Category: Theme Units

  • What We Learned : February 2021

    February 2021 was an exciting, though too short, month for us. We spent our time in February taking about Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, the continent of Asia, and Lent. We had candles blessed in church the Sunday before Candlemas (so actually January 31st), made walnut boat candles and ate crepes on Candlemas (so fun…

  • What We Learned: January 2021

    I’m working on being better about documenting what we learn each month, as we move into the more “serious” years of homeschooling, at least with Cookie. Right now I do have a spreadsheet that I update daily with the different lessons we cover (or review), works the kids choose independently and books we read. I’ve…

  • Our Antarctica Unit

    We are finishing out our Antarctica unit as February ends. We will be starting a space unit come March. After that, my daughter has requested to learn more about Australia. Hoping to have some Spring Equinox and Easter activities sprinkled in there. I’m not sure anyone is even interested in Antarctica or penguins at this…