How We Homeschool Pen Pal Exchange The pen pal exchange is live and kicking. If your child would like a pen pal, leave a comment or send an e-mail with their age and home country, and I’ll get to work! Last week I shared my plan for maths and English
Catherine, this looks like a wonderful plan for the year! We also followed the Well-Trained mind and used the Story of the World for history. There is an activity book that goes along with it that has a geography page for each chapter. There the kids would mark the main cities or land structures discussed and also draw the movements /battles etc. described. It also included related activities that we would usually do at the end of the week - the kids loved these the most and the experiences certainly stayed with them (we just recently talked about how they made "monk soup" while dressed up as monks, built catacombs (with sheets and furniture), and would reenact the silk road around the house). If you would like something fun to memorize countries and capitals, check out Memorize Academy (we used it also for the periodic table) you can see a few sample videos here https://www.memorize.academy/blog?page=2.
Also, my son (11) would be very interested in a penpal. We live in Ontario, Canada but also have a Swiss connection.
My child is still in the womb, so I don’t think he’s up for a pen pal just yet, but I wanted to drop you a note to tell you that your content is inspiring. I hope to be able to do this for my son as he grows. You’re doing something right if you child is reading Beowulf before bed. Thank you for sharing!
Hey - we live in New Zealand! What does your daughter want to know?
Enjoying these posts. Sounds like you’ve got a nice mix of freedom and structure going. Not much can go wrong when a kid is surrounded by books, time, and talk.
PS: I’m a bit envious of those museums you’ve got on tap.
Catherine, this looks like a wonderful plan for the year! We also followed the Well-Trained mind and used the Story of the World for history. There is an activity book that goes along with it that has a geography page for each chapter. There the kids would mark the main cities or land structures discussed and also draw the movements /battles etc. described. It also included related activities that we would usually do at the end of the week - the kids loved these the most and the experiences certainly stayed with them (we just recently talked about how they made "monk soup" while dressed up as monks, built catacombs (with sheets and furniture), and would reenact the silk road around the house). If you would like something fun to memorize countries and capitals, check out Memorize Academy (we used it also for the periodic table) you can see a few sample videos here https://www.memorize.academy/blog?page=2.
Also, my son (11) would be very interested in a penpal. We live in Ontario, Canada but also have a Swiss connection.
Thanks so much for organizing! :)
My child is still in the womb, so I don’t think he’s up for a pen pal just yet, but I wanted to drop you a note to tell you that your content is inspiring. I hope to be able to do this for my son as he grows. You’re doing something right if you child is reading Beowulf before bed. Thank you for sharing!
Hey - we live in New Zealand! What does your daughter want to know?
Enjoying these posts. Sounds like you’ve got a nice mix of freedom and structure going. Not much can go wrong when a kid is surrounded by books, time, and talk.
PS: I’m a bit envious of those museums you’ve got on tap.