Studying NC Culture: The Hillsborough BBQ Company

  This year we’re studying North Carolina, and it’s impossible to study the culture of this Southern state without looking at the tradition of barbeque.  Smoking meat is a big deal here, but it’s changing with the convenience of gas heat for cooking – and that’s why we went old school and visited The Hillsborough… Continue reading Studying NC Culture: The Hillsborough BBQ Company

Field Work Friday – A Pirate’s Life for Me

One of the best things about homeschooling is being able to be super creative with our studies, and we’re really doing that with North Carolina history.  We started out this school year with a study of pirates and the Carolina coast, where Blackbeard once lived. Our study culminated in a pirate’s party with lots of… Continue reading Field Work Friday – A Pirate’s Life for Me

Book Club, Girls’ Edition: “Mystery on Skull Island”

Our family is studying pirates right now, so for book club the girls read “Mystery on Skull Island,” an American Girl History Mystery book.  It takes place in Charles Town, South Carolina, in the 1720s, just after pirates went from being popular to scary.  We learned a lot about colonial life from this story and… Continue reading Book Club, Girls’ Edition: “Mystery on Skull Island”

Book Club, Boys’ Edition: “The Door to Time”

In June our boys were prepped for adventure with the Italian Ulysses Moore Series, the first of which is called The Door to Time.     In this story thee teens attempt to solve mysteries related to an ancient door found in their new house.  Set in a seaside town in England, they are active, funny,… Continue reading Book Club, Boys’ Edition: “The Door to Time”

Life as a Pilgrim: Fun & Games

This month our Book Club girls read Ron Roy’s The Mayflower Treasure Hunt.  I was pleasantly surprised by this book – the descriptions of the Mayflower are historically accurate, the initial movement of the Pilgrims are tracked throughout the Cape Cod area, and the modern Plymouth is well depicted.  I love the way that Roy added… Continue reading Life as a Pilgrim: Fun & Games

Life as a Pilgrim: Daily Activities

This week we got together with friends once again to live life as a Pilgrim.  We focused on activities of daily life this time, and began our work by learning about the clothing that the children would wear.     After reading Samuel Eaton’s Day and Sarah Morton’s Day, both by Kate Waters, we grabbed three petticoats and an… Continue reading Life as a Pilgrim: Daily Activities

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