In this fun Ancient China Homeschool Lesson, we learnt about Chinese fables, Confucius, tangrams, writing and created a lap book and dress up. Read on to find out more. Ancient China Homeschool Lesson: Resources Main Book This Ancient China Homeschool Lesson was only going to last one week, so I kept it as simple as…
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The Lifeboat That Saved The World {Book Review}
The Lifeboat that Saved the World is a faithful retelling of the ancient Mesopotamia flood written down in cuneiform four thousand years ago. This Babylonian story of Atra-hasis (meaning 'Very-Wise') can be found on a few cuneiform tablets kept in collections all around the world. Atra-hasis is also known by the name Ut-napishtim, a character…
Lugalbanda {Book Review}
Lugalbanda, the Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War is the oldest known tale from the ancient Mesopotamia civilisation. Older than 5000 years, it was, at first, passed down through oral tradition. An Englishman called W.K.Loftus discovered Urek in 1849. However, it wasn't until 1888 that an expedition from the University of Pennsylvania uncovered…
Bayeux Tapestry Homeschool Lesson
This Bayeux Tapestry homeschool lesson contains recommended resources, hands on activities and an excellent online tapestry generator. Enjoy! We studied the Battle of 1066 using the Bayeux Tapestry as our starting point. I knew the children had a good grasp of the battle as we had been to see a re enactment on the hill…
Feudalism in the MiddleAges
The Normans introduced feudalism to Britain in the Middle Ages after the battle of 1066. King William claimed all the land for himself and proceeded to rent out percentages of it to the nobles. The nobles, in turn, rented out land to knights in return for their promise of allegiance. Peasants or commoners then…
DK Eyewitness: Mesopotamia {Book Review}
In this review of DK Eyewitness Mesopotamia I will share my thoughts of this book which is a mainstay in so many homeschool libraries. We have returned to this book time and time again, especially when working on our Ancient Mesopotamia Unit Study. In keeping with most DK Eyewitness books, Mesopotamia is filled with many…
The Magician’s Nephew Homeschool Lesson
We have thoroughly enjoyed the start of our Chronicles of Narnia Unit Study. We are not reading the books in the order they were first written by C S Lewis, instead we are reading them in the order that chronologically makes sense. This first homeschool lesson is based on The Magician's Nephew, which describes how…
My Perfect Homeschool Desk
Today I'm posting about my gorgeous and perfect homeschool desk that Gary made. He originally made it for Charlotte. She and Ads have taken over the shed (now known as The Library) which freed up her office space. As the only person in the house without any space to call my own, I snatched it…
Homeschool Logbook {September 2022}
This is all the work that the girls have completed over the last four weeks. In general things went really well. Becca in particular feels that the balance of academic with less academic is good. Abigail's workload has been a little too high for my liking so next month I hope to reduce it somewhat…
Develop an Enquiring Mind in Children
The ability to think critically and analytically then confidently reach their own conclusion is one of my main homeschooling goals for the children. We learn lots of history (and that's great). But my desire is to use history to teach the children more transferable skills, rather than simple knowledge. I want them to think, hypothesise, predict, problem solve and support…
C. S. Lewis Wisdom: Growing Up
This year, the girls and I are studying The Chronicles of Narnia, written by C. S. Lewis. We have thrown ourselves into it (as usual!). We are all very much enjoying it, but I have to admit to being surprised by just how good a writer Lewis is. I mean, I know he's excellent, having…
Akhenaten Homeschool Lesson
Akhenaten was an anomaly in Egyptian history, and not one theEgyptians were particularly proud of. In this Akhenaten homeschool lesson we will be looking at what made him so different, as well as looking at how he changed the nature of art, specifically relief work during his reign. Amenhotep IV, The Early Years Akhenaten was…
Learning from History
In our homeschool, learning from history happens intentionally between the ages of about five and twelve. History offers us everything. Apart from events of the past, history also gives us people to study, art, architecture, food, fashions, science, inventions...I could go on...and on...and on. Literally every 'subject' under the sun can be found within the…
What Does ‘Being Educated’ Mean?
What do you think 'being educated' means? Knowing the answer to this question will allow you to plan a homeschool with your own goals in mind. It will also protect you from the opinions of others, and from see-sawing from one homeschool method to another. In this post, I take a comment left on my…
The Lion Man Artefact Lesson
This Lion Man Artefact Lesson is a fascinating study into the earliest known surviving figure sculpture in the world. Carved 40,000 years ago, archeologists have dated the Lion Man to the Upper Palaeolithic era. Found in parts in the Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in Germany's Swabian Alps, Ute Wolf and Elisabeth Schmid reconstructed the Lion Man from…