We are still chugging along with our state studies! This spring, we continued with a few more states: North and South Dakota, Texas, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, and Oregon. We’re just missing a few of the western states now! Here is the Historical Fiction United States bookstack! This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may […]
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I wanted to spend some more focused time on the Italian Renaissance. We used the summer months to read these few chapter books and revisit my country study on Italy! Here are the Renaissance books we read and the art we looked at. This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn a few cents
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Now we get to the pre-Columbian societies in Central and South America. Here are the chapter books about Aztecs, Maya, and Incas. The chapter book selection was slim pickings! We mainly studied these civilizations using picture books. You’ll see that I pulled a lot of fun chapter books with themes relating to the Mayan, Aztec,
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After filling our hearts with stories of knighthood and chivalry in Europe, we investigated the Middle Ages in Asia. And I’m not only talking about the perspective of Marco Polo! This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn a few cents on qualifying purchases. Thanks in advance for helping with the costs of running
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Looking back at my Medieval Books post at the beginning of the year, I’m pretty pleased that we made it through most of them! Here are the books about Medieval Europe that we did as read-alouds or audiobooks, for my kids aged 7 through 12. Of course, I continued to find more books and add
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We spent the month of December reading these legends of Merlin and Arthur. The perfect book for us was Christmas in Camelot from the Magic Tree House series. This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn a few cents on qualifying purchases. Thanks in advance for helping with the costs of running this blog!
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We followed “Rome to the Reformation” by My Father’s World. These Ancient Rome books really transported us back to that era! This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn a few cents on qualifying purchases. Thanks in advance for helping with the costs of running this blog! The Roman Empire This book provides lots
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We explored Ancient Greece with these chapter books! Most of these Ancient Greece books are from the two curricula: My Fathers World and Ambleside Online. This post may contain Amazon Affiliate Links. I may earn a few cents on qualifying purchases. Thanks in advance for helping with the costs of running this blog! Magic Tree House:
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Let’s talk about the origin of Valentine’s Day. One of my favorite ways to make geography and history relevant is to explore the origin stories of our holidays.
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Cycling back around to Vikings! This time, we read books about Vikings as they fit into European Medieval history.
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