Changing Gears! Moving to Little House on the Prairie Land

We have been in MN for the last two weeks and all have been suffering from school burn out (ok, it was just me). We have been going strong since late June and it was time for a much-needed break.

We had the pleasure of visiting Walnut Grove, MN and learning more about Laura Ingalls Wilder. I have always wanted to read through all the books with my kids, but was holding off until we lived "on the banks of Plum Creek" again. Well, that seems like it may never happen as the war keeps keeping on, so... I purchased The Prairie Primer and all the books that go along and we are heading into the prairie for a 9 book adventure.

I plan on using CM methods to implement this unit study. We will read the chapter assigned for each day and then narrate in some way or another. Fortunately, there are MANY ideas for projects which will help me get something done. Our artist study will continue as previously scheduled as well as Latin, math, English, Spanish, and music.

We have pretty much covered all of our American History books for the year and much of the Civil War and so this new project seems like the perfect thing to inject some fresh material into the mix.