Thursday, August 6, 2009 - Middle Ages Book List

We school year round, and DD11/12 finished her study of the Middle Ages over the summer. She lap-n-noted through the study, but I slacked off in posting all her pages. However, here is a list of the books she read:

General Middle Ages Books -

Story of the Middle Ages by Michael McHugh

Famous Men of the Middle Ages by John Haaren

The Usborne Book of Living Long Ago

History of Everyday Things, The Middle Ages by Giovanni Caselli

See Through History - The Middle Ages by Sarah Howarth

Craft Topics - Castles by Rachel Wright

A Medieval Feast by Aliki

Other Books in Chronological Order (mostly historical fiction)  -

Note: linked books have units and/or lapbooks 

 Now she will be moving on to the Renaissance and Reformation.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - Free Units, and Lapbooks, and Printables, OH MY!

Over 50 new things are posted as part of Homeschool Share's Back-to-School BLAST!! You can see them all here: http://www.homeschoolshare.com/what'snew.php

Thanks to all the ladies with giving hearts, willing to share their creations with the rest of the homeschool community! It is much appreciated!

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Sunday, June 21, 2009 - The Plague

DD11 continues on with her study of the Middle Ages, studying The Plague.

For her historical fiction selections she read: 

She also read about the Plague in two nonfiction titles: 

Middle Ages by Giovanni Caselli

The Middle Ages by Sarah Howarth

To review what she learned, she completed a Free Plague Lapbook from Homeschool Share.

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Saturday, June 13, 2009 - We got our Goat!

Meet Poncho. She is a three month old Nubian mix. We got her last Friday and it took her about three days to calm down and realize we aren't going to eat her. Now she calls us whenever we walk away, and loves pets and mulberry leaves. We will be getting a buddy for sure shortly, in the meantime the chickens and ducks will keep her company. We are going to let her grow up a bit and just  "be a kid" before breeding her, so we should have some yummy fresh milk in about a year!

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Friday, April 10, 2009 - Homeschool Share BLAST!

It is that time of the year again! Homeschool Share's BLAST! And you should see the prizes this year! Just amazing! So get your creative juices flowing and join in the fun!

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 - Quack! Quack!

We got them! Four Rouen ducklings! My dear inlaws brought them for the girls yesterday. They are straight run, so we won't know for a while (how long I wonder???) if they are boys or girls. They are so cute, and messy! They keep swimming in their water bowl, throw their food everywhere, and attack every moving (and non-moving) thing. Fun, fun, fun!

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Saturday, April 4, 2009 - Apple and the Arrow

DD11 continued adding to her Middle Ages Notebook, reading Apple and the Arrow by Mary and Conrad Buff.

She completed a lap-n-note from Homeschool Share (don't go looking for it yet, it will be posted during the BLAST! Details are forthcoming! ;-))

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Saturday, April 4, 2009 - Goats Lapbook

Well our goats still aren't here. They are taking their good old time getting weaned, I guess that's a good thing, I'm just getting anxious.  In the meantime, dd9 added goats to her farm notebook. She read:

And she completed a Free Goat Lapbook from Homeschool Share:

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Saturday, March 28, 2009 - Off the Grid Dreamin'

I often daydream about being able to be off the grid. (Notice I said, “being able”. It’s not that I necessarily want to give up some of the luxuries, but it would be nice to be able to, if need be.) Yesterday we were “off the grid” for about three hours, as some electrical work was done out at the road. The silence was golden. No humming computer fan, no background radio noise, just…ahhhhh…

Tonight many will be making a political statement of sorts (to each their own) and turning their power off for an hour. I chuckle at the various threads posted here and there, “what do I do?!” It’s an hour folks; you should be able to do it standing on your head.  

But what if the power was off many hours, many days, many months? Would you be ready?  I’m working towards being ready, just in case. My latest acquisition is a coal/wood cook stove. I don’t know a lot about its history, but I love it. J

It needed some cleaning up with the wire brush and some steel wool, and dh still needs to build the chimney, but I definitely think it will serve its purpose. After all, many a meal was cooked with it in days gone by. It has 6 burners (as you can see in the picture) and a nice sized oven, plenty big for baking breads, and maybe a 10-12 pound turkey.

One of my favorite features is this snazzy warming cabinet, so everything can be put on the table all toasty.

This brings us one step closer to “being able” to be off the grid. Wonder what step will be next…

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Friday, March 20, 2009 - Farmer Girl

My 9yo dd has decided she wants a farm. I told her that she needs to learn more about farm animals and what care they need before she makes any decisions. She opted to do a lap-n-note.

First, we printed out a unit from School Express. She worked on that throughout the week. She is also reading a couple of basic books, to cover all animals, and then going in depth with animals she fancies.  

First animal, since we already own them and she is familiar with them, was the chicken. She completed pages from Evan Moor Giant Science Resource book about life cycle, parts of the egg, kinds of feathers, etc. and read these books:

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