One of the gems in Pennsylvania that is too-often missed is the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg, Centre County, PA. The museum is located on the original training grounds of a mounted machine gun troop belonging to Col. Theodore Boal, and it’s an excellent homeschool field trip destination (and helps with the PA history requirement…
On May 6, 2023, King Charles III will be coronated at Westminster Abbey on Saturday morning. Festivities will follow Sunday and Monday. This is a great opportunity to teach British history in a fun way with facts, food, and fun learning activities.
The last few years we’ve seen history in the making! Should Jesus tarry, one day our children will tell their grandchildren about these times. It dawned on me that this is a wonderful year to do a time capsule.
These Christian classics have stood the test of time. Christians have read and reread them over the past centuries and you will love them too!
President’s Day is a great time to learn about the amazing line up of men who have served our country since its founding. From Washington to Lincoln to Coolidge to Reagan to Trump, we have seen strong men who stood up for freedom and the American dream. We have been so blessed as a nation.
What a creative idea! I thought as I started reading Blue Skies West by Mattie Richardson from Appaloosy Books. Blue, the horse narrates the book for us so that we see life along the Oregon Trail through a horse’s perspective. Very cool!
Emotional. Passionate for Jesus. Struggling with sickness his entire life. David Brainerd is a young man out teens can relate with. He’s so transparent.
Since we were learning about car racing, we decided to have some hands-on-fun! If you are studying the 1920s, what could be more fun than to have our own Grand Prix? Or at least a big race!
We decided to have our own Vaudeville show! It would be fun! Everyone would do at least one act and we would all dress up from the time period.
On our whirlwind tour of the Pacific States and our five territories, we’ll see mountains, waterfalls, geysers, coves, bays, rugged coastline, and volcanoes. The Pacific states are one extreme to the other- from the tundra in Alaska to tropical Hawaii. Our 5 inhabited territories are all in the Tropics—3 in Ocean and 3 in the…