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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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