After spending a good chunk of time reading and learning about the American Civil War, we are almost ready to move on in our history stu...

When our youngest finished his A to Z preschool year , I decided to review his letters and sounds, numbers and counting until summer bre...

In the past, when we studied the Revolutionary War time period, I read aloud two fabulous books.  Mr. Revere and I , by Robert Lawson and Jo...

Since using the series of books for history studies worked well, and there are many, many American history books available begging to be ...

Sometimes, a series of books about a certain time period lend themselves well to our history studies.  Such is the case with Adventures in C...

We've read it before.  About four years ago, when we first studied this time period in history, we followed another's recommendation...

It's no secret.  We have lots of books in our home.  Some are ours, but a lot we borrow from friends and local libraries.  Each year, ...

Surely you have read this title in a post somewhere else.  I know I have seen it mentioned many times this summer, and to everyone who has e...

Though I find great enjoyment in reading Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, I have shied away from sharing Shakespeare's plays with my...

We study history chronologically.  It is easier for me to plan and the children to place events and people in time.  Often our read alouds f...