fun bit of homeschool history lesson and homeschool geography lesson.  Homeschool history because the book, Our Liberty Bell*, does a fair job of giving the history behind the Liberty Bell, but homeschool geography because national symbols is taught as part of … [Read more...]

arts and crafts, history 1st grade, American Revolution, kid crafts, Pennsylvania, primary, Revolutionary War, United States history

Pennsylvania: Berenstain Bears, or What to do with those sticker books

March 11, 2011 Ticia 7 Comments

Amazon.com Widgets   When I mentioned to my lovely contact over at Zonderkidz that we were studying Pennsylvania, she said we should read some of their most famous exports, the Berenstain Bears.   Well, what could I say but, HECK YEAH!  My kids love these … [Read more...]

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