Until just this week, doing an author study in our homeschool/preschool never even occurred to me. Once it did, I have not been able to stop thinking about it, brainstorming ideas, plotting our next one and what we will do differently. Often the authors behind all the fabulous books we read get left out or forgotten. Very often in fact! It's always fun to learn about the people hidden behind the brilliant storylines we all love. Author studies provide an opportunity to learn more about them, but … [Read more...]
Modern Day Historical Fiction Unit: Towers Falling
Sometimes teaching History isn't comfortable. It isn't easy! Some aspects of History hit too close to home, and for a variety of reasons. Which is the very reason why we have to teach it. The newest Literature Unit here at Live Love Learn Gracefully covers a more modern part of history. Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes is a fantastic novel about a young, homeless girl living in New York City. This novel discusses the events of 9/11, the aftermath, the idea of community, and homelessness … [Read more...]
Literature Units: 8 Subjects to Include in a Unit of Study
I've written Literature Units here at Live Love Learn Gracefully for about two months now and am totally loving every minute. But I wanted to take a second to explain why I'm writing these units and how to use them. I'm sure many of you are thinking, this crazy woman has all preschoolers, why is she writing Literature Units for older kids? And that would be a good questions. Which is what I hope to answer today, that and so much more. Why Literature Units? Literature units … [Read more...]
Paper Wishes Literature Unit
Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban is an incredible historical fiction novel about a girl and her experiences in a Japanese American Internment Camp in Manzanar, California. Through this literature unit your child will learn a little about World War II, but more specifically what was going on in America during this time. Through research, reading, primary source documents, and hands on STEM activities this Paper Wishes Literature Unit will expose your child to Japanese culture, tsunamis, the … [Read more...]
