In September our family went on a two week long vacation to Florida. We spent time before, during and after the trip learning all about Walt Disney, Walt Disney World and Florida. We covered a variety of topics. Here are some of the things we did.
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The Physics of Roller Coasters | Homeschool Unit Study 🎢
Our family recently traveled to Walt Disney World. In anticipation of the experience we spent a day learning about the physics of roller coasters and understanding a bit more about what makes them work. Goal For This Unit Study: Learn and/or review this vocabulary friction: A force caused by a rubbing motion between two objects. gravity: A […]
The Desert of Maine, Freeport Maine June 2024
We ended our 2nd year of homeschool with an Earth Science Unit Study, specifically focusing on geology, rocks and minerals. We like to end our unit studies with an adventure trip. After a quick Google search The Desert of Maine popped up. 20 acres of sand dunes formed when a glacier past through during the […]
Earth Science Homeschool Unit Study 2024 🪨🌋
Here’s how our homeschool family spent a portion of our year learning about Earth Science. Materials The Good and The Beautiful Geology Unit Study We loosely (very loosely) followed the Good and the Beautiful’s Geology Unit study. We found that there is a plethora of info out there about Earth Science and had a hard […]
Lego Homeschool Unit Study 🇩🇰
The kids picked LEGO as their next unit study topic. Here are some of the things we did. History of Lego We started off this unit study by learning about the history of LEGO. We watched this video and we read the book “What is Lego” by Jim O’Connor. Red Fox Playset Anika, inspired by […]
10 Homeschool Supplies That We Frequently Use as a Minimalist Family
As a minimalist family who resides in a 900 square foot home where my husband works full time and I homeschool our two children, we’ve quickly learned that in order to stay sane and happy in our small space we need to be intentional with our homeschool supplies. Certain things that are a must have […]
California Homeschool Unit Study ☀️
In October we booked a two week long road trip to California!!! Because of this I knew the plan for the month of November would be to do a unit study all about the state of California. History, climate, animals, plants… we did a deep dive into this beautiful state. Two weeks of the unit […]
Holiday Homeschool 2023
Last year I fell in love with Holiday Homeschool. As a stay at home mom the days leading up to Christmas were always some of my favorites with my kids. When Anika was in public school I felt like we missed out on a lot of time and the opportunity to do the traditions I […]
Countdown to Christmas Activity Boxes
It’s been our family’s tradition for the past few years in the days leading up to Christmas to complete a Holiday Activity Advent Calendar! This is one of my favorite holiday traditions. I look forward to planning it for my children and our family every year. Ready Made Countdown to Christmas Activity Box and Calendar! If a […]
Homeschool Unit Study Video Game Edition 🎮
Last year at Jake’s suggestion we began our school year learning about Pirates. This year the kids suggested video games as our first topic of the year and we went for it. Let it be known that before this unit I did not like video games…at all. My husband does though and a couple of […]