By Holly Giles | Florida , homeschooling , Nature Study
Backyard Nature Study We were busy today. Staying on track has been hard this week. I was on drill duty to keep the boys on task, yet a backyard nature study became the day’s focus. Grant needed a break, so I gave him 20 minutes outside to use his homemade bow. When I went out […]
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By Holly Giles | Family , homeschooling , popular
Learning to Read I have been frequently having days where lessons don’t seem to get complete, the laundry is covering the furniture, my youngest won’t read a book and every errand seems to turn into a much longer excursion than necessary. Today, was no exception! I spent most of the day irritated, not that anyone was misbehaving, […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , homeschooling , Simple Living , southern homestead
4H Fowl Fun The Volusia County Fair is in 2 months and we are gearing up for our entries! The fair association and 4H were offering a “Fowl Fun Day” to teach you about entering chickens. The flyer I received sounded too good to pass up. They would teach anatomy, breeds, disease, and pest control. In […]
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By Holly Giles | homeschooling
Our homeschool day What you don’t see in the photo above is a hawk, off to the left, that just flew up with his morning snack! This is our real-life homeschool day in our own backyard. This is a day from nearly the beginning of our homeschool journey. From this, you can see how far […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , homeschooling
The Farmers Market How can you turn a morning at the farmers market into a homeschool lesson? Follow our morning at the farmers market and we will show you 5 life skills your kids can learn. I gave each of my boys $5 and a food challenge. They needed to purchase food for our family […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , homeschooling
Fort Christmas Fort Christmas Florida pioneer village is a hidden gem in Central Florida that everyone should experience. This property has transformed into a great field trip destination over the past 40 years. On December 25, 1837, 2,000 army soldiers arrived to construct a fort during the Second Seminole Indian War. Thus the name of […]
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By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , homeschooling
Hands-on Science works best here on the Frontier, so anytime I can match a lesson with the outdoors it’s going to be a hit. Some friends from our co-op had been asking us to do a class on tadpoles. Some of the kids had never watched them grow before and were anxious to give it a […]
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