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5 Day Phoenician Study

By Stephanie

5 Day Phoenician Study

5 Day Phoenician Study for Kids This week I’ll be sharing our 5 day Phoenician study with you. The focus will be on Phoenician art- especially their contributions to the textile trade, and of course, their famous purple dye. The week’s line up looks like this: Phoenician Study ( You are here.) Timeline Figures, Books […]

Filed Under: Art Around the Ancient World, Art Therapy, History & Geography, Home Education Tagged With: Ancient History, History & Geography, Phoenician Study, Story of the World, World History

Ancient Babylon Art Lesson for Kids

By Stephanie

Ancient Babylon Art Lesson for Kids

My son AND my students loved this lesson. I was somewhat concerned about the potential mess in doing glue designs with kids in 3-5th grade. Would it work? I am glad to say the kids loved it and did a fantastic job. It was a much more fail proof lesson than I had first thought. […]

Filed Under: Art Around the Ancient World, Art Therapy, History & Geography, Home Education Tagged With: Ancient History, art, art history, for literature, Gilgamesh, History & Geography

A Homeschooler’s Guide to Kansas Field Trips: Day #2 Famous People

By Stephanie

Today I will be listing famous people of Kansas and suggesting where to visit to learn more about them. Again, not a complete list and if you don’t find them here you may find them mentioned in Day #1 History Field Trips in Kansas. Famous People of Kansas 16. Fr. Emil J. Kapaun Fr. Emil […]

Filed Under: History & Geography, Home Education, Homeschool Kansas, Top 50 Kansas Field Trips Tagged With: field trips, History & Geography, Kansas

A Homeschooler’s Guide to Kansas Field Trips: Day # 1 History

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A Homeschooler’s Guide to Kansas Field Trips: Day # 1 History

Today I am listing my top picks for history field trips in Kansas. These are the first 15 picks of my Top 50 places to visit in Kansas:  History Field Trips for Kansas 1. Council Grove: On the Santa Fe Trail Kansas is the perfect place to study westward expansion. One of the best history […]

Filed Under: History & Geography, Home Education, Homeschool Kansas, Top 50 Kansas Field Trips Tagged With: field trips, History & Geography, Kansas

Native American Books

By Stephanie

Native American Books

Native American history is a huge part of our American Heritage. So it’s important to include Native American books in our homeschool libraries. Books pictured here are the books in the giveaway  below. (  now closed) I have used every book in this grouping so I can give you a little description for each book: […]

Filed Under: History & Geography, Literature Tagged With: American History, booklist, History & Geography, Native Americans

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Welcome. I'm Stephanie, blogger and mental health advocate. I began seeking knowledge and understanding of mental illness with the discovery of our daughter's schizophrenia. I hope that what I share here may help and encourage parents and other family members... Read More…

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