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This post contains affiliate links. See our Disclosure Policy for details. If you’ve been following along with our blog for a while, you’ve probably caught on to a recurring theme in our Living History series for the past few months. We’ve learned about Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, and Miles Davis so far.Keep Reading…
Good morning y’all! We made it through yet another week! 🙂 It’s the end of the month, so it’s time for another entry in the Living History series! This month we’ve been learning about Miles Davis. Miles Davis had a comfortable upbringing, but a very troubled life. Ironically, his experiences seemed to help him grow andKeep Reading…
This post contains affiliate links. See our Disclosure Policy here. Image courtesy: Tom Palumbo via Wikimedia Commons We’re feeling “kind of blue” this month, so it’s time to learn about famous jazz trumpeter Miles Davis for the Living History series! Besides knowing that his name is almost synonymous with jazz, I don’t know much aboutKeep Reading…
Happy Friday! We’re wrapping up this week with another entry in our Living History series. You might remember that we were supposed to talk about Ella Fitzgerald in our Living History unit last month. Well, Finals Week happened and work happened and, well….better late than never, right? We started by covering our mini-unit study aboutKeep Reading…
This post contains affiliate links. See our Disclosure Policy here. Hey y’all! It’s the fourth day of our ADHD Learning series and we’re on to how we teach history for our kids with ADHD! Have you noticed that we’ve been using the words: movement, unit studies, and books a lot? Well, they’re back again today.Keep Reading…
This post contains affiliate links. See our Disclosure Policy here. Hey everyone! Finals are nearly over and I can finally breathe again, so I’m back! 🙂 It’s a new month and that means it’s time for a new Living History figure! This month, we’ll be learning about jazz great Ella Fitzgerald. When I was young,Keep Reading…
Hey everyone! It’s November and we’re sharing our latest Living History series mini-unit! This month we learned about the life and legacy of Nat King Cole. We put together a biography mini-unit about Nat King Cole’s career, along with a few exercises, and shared it with the kids. We learned quite a bit about Nat’s lifeKeep Reading…
This post contains affiliate links. See our Disclosure Policy here. Hey everyone! It’s a new month and that means it’s time for another living history figure! We’re loving our study of popular 20th century musicians and we’re keeping it going with a look at the life and career of Nat King Cole. Jay is aKeep Reading…
Hi everyone! This month’s Living History series figure was Dizzy Gillespie and today we’re sharing a free biography mini-unit about this jazz great! Naturally, our kids didn’t have a clue who he was, so they got a chance to learn about Dizzy’s early life, career, and accomplishments. (Sidenote: We used to call Pooh Dizzy whenKeep Reading…
This post contains affiliate links. See our Disclosure Policy here. Image c/o: Wikimedia Commons It’s time for another Living History figure! We enjoyed our study of Otis Redding so much last month that we’re going with another American music icon for October: Dizzy Gillespie. The only things I personally know about Dizzy Gillespie are thatKeep Reading…
Good morning everyone! As you can see, we’re back to posting every weekday! Yay! Last month, we chose Otis Redding as our historical figure for the Living History Series. We were surprised to find that there were very few books available about his life, especially for children. So we put together a biography mini-unitKeep Reading…
This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thank you! Good morning everyone! Thanks for stopping back by to see us this week! Before we go any further, I have an announcement to make about Look! We’re Learning! We’re going to be cutting back to sharing posts two or three times a weekKeep Reading…
Hi everyone! It’s the end of the month, so it’s time to share our living history unit for this month! Our Living History figure for August was Nelson Mandela. We began by reading the book Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom with the kids to give them a background about Mandela’s life and experiences. We talkedKeep Reading…
Hi everyone! We’re getting ready for a new school year here in our household and one of the areas I’m most concerned with is history. I’ve been hesitant to use traditional history books with our children so far, because many of them choose to ignore or downplay important events. I’m not interested in teachingKeep Reading…
