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...]
Battle of Gettysburg lesson
"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 conceived … [Read more...]
Handkerchief doll craft
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...]
Liberty Bell craft
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...]
Pennsylvania: Berenstain Bears, or What to do with those sticker books
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...]