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August 2022 It is a brand new year at Loving to Learn. This year is a year we link all of history together through the eyes of Arizona. We will study Arizona from ancients to present and investigate as much as we can about our great state. On this first day we learned what animals […]

May 2022 This was our last day of our study of the 1900s. Mr. Stevens showed us videos and talked about his time in the Navy during the Persian Gulf War. We learned about 911. The police and fire department came and we learned all about their jobs. We learned about the history and development […]

April 2022 We went over our competition with the Russians in the race for space exploration, advancements, and better technology. The many little steps that were taken to get to our goals were discussed, up to how current space technology has expanded into the private sector with enterprises like Space X. We had a dramatic […]

March 2022 We examined Vietnam War history, tactics and home sentiments. This Lego guy got booby trapped. We also made lotus flowers, the national flower of Vietnam. At the helicopter center, we taught about the different kinds and functions of each helicopter used in the Vietnam war and built one of the models of the […]

January & February 2022 A local car club brought twelve 1950s and 60s cars over to drive the kids on our neighborhood Route 66 journey. We picked some of the sights a person might see when traveling on Route 66.  The kids used a homemade travel brochure to read about each sight. The brochure also […]

January 2022 After WWII, different countries had vastly conflicting ideas about how to clean up after the war. Divergent ideas and priorities of former allies, namely the United States and the Soviet Union, initiated the beginning of the Cold War. ​​Establishment of the United Nations. We taught about its history and why it was formed. […]

October & November 2021 We spent quite a bit of time on WWII. Here are some of the activities we did. We talked about how WWII began. Reports were given about prominent people and battles. We talked a little about Hawaii, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and a timeline of major battles in the Pacific […]

October 2021 This day was about the Roaring Twenties through the Great Depression. We listened to and looked at pictures of key artists when studying about the history of Jazz, starting with African music brought over by the slaves early in American history. We learned how that impacted gospel music and progressed all the way […]

September 2021 As we continued our studies of the 1900s, we took a day to explore WWI. One topic was trench warfare and the use of tanks. The children made trench cakes and trenched in the sandbox. The kids also made periscopes and got to try on a gas mask. We had a center that […]

September 2021 America is a country made of many cultures. Through learning from one another and sharing our traditions, customs, and even foods, we have created a unique country. At the turn of the century, we had a huge influx of immigration. Many of the people in our homeschool group can trace their heritage to […]