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Hello — how was your first week back to school? Did it feel kinda rough or was it just nice to return to some familiar routines (perhaps, with some adjustments)?

Hello — how was your first week back to school? Did it feel kinda rough or was it just nice to return to some familiar routines (perhaps, with some adjustments)?

Happy Monday! We have arrived at the last week of summer break. Next week Down Home will be transitioning to our school year posts. Monday, September 21st, we will give

It is our last full week of school and we are finishing up our year of Renaissance history. Quite a lot was happening in England during the mid-17th century, war,

Happy Memorial Day! We hope that you are enjoying the long weekend with your family. These days off from school offer an ideal opportunity to teach our kids more about

Do you know the Latin word for window? (Quick, go ask your kids.) It is fenestra. Any guesses, then, what defenestration means? The picture above should give you a clue.

Even Old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can’t say People just liked it better that way –“Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” The Four Lads I (Sharon)

It’s Monday and we are embarking on the last full month of the school year. With these beautiful spring days and all that is going on around us, it might

It is Monday and we are starting the last week of April! Did you enjoy the warm sunshine this weekend? It looks like we have a beautiful week ahead. For

Did you know that 2020 marks the 4ooth anniversary of the arrival of The Mayflower at Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts? And did you know that more than 30 million people can

Welcome back! How was your Spring Break? Chances are it was not what you had originally planned for the time off from school. Even so, we hope you were able

