American Girl Kirsten- Pioneer Unit Study Welcome to Kirsten's World 1854: Growing up on America's Frontier This is an exciting, hands-on study of our country’s Westward Expansion. We will be discovering what pioneer life was like through the eyes of Kirsten Larson, a kind and ...

Are you stressing over how to homeschool through the holidays? You can relax! I have the perfect answer- Christmas School! The holidays are coming ! The holidays are coming ! Cooking, cleaning, preparing for company, shopping, parties, children's plays, church events, cooking some more, o ...

Not your average pancake! Almost every culture has some version of a pancake, whether they be soft and puffy, or thin and eggy. They're a perfect vessel for almost anything, from jelly to meat to cheese to savory spreads, and everything else in between, which means you can enjoy them almost any time of day or night! Swedish pancakes - or pannkakor - are yet another dish with a slightly obscure history. Although they or similar dishes have probably been enjoyed by Swedish families since…

Little House on the Prairie books...Little House on the Prairie Christmas...by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Holiday activities to go along with the books for younger

When you think of Thanksgiving, pioneer Laura Ingalls Wilder is probably not the first image that comes to mind, but maybe it should be. Most of the traditions that we associate with Thanksgiving, including tracing it back to the Pilgrims, began with the pioneers and the Victorians. Onion vs. Sage The most famous Laura Ingalls... Read More »

Learn about Christmas in Sweden with a fun and free unit study. You'll find recipes, history, activities, and more!

See 6 ways to slow down and have an old-fashioned Christmas including making your own gifts and using natural decorations on gracefullittlehoneybee.com

This FREEBIE is ideal for morning work on Santa Lucia Day. This pack contains a coloring page, a roll and graph, a count and graph, and a missing letters page. Happy Santa Lucia Day! ...

A blog by Bonnie Engstrom on motherhood, music, nfp, food, Catholicism, and Fulton Sheen.

I never get tired of folk art, vintage paper, or Christmas! Seriously, an heirloom ornament for inspiration, some Christmas carols, an ...

Horehound Candy Recipe - Early American Recipes And Log Cabin Cooking

The pioneers Christmas looked quite different than our Christmas of today. There wasn't glitter and strands of lights and mounds of presents under the tree, but if we look closely, we'll see some of the

I love old fashioned Christmas trees; the kind where the ornaments are unique and different, and where each one means something special and different to the family members who made them or received…

Celebrate a Swedish Christmas

Learn about the classic Christmas carol "Jingle Bells" including who composed it, what the original title was and the craziest place it was performed.

The story of the classic Christmas carol Silent Night: Why was Silent Night written?