"Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it."
~William Haley
We love doing unit studies in our homeschool! We find it kindles an interest to learn. When children are given stacks of "living" books, activities and ideas about a certain subject, that subject comes alive! And anything that may have seemed dull at first glance suddenly becomes interesting! Here is a list of the free unit studies that we have prepared on this blog. Even if you have a curriculum, sometimes it is fun (and even necessary) to change things up (with a unit study in between) to avoid monotony. These would also be fun to do in the summer at a slower and enjoyable pace.
You may also be interested in our World History Series:
Creation Study (History of the World ~ Part 1)
Noah's Ark and the World Wide Flood (History of the World ~ Part 2)
The Tower of Babel and The Ice Age ~ History of the World (History of the World ~ Part 3)
For more information, visit our article "What is a Unit Study".
This post may be shared with some or all of the following link-ups: The Art of Home-Making Mondays, Modest Mom Monday's, Monday's Musings, Make Your Home Sing Monday, Good Morning Mondays, The Scoop, Titus 2sdays, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Roses of Inspiration, Tuesdays with a Twist, Raising Homemakers, Wise Woman Link Up, Homestead Blog Hop, Wow Us Wednesdays, Wildcrafting Wednesday, Coffee and Conversation, So Much at Home, Homemaking Thursdays, Home Sweet Home, Home Acre Hop, From the Farm Blog Hop, Farmgirl Friday, Front Porch Friday Blog Hop, Awesome Life Friday Link Up, Simply Natural Saturdays and Clever Chicks Blog Hop. Thank you lovely ladies for hosting these.
Jes, these are just wonderful! You are so generous with your time and expertise, sharing all the wonderful resources you do. Your blog really is a one stop shop for everything I love! I cannot thank you enough for all you do here. You are a blessing indeed.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the time you take to leave encouraging comments ;)
DeleteBookmarking this! I'm still at the "Explore Creation With Littles" stage of things, but there are so many wonderful resources for homeschool. I've been slowly building a little library!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a fun stage! We love creation studies! :)
DeleteWhat a resource you've shared, JES. I would have loved free unit studies when we homeschooled our youngest. Love the image you shared - those girls are too cute.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
I loved the painting too! Thank you for sharing :)
DeleteLove the quote! It's going in my commonplace book.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing! I was smitten by it too! :)
DeleteYou are so endlessly creative!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your encouragement ;)
DeleteThank you so much for sharing these JES, I am pinning this page and hope to use one of the studies later in June.
ReplyDeleteOh, that would be wonderful!! I hope you enjoy them! :)
DeleteThanks so much for taking the time to visit!!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Debbie
What a wonderful quote by William Haley! Certainly something to ponder on... And it is so sweet of you to share your homeschool unit studies! Homeschooling is such a blessing and also great fun! :)
ReplyDeleteHope your weekend has been lovely so far, dear JES!
Love,
Kelly-Anne
Dearest JES, I so appreaciate your resources and your willingness to share them with us. Thank you for sharing with Roses of Inspiration. Blessings to you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jes for all your work and for being so willing to share it with us all. I appreciate it also that you take the time to share this at Good Morning Mondays. Once again you are such a blessing. Have a great weekend. xxxx
ReplyDeleteThank you Jes for all your work and for being so willing to share it with us all. I appreciate it also that you take the time to share this at Good Morning Mondays. Once again you are such a blessing. Have a great weekend. xxxx
ReplyDeleteOh these are so wonderful! Forgive me if this has been asked already, or if it seems silly, but when you do these unit studies, approximately how much time do you spend on each one?
ReplyDeleteNot silly at all, that is a great question! The time we spend all depends on the unit (and sometimes even the interest of the children). For instance, owls would be one or two weeks until all the materials are read and most of the activities are completed. However, when we study a huge topic like Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, or the Middle Ages, we can spend as long as 3 months! Most of the time, once I have read the main read aloud titles, then I begin wrapping it up. Hope this answers your question. Please feel free to ask anything else. We LOVE unit studies in our homeschool!
DeleteThank you! We will definitely be using these in our home education.
DeleteFound you on Raising Homemakers! We also love to do unit studies, and I've written some as well. I'll be pinning this for future reference!
ReplyDeleteAren't they fun? Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful homeschooling year! :)
Delete