Homeschooling My Kinetic Kids

One of the things that 2020 has given us this year was Hamilton the Musical on Disney Plus!  Suddenly, a niche Broadway musical that was only on most people's peripheral is now on center stage!  No longer do history and theater nerds need to be content with the Hamilton soundtrack, now they can watch the pro-shot every day if they want.  If you have someone in your life, who isn't throwing away their shot to watch this musical as many times as possible, then you'll find this list very helpful.  Click on the colored text to read more about the products.  Also, if you're on Pinterest, please pin the image in this post for others to enjoy. Since we're a homeschooling family, I wanted to add a few extra tips specifically for families like ours!  If you're learning more about life during the colonial and revolutionary war years, I highly recommend the Townsends channel on Youtube.  He and his team show you how different things were done in that time perio...

During my preteen and teen years, I was obsessed with "who lives, who dies, who tells your story" (although Hamilton hadn't been written yet).  When I was around 11 or 12, the asthma doctor told myself and my parents that I would probably not live into adulthood.  My lungs were so bad that any illness or irritant could be the thing from which I never recovered.  Tough words for a doctor to tell their patient, very difficult words to hear, and heartbreaking for a parent. From that moment on, I was obsessed with telling my own story, and reading other stories about girls my age who had also dealt with difficult things.  I loved the "Dear America" series for that reason.  It was historical fiction about lives in the past, who had overcome adversities and survived them (or not).  I remember also being a bit obsessed with Anne Frank, even addressing an entire diary/journal to her at one point. Living and Adventuring with Asthma I've been wanting...

The kids and I started reading "Little House in the Big Woods" last week for the first time.  They're really enjoying hearing about life in the "old days" and all the ways that things were done differently 150 years ago.  It's been a very special time, too, because we all pile on the parents' bed for reading time and have some quiet time as part of our day.  It's been a great way to reconnect with them. Many of these ideas came from my own reading of the series; however, where possible, I've added links to give you more information about them.  Many of them can be done without extra supplies and don't involve other people, so their perfect for living "self isolated" like a pioneer. 1- Preserve Meat In my search, I found a blog and podcast called "Pioneering Today."  She has a post about salting, fermenting, and other ways to preserve meat.  The very first chapter of "The Little House in the Big Woods"...

My 7 year old son has recently stated that he wants to be a WW2 pilot when he grows up.  He loves studying the differences between all the planes and flying them with his Dad on the flight simulator.   He's constantly talking about them, asking me questions, and correcting my answers (haha).  We recently took the family to the Seattle area (read all about it on my travel blog- Party Through the USA ) and spent the weekend at two airplane museums.  One of them was exclusively about WW2 airplanes and tanks! World War Two Encyclopedia   <>   Small Die Cast Airplanes Airplanes of the Second World War Coloring Book Aircraft: A Definitive Visual History   <>   Mini Die Cast Planes Airplanes of WW2 Puzzle   <>   P-38 Die Cast Model and Runway WW2 Plane Spotter Playing Cards   <>   Pull-Back WW2 Airplanes I thought since my son is so interested in planes that now w...