Pioneer Unit

We temporarily turned half of the shed into a mini log cabin.  I loved creating it so much.  In my dream world we would have a real log cabing tucked into a little patch of forest on our land.     We hosted a pioneer activity for several other Well-Educated Heart homeschool families because 1800’s...Read More

This month we have been studying the 1800s so we decided to do our pioneer unit in March instead of July.  I am very pregnant right now so this pioneer unit wasn’t anywhere close to the amount of effort that I have put into the past 3 years but I am happy that we at...Read More

Cecelia’s family went from ship, to train, to handcart (and it didn’t stop there…) on their journey from Bornholm, Denmark to Utah.  So today, we turned our wagon into a handcart and went on a pretend journey from Iowa City, Iowa to Winter Quarters (now named Florence), Nebraska.    Here is more of the story...Read More

Today, we carded wool, spun yarn, and died the yarn with marigolds that we grew in our garden.  This was really fun!  This was my first time every dying something with natural dyes and now I want to experiment more with other plants and flowers.  I ordered the sheep wool from Etsy.  For our Sweden...Read More

Today, we went on a train ride.  Last week, we completed the first leg of Cecelia’s journey from Bornholm, Denmark to Utah.  And today, we next leg of her journey… a train ride from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Iowa City, Iowa.   Upon reaching Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, they were met by Elder Angus M. Cannon who made arrangements...Read More

In honor of Cecelia and Susannah, we went on a ship voyage today.  I built a ship just like last year.  We had fun buying our ship tickets, eating sea biscuits, playing music and dancing on the ship, and learning about the real sea voyages that Cecelia, Susannah, and their families went on in the...Read More