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When our children craft corn husk dolls, they’re not just building a toy—they’re tapping into a living tradition. In Native American villages and early colonial homes alike, corn husks became playthings and art with very little cost but lots of meaning. This month let’s invite our children to learn by doing, to shape their own…
It’s been a long couple of years of campaigning, and there was a lot of discussion over who would win the presidential election. At times, it seemed to drag on forever, so it’s hard to believe that it’s almost time for the president-elect to be sworn into office! Whether you’re happy or not about the…
Today, we’re talking about the beauty of learning through historical fiction and the remarkable stories being told by Heirloom Audio Productions.
Amelia Earhart isn’t just a person to study — she’s a mystery to solve. In 1937, Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared during the final leg of her around-the-world flight. No confirmed wreckage was ever found. Only scattered clues, radio calls, and competing theories remain. Instead of memorizing facts, this unit turns students into…
Flag Day is a great time to teach our children about the history and meaning of the American flag. Here are five ways you can do just that!
November is a great time to do Native American studies. Regardless of your children’s ages, I think a few of these projects would easily lend themselves to a fun homeschool afternoon! November is also Native American Heritage Month in the United States. So it is the perfect time to explore and honor the diverse cultures,…
One of the benefits of homeschooling high school (or homeschooling in general) for that matter, is the freedom to choose what and how your children will learn something. One of the ways to teach a subject is through a given curriculum. Through our years of homeschooling, I have come across many homeschool high school history…
A review of “Learning American History Through Literature” Learning American History through Literature from Common Sense Press is an educational approach that uses literature, known as living books (more about that below), as a tool for teaching history. The program includes a literature-based curriculum guide that covers different periods of American history and incorporates classic…
Let me share with you how I came to even consider Notgrass History and Our Star-Spangled Story, an elementary American history curriculum by Notgrass History. In the summer of 2022, a sweet friend of mine and I went to a homeschool convention together. Friends, my mind was BLOWN. We sat in presentations from Pam Barnhill,…
When I was teaching “living books” as a class for my homeschool co-op, I found a way to make it an art class too! As a result, I developed a homeschool art program, Art Around the Ancient World, in which I read a book for each civilization, discussed an art form from the time period and…
I’m Jaron Pak, and I have a confession to make. I. Love. History. Like, I crave it 24/7. I can’t get enough of it. To give you an idea of how all-encompassing this obsession is, I spend all day researching and writing history curriculum, and then in my spare time, well… just as an example,…
One of my favorite homeschool studies we have done was a Seabird unit study using the book Seabird by Holling Clancy Holling. For our Seabird unit study we used this FREE Seabird unit study from Homeschool Share. Each chapter has lesson plans which gives direction and ideas for study. It covered our read aloud, English, writing, geography and…
