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Grades 1-4 Class This year I've been blessed to teach a couple book study classes at a local homeschool organization.  One class i...

Teaching the history and overwhelming magnitude of World War II and The Holocaust to 5th-9th grade students can be a daunting task.  I REALL...

We've recently finished a seven week study on Out of the Dust  by Karen Hesse.  For your convenience here is a list of links for each we...

We're Done!  This has been a great season of learning about The Dust Bowl, The Depression and the 1930's.  I hope each one of our st...

This week we finished the book.  Oh how I'm going to miss Billie Jo.  She's becoming such a literary friend.  I really want to know ...

Time is flying by so quickly as we continue to explore the era of the Dust Bowl, Depression and the 1930's.  This week in our study, Kar...

In week 4, we're now about half way through our book study.  Life is still extremely hard for Billie Jo.  Hardship, devastation and deat...

Week 3- Spring 1934 and Summer 1934 Last week we introduced an art project, self-portraits .  In our hour long class, many students were o...

Week 2: Book Study Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Students should have completed Winter 1934 reading and assigned study guide pages 12-1...

September 26th is a day for celebration.  It happens to be Johnny Appleseed's (a.k.a. John Chapman) birthday!  We always love a reason ...

Encouraging the reading of great books has become a personal mission since I became a mom.  I was not an enthusiastic reader as a child or y...