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Studying History Using Greenleaf Guide
In this review on Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History, I talked about how Greenleaf has helped us tie the history of the Old Testament peoples together. This study has made us realize that the Biblical characters were very real and were involved in the real world and were not a people by themselves. Now please don’t get me wrong when I say that. I believe the Bible to be 100% true but reading the Bible as a part of history made the people come alive for me and my family. Other ways to enhance your study While I use Greenleaf for a guideline of what chapters to read, I also try and look for…
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Homeschool Showcase Carnival #32
The Homeschool Showcase is up with some great links at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers.
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Artichokes or Archers?
I was reading The World of the Medieval Knight by Chrisopher Gravett to the younger ones the other day and I pointed to the arrow slits in the castle wall from where the archers would shoot their arrows. “Who used these windows?” I asked. Audrey piped up and said, “Artichokes.” 😀 What a goof 🙂
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Getting Organized with Schedules – Part 2
After I made my 12 week schedule for our Middle Ages unit study (see this post – Keeping Organized with Schedules – Part 1), I then did another spreadsheet that shows me what we should be doing at what time. I put the times in to help keep me on track. You could also do a schedule that showed general blocks of time, for instance: 8:30-12:00a.m. Unit Study, 1:00-3:00p.m. Independent Study. As I said, I did mine with specific times for each part of our unit study to help me to be able to just move from one thing to another without having to put any thought into what is next on the agenda. On my…
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Somewhere between Oklahoma & Ohio
Russell is made of a different fabric than I. The longest I’ve driven in one stretch is 3 hours. Russell can go all night and then some more and that’s exactly what we did. But even he needs to rest sometimes. I never know where we’ll end up. This time it was in a little bitty town that must have a claim on Route 66 although that’s not the road we pulled off on. It looked like a fun store whose parking lot became our rest stop for the next 45 minutes. Nothing was open since it was early enough that most people were still sleeping. A little rest and he’s good…
