Unit study

Do you want to integrate your teaching around a central theme?  Then you want a unit study. Here’s how to create one!

Reading doesn’t have to be a strictly solitary activity. Discuss the big ideas, share experiences, and develop comprehension when you learn how to create a book study.

The Academy of Natural Sciences is hosting an amazing Tarantula exhibit this winter and spring from January 30th-May 30th, 2016 and it’s the perfect time to study these often misunderstood creatures. As part of my year long partnership with the Academy, we’ll be heading to the museum to see the tarantulas up close and personal over the …

Do your kids love history? This Time Capsule: Medieval England Unit Study might be the perfect homeschool curriculum for them! My children have always loved knights and anything Medieval England related. They’ve played with swords and shields (plastic and cardboard, of course), since the time they could hold them. So, when Michelle, the creator of …

When the youngest (Kindergarten) decided that she wanted to learn more about sweat, we did just that. The mini-unit study takes just 10-15 minutes a day and can be used as your science study. We spaced our lessons out over the course of a week, but you can condense or elongate that time frame as …