By Holly Giles | homeschooling , Inspiration , popular
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, I just wanted […]
Continue reading
By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , hen house , homeschooling , Mama's Musings
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, and show you […]
Continue reading
By Holly Giles | handicrafts , homeschooling , popular
Throwing out these adorable feed sacks was breaking my heart! Surely I could figure a way to re-purpose them. My grandmother used to make dresses out of her feed sacks, what could I do? The boys and I are always looking for a craft or handmade item to add to our menagerie of items for […]
Continue readingBy Holly Giles | homeschooling
Yesterday, Labor Day, and apparently pancake day. It was also a school day for us. My husband had to work, so we might as well keep up with our studies. It wasn’t a bad day, but sometimes, 24/7 with two boys can wear you out! By the end of the night, I was curled […]
Continue reading
By Holly Giles | Florida , Great Outdoors , homeschooling , Nature Study
Zebra Longwing butterflies are the state butterfly here in Florida. In June, they started taking over our backyard by the hundreds. What can we find out? Their host plant is the passion vine. We have several planted around the backyard, but the one they favor is growing up the railing on our back porch. We have […]
Continue reading
By Holly Giles | homeschooling
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. I invite you to take a walk with us on this homeschool day, at The Giles Frontier… Most days here on the Frontier […]
Continue reading
By Holly Giles | homeschooling
Last week to get Cowboy excited about his homeschool lessons, we read the series of Frances. We love Frances, she is a badger that seems to find trouble, but in the end redeems herself and learns a lesson. I found a unit study book by Valerie Bendt on Frances, and so we read! In Bread and Jam, Frances […]
Continue reading
By Holly Giles | Family , Field Trips , Florida , homeschooling
How can you turn a morning at the farmer’s market into a homeschool lesson? Follow our morning and we will show you how. I gave each boy $5 and a food challenge to last a week. See how they did… Cowboy was given a $5 challenge to purchase fruit for our family of four for […]
Continue reading
By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , Great Outdoors , homeschooling
Fort Christmas Florida pioneer village is a hidden gem that everyone should experience! This property has transformed into a great field trip destination over the past 40 years.December 25, 1837, 2,000 army soldiers arrived to construct a fort during the Second Seminole Indian War. Thus the name of the town, Christmas. As a little girl, my grandparents […]
Continue reading
By Holly Giles | Field Trips , Florida , Great Outdoors , homeschooling
Hands-on learning 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 […]
Continue reading