Homeschooling

  • Africa Unit Study, Soccer Time!

    FIFA.com The oldest boy is reading Cry, the Beloved Country. Here’s a set of questions from LoveToLearn.net if you want to go that route. I’ve watched the movie and highly recommend for late teens to adults. The younger ones are… Continue reading

  • Africa Unit Study, Day 16

    Read Aloud: Chidi Only Likes Blue. Make a color wheel. You can use this blank wheel if you like. In each section of the wheel, write down your notes or draw the items Chidi and Nneka like. Put this page… Continue reading

  • Africa Unit Study: Books and Movies I Didn’t Like

    This is my list of what *not* to include in our study. For various reasons. The White Giraffe The Slave Dancer Africa for Kids The Power of One — ugh. couldn’t even get past the first few pages. I borrowed… Continue reading

  • Africa Unit Study, St. Charles Lwanga

    How timely (and ironic, but more on that later) that we’re doing our Africa unit study and today is the feast day of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions! I’m keeping it simple (everyone’s still recovering, bad coughs all around) so… Continue reading

  • Mogo’s Flute: Study Questions

    Where did Mogo live? What is the mundo-mugo? What is the legend of the 9 Kikuyu tribes? If you were Kikuyu like Mogo, how would you answer the question, “What is your name?” Based on what the author tells about… Continue reading

  • Africa Unit Study, Day 14

    All Ye Lands, pp. 273-278. Take notes and make entries into Book of Centuries/Adventure: Africa scrapbook. Read Aloud: For You Are A Kenyan Child Tea Party!!! For an African Princess, from Princess Tea Continue working on mural/Flora/Fauna. Continue reading

  • Africa Unit Study, Day 13

    Read aloud: Beatrice’s Goat. Start a collection box for Heifer International-Uganda. Play Mancala. Read the Wikipedia entry about it and take notes for the scrapbook. Compare it to our Filipino sungka. Mom and older kids: Read Our Lady of Kibeho.… Continue reading

  • Africa Unit Study: Day 12

    Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 243, 270-273. Make entries into Book of Centuries/Adventure: Africa scrapbook. Read Aloud: Honey… Honey… Lion! by Jan Brett. Print out animals and plants/trees to color. You can either a) make a mural or b) put… Continue reading

  • Africa Unit Study: Day 11

    Pick an African country (we will do at least 3 each) for inclusion in our Adventure: Africa scrapbook. Use flags from Usborne Flags Sticker Book and choose facts and figures to copy. Work on these for the next 3 days.… Continue reading

  • Africa Unit Study: Day 10

    Mom and Older Kids (15 and up): Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust Discuss at dinner table. Make journal entries into Africa scrapbook. Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 212, 213, 216-217. Make entries into Book of Centuries/youngers… Continue reading